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Equivalent to force in linear motion, in rotational motion is :

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Important Questions on Rotational Mechanics

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Persons A and B are standing on the opposite sides of a 3.5 m wide water stream that they wish to cross. Each one of them has a rigid wooden plank whose mass can be neglected. However, each plank is only slightly longer than, 3 m. So, they decide to arrange them together as shown in the figure schematically. With B (the mass 17 kg ) standing, the maximum mass of A, who can walk over the plank is close to,

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A slender uniform rod of mass M and length l is pivoted at one end so that it can rotate in a vertical plane (see figure). There is negligible friction at the pivot. The free end is held vertically above the pivot and then released. The angular acceleration of the rod when it makes an angle θ with the vertical is:

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A uniform bar of mass M is supported by a pivot at its top about which the bar can swing like a pendulum. If a force F is applied perpendicular to the lower end of the bar as shown in figure, what is the value of F in order to hold the bar in equilibrium at an angle θ from the vertical

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To mop-clean a floor, a cleaning machine presses a circular mop of radius R vertically down with a total force F and rotates it with a constant angular speed about its axis. If the force F is distributed uniformly over the mop and if coefficient of friction between the mop and the floor is μ, the torque, applied by the machine on the mop is:
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A hoop of radius r and mass m rotating with an angular velocity ω0 is placed on a rough horizontal surface. The initial velocity of the centre of the hoop is zero. What will be the velocity of the centre of the hoop when it ceases to slip?
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A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force of 30 N?
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A disc of the moment of inertia I1 is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through a centre and perpendicular to its plane with constant angular speed ω1 Another disc of the moment of inertia I2 having zero angular speed is placed coaxially on a rotating disc. Now both the disc are rotating with the constant angular speed ω2. The energy lost by the initial rotating disc is
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A solid cylinder of mass 2 kg and radius 4 cm is rotating about its axis at the rate of 3 rpm. The torque required to stop after 2π revolutions is
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A particle of mass 2 kg is on a smooth horizontal table and moves in a circular path of radius 0.6 m. The height of the table from the ground is 0.8 m. If the angular speed of the particle is 12 rad s-1 , the magnitude of its angular momentum about a point on the ground right under the center of the circle is:

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A bob of mass m attached to an inextensible string of length l  is suspended from a vertical support. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle with an angular speed ω  rad/s about the vertical. About the point of suspension :
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A solid sphere spinning about a horizontal axis with an angular velocity ω is placed on a horizontal surface. Subsequently it rolls without slipping with an angular velocity of-
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An automobile moves on a road with a speed of 54 km h-1 . The radius of its wheels is 0.45m and the moment of inertia of the wheel about its axis of rotation is 3 kg m2 . If the vehicle is brought to rest in 15 s , the magnitude of average torque transmitted by its brakes to the wheel is:
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A ball of mass 160 g is thrown up at an angle of 60° to the horizontal at a speed of 10 m s-1. The angular momentum of the ball at the highest point of the trajectory with respect to the point from which the ball is thrown is nearly g=10 m s-2
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A wheel of radius, R with an axle of radius, R2 is as shown in the figure and is free to rotate about a frictionless axis through its center and perpendicular to the page. Three forces F, F, 2 F, are exerted tangentially to the respective rims as shown in the figure.

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The magnitude of the net torque acting on the system is nearly, 

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A particle of mass m is moving along the side of a square of side 'a', with a uniform speed υ in the x-y plane as shown in the figure:

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Which of the following statements is false for the angular momentum L about the origin?
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A solid cylinder of mass 50 kg and radius 0.5 m is free to rotate about horizontal axis. A massless string is wound round the cylinder with one end attached to it and other hanging freely. Tension in the string required to produce an angular acceleration of 2 revolutions s-2
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The time dependence of the position of a particle of mass m=2 is given by  r t=2t i^-3t2j^ . Its angular momentum, with respect to the origin, at time t=2  is:
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Two rotating bodies,  A and B of masses,  m and 2m with moments of inertia IA and IB IB>IA have equal kinetic energy of rotation. If, LA and LB be their angular momenta, respectively, then,
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A particle of mass 20 g is released with an initial velocity 5 m s-1 along the curve from the point A, as shown in the figure. The point A is at height h from point B. The particle slides along the frictionless surface. When the particle reaches point B, its angular momentum about O will be: (Take g=10 m s-2)

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A force F=αi^+3j^+6k^ is acting at a point r=2i^-6j^-12k^ . The value of α for which angular momentum about origin is conserved is: