Kinematics of Circular Motion

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Kinematics of Circular Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kinematics of Circular Motion, Circular Motion with Increasing Speed, Circular Motion with Decreasing Speed & Circular Motion with Variable Angular Acceleration etc.

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A smooth semicircular wire track of radius R is fixed in a vertical plane. One end of a massless spring of natural length  3R4 is attached to the lowest point O of the wire track. A small ring of mass m which can slide on the track is attached to the other end of the spring. The ring is held stationary at point P such that the spring makes an angle of 60° with the vertical. The spring constant K=mgR. Consider the instant when the ring is released. The normal reaction on the ring by the track is

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A wheel moving with initial angular velocity 20 rad s-1, stops after 50 revolutions. The time taken by the wheel to stop is

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The tangential velocity of a body in a non-uniform circular motion varies as v=7t22v with the radius being equal to 21 m. What is the angular acceleration at t=2 s in rad/s2?
 

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The velocity and acceleration vectors of a particle undergoing circular motion are v=2i^ m s-1 and a=2i^+4j^ m s-2, respectively, at an instant of time. The radius of the circle is,

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If a body moving in a circular path maintains constant speed of 10 m s-1 , then which of the following correctly describes the relation between acceleration and radius?

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Starting form rest, a particle rotates in a circle of radius R = 2 m with an angular acceleration α = π/4 rad/s2. The magnitude of average velocity of the particle over the time it rotates quarter circle is

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The angular velocity of the minute hand of a clock is :

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To enable a particle to describe circular motion the angle between its velocity and acceleration is given by

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Which one is the correct relation between the magnitude of linear acceleration and angular acceleration in circular motion of radius R of circular path.
Assume at is linear acceleration and α is angular acceleration.

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An object is at the top of a smooth sphere which is kept fixed. As object slides down after being given a negligible side push, magnitude of acceleration of object during its motion till it reaches ground.

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A particle moves in x-y plane according to rule x = asinωt and y = acosωt. The particle follows:

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Consider a particle of mass m moving in a circular path with uniform angular velocity. Which of the following is constant during it's motion?

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Select the incorrect option.

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If a ceiling fan is switched off,its angular velocity falls to half after it makes 36 rotations.Then Find the number of rotations it will make before coming to rest?

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A rod is moving on a fixed circle of radius R with constant velocity V, as shown in the figure. P is the point of intersection of the rod and the circle. At an instant, the rod is at a distance x=3R5 from the centre of the circle. The velocity of the rod is perpendicular to the rod and the rod is always parallel to the diameter CD.

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(a) Find the speed of point of intersection P.
(b) Find the angular speed of point of intersection P with respect to centre of the circle.

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A point P moves in a counter-clockwise direction on a circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of P is such that it sweeps out a length s=t3+5 where, s is in metre and t is in seconds. The radius of the path is 27 m. The acceleration of P when t=3 s is x×16.2 m s-2 then find value of xTake13=3.6
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Two particles P and Q are moving on circle. At a certain instant of time both the particles are diametrically opposite and P has tangential acceleration m/s2 and centripetal acceleration m/s2 whereas Q has only centripetal acceleration of m/s2. At that instant acceleration (in m/s2 ) of P with respect to Q is

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The kinetic energy k of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the distance covered. It is given as KE=as2 , where a is a constant. The force acting on the particle is

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Three identical cars A, B and C are moving at the same speed on three bridges. The car A goes on a plane bridge, B on a bridge convex upwards and C goes on a bridge concave upwards. Let FA, FB and FC be the normal forces exerted by the cars on the bridges when they are at the middle of the bridges. Then

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Particles are released from rest at A and slide down the smooth surface of height h to a conveyor B. The correct angular velocity ω of the conveyor pulley of radius r to prevent any sliding on the belt as the particles transfer to the conveyor is


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