Uniform Circular Motion

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Uniform Circular Motion: Overview

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

Important Questions on Uniform Circular Motion

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When milk is churned, cream gets separated due to

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Two particles of mass M and m are moving in a circle of radii R and r. If their time – periods are same, what will be the ratio of their linear velocities?

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What is the linear velocity if the angular velocity vector is ω=3i^4j^+k^  and position vector is r=5i^6j^+6k^ ?

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A body is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 20 cm. It has an angular velocity of   10 rad s .  What is its linear velocity at any point on circular path

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When a body moves with a constant speed along a circle

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A particle of mass M is moving in a horizontal circle of radius R with uniform speed V. When it moves from one point to a diametrically opposite point, its :

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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 hemispherical bowl of radius R=0.1 m is rotating about its own axis (which is vertical), with an angular velocity ω. A particle of mass 10-2 kg on the frictionless inner surface of the bowl is also rotating with the same ω. The particle is at a height h from the bottom of the bowl.
Obtain the relation between h and ω. What is the minimum value of ω needed, in order to have a non-zero value of h ?

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An electric line of force in the xy plane is given by the equation x2+y2=1. A particle with unit positive charge, initially at rest at the point x=1,y=0 in the xy plane, will move along the circular line of force.

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In the figure shown a smooth ring is connected to rod AB, while rod CD passes through ring. At the given instant angular velocity of rod AB about hinge A is 1rad s-1 and AC=CB instantaneous angular velocity of rod CD about hinge C is( in rad s-1)

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A circular cylinder of radius R and height H is filled with water to a height 23H. It starts rotating about its axis with angular speed ω, which is increased very slowly. Choose the correct statement(s). (Assume liquid is rotating along with the vessel)

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A particle describes a horizontal circle in a conical funnel whose inner surface is smooth with the speed of 1 m s-1 . What is the height (in cm) of the plane of the circle from the vertex of the funnel? g=10 m s-2

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A solid body rotates an angle θ about a stationary axis according to the law θ=6t-2t3. What is the mean value of angular velocity (in rad s-1)over the time interval between t=0 and the time when the body comes to rest?

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A small object is placed on a smooth table at a distance r0 from a hole in the centre of table. An ideal inextensible chord is attached to the object through this hole. The object is set into motion with initial velocity of magnitude v0 at right angle to the chord and at the same time, the chord is pulled through the hole at uniform speed cms-1. Initially object is at point A0,r0 and at any time t, it is at point Prcosθ,rsinθ Neglect the dimension of object. Choose CORRECT option(s)

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A point moves with deceleration along the circle of radius R so that at any time its tangential and normal acceleration are equal in magnitude. At the initial moment t=0, the velocity of the point is v0. The velocity of the point during motion will be

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A solid body rotates about a stationary axis so that its angular velocity depends upon rotation angle θ as ω=ω0-Kθ where ω0 and θ are positive constant. Which of the following variation are correct?

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A uniform sphere of radiusR  is placed on a rough horizontal surface and given a linear velocity v and angular velocity ω as shown. The sphere comes to rest after moving some distance to the right. It follows that v=xωR where x is

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The angular displacement of a particle, rotating with constant angular acceleration is θ=14 t+4 t2; θ is measured in radian and t in second. The angular acceleration of the particle is,

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How much distance is covered by the tip of a minute hand of length 5 cm when it moves from 3 to 6

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Determine the angular speed of a 40 rpm turntable in rad/s.