Kinetic Energy due to Rotation

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Kinetic Energy due to Rotation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Rotational Kinetic Energy, Torque and Work Done & Torque and Power Delivered etc.

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A couple produces

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The speed of a solid sphere after rolling down from rest without sliding on an inclined plane of vertical height h is

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At shown instant a thin uniform rod AB of length L=1 m and mass m=1 kg is coincident with y-axis such that centre of rod is at origin. The velocity of end A and centre O of rod at shown instant are vA=-2i^ m s-1 and v0=10i^ m s-1 respectively. Then the kinetic energy of rod at the shown instant is:

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A uniform circular disc of mass 400 g and radius 4.0 cm is rotated about one of its diameter at an angular speed of 10 rad s-1. The kinetic energy of the disc is

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The ring of radius 1 m and mass 15 kg is rotating about its diameter with angular velocity of 25rad/sec. Its kinetic energy is

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A couple produces,

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The angular momentum of a particle describing uniform circular motion is L. If its kinetic energy is halved and angular velocity doubled, its new angular momentum is

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A body having a moment of inertia about its axis of rotation equal to 3 kg m2 is rotating with an angular velocity of 3 rad s-1. Kinetic energy of this rotating body is same as that of a body of mass 27 kg moving with a velocity v. The value of v is

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The rotational KE of a body is E and its moment of inertia is I. The angular momentum is

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Energy of 1000 J is spent to increase the angular speed of a wheel from 20 rad s-1 to 30 rad s-1. Moment of inertia of the wheel in kg m2 

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A wheel of mass 10 kg and radius 0.8 m is rolling on a road with an angular speed 20rads-1 without sliding. The moment of inertia of the wheel about the axis of rotation is 1.2kgm2, then the percentage of rotational kinetic energy in the total kinetic energy of the wheel is ____________(approximately)

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A wheel is at rest in horizontal position. Its M.I. about vertical axis passing through its centre is 'I'. A constant torque 'τ' acts on it for 't' second. The change in rotational kinetic energy is

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A uniform sphere of mass m=2.5 kg and radius R=10 cm rotates with an angular velocity, ω=200 rad s-1 about its diameter. Find its kinetic energy.

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Kinetic energy of rotation of a flywheel of radius 2 m, mass 8 kg and angular speed 4 rad s-1 about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through its center is

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If the rotational kinetic energy of a body is increased by 300 % then the percentage increase in its angular momentum :-

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A ring and a disc of different masses are rotating with the same kinetic energy. If we apply a retarding torque τ on the ring, it stops after making n revolutions. After how many revolutions will the disc stop, if the retarding torque on it is also τ?

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A disc is rolling on an inclined plane. What fraction of its total energy will be as rotational energy?

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Energy of 1000 J is spent to increase the angular speed of a wheel from 20 rad/s to 30 rad/s. Moment of inertia of the wheel in kg m2 

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Two metallic spheres of equal outer radii are found to have same moment of inertia about their respective diameters. Then, which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

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A uniform sphere of mass m=2.5 kg and radius R=10 cm rotates with an angular velocity, ω=200 rad s-1 about its diameter. Find its kinetic energy.