Rolling Motion
Rolling Motion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Rolling Motion of a Rigid Body,Total Energy in Rolling,Conservation of Energy in Rolling etc.
Important Questions on Rolling Motion
A uniform disc of mass and radius is projected with velocity at on a rough horizontal surface. It starts off with a purely sliding motion at. After it acquires a purely rolling motion (see figure). The total kinetic energy of the disc after will be-------- J (given, coefficient of friction is and ).

Three co-planar uniform identical discs, each of massand radius , are joined as shown in figure. The moment of inertia about indicated axis is

A hollow spherical ball of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity (as shown in figure). Maximum height with respect to the initial position covered by it will be _____
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A solid sphere of mass radius is rotated about one of its diameter with angular speed of . If the moment of inertia of the sphere about its tangent is times its angular momentum about the diameter. Then the value of will be

A solid sphere is rolling on a horizontal plane without slipping. If the ratio of angular momentum about axis of rotation of the sphere to the total energy of moving sphere is then, the value of its angular speed will be

For rolling spherical shell, the ratio of rotational kinetic energy and total kinetic energy is . The value of is _____.

Two identical solid spheres each of mass and radii are fixed at the ends of a light rod. The separation between the centres of the spheres is The moment of inertia of the system about an axis perpendicular to the rod passing through its middle point is

The moment of inertia of a semicircular ring about an axis, passing through the center and perpendicular to the plane of ring, is, where is the radius and is the mass of the semicircular ring. The value of will be .

A small hole is made in a disc of mass and radius at a distance from centre. The disc is supported on a horizontal peg through this hole. The moment of inertia of the disc about horizontal peg is

The moment of inertia of semi-circular ring of mass and radius about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane of ring is

Two circular loops of radii and respectively are made of the similar wire. Their moments of inertia about the axis passing through the centre of perpendicular to their plane

A thin uniform rod is rotating about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its length, moment of inertia is . Moment of inertia of rod about an axis through one end and perpendicular to the rod will be

A plate is oscillating with time period . Suddenly, another plate is put on the first plate, then time period

The M.I. of a disc about its diameter is units. Its M.I. about axis through a point on its rim and in the plane of the disc is

A Ring of mass and radius is revolving at the rate of revolutions per minute. Its moment of inertia will be

Four solid rigid balls each of mass and radius are fixed on a rigid-ring of radius and mass . The system is whirled about as shown. The radius of gyration of the system is :

The moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc about its diameter is . Then its moment of inertia about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its circular face is

In the figure shown below, a meter stick of mass is supported in a horizontal position by two light strings attached at pointsand of the rod. The initial angular acceleration of the stick if one of the strings is cut, is [Take ]

If the moment of inertia of a disc about an axis which is along its diameter is then the moment of inertia about the axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to plane is

A uniform rod hinged at its one end is released from horizontal position in vertical plane. Acceleration of centre of mass of rod just after releasing the rod will be . Value of is
