Moment of Force and Torque

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Moment of Force and Torque: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Torque, Torque of a Force about a Fixed Point, Torque of a Force about an Axis, Mechanical Advantage of a Lever, Principle of Moments & Couple of Forces and its Torque etc.

Important Questions on Moment of Force and Torque

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A light rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 5 kg and radius 70 cm. The rope is pulled with a force of 52.5 N. The angular acceleration of the cylinder will be _____ rad s-2.

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A force of -Pk^ acts on the origin of the coordinate system. The torque about the point (2,-3) is P(ai^+bj^), The ratio of ab is x2. The value of x is

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A wheel of mass 60 kg and radius of gyration 0.5 m comes to rest from a speed of 2400 rpm in 40 second. Assuming that the retardation is uniform, the value of the retarding torque is :

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A force F is applied on a disk at some distance x from the centre. What should be the value of x such that the disk can pure roll even on smooth surface?

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A square plate of side a and mass m is lying on a horizontal floor. A force F is applied at the top. Find the maximum force that can be applied on the square plate so that the plate does not topple about A.

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Angular speed ω versus time t for a rod that rotates around one end is shown. If moment of inertia of rod about its one end is 24 kg m2, then torque on the rod at t=2 s is

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 A rod PQ of mass 10 kg and length 2 m is hinged at end P. The rod is kept horizontal by a massless string tied to point Q as shown in figure. When string is cut, the initial angular acceleration of the rod is (in rad s-2):-
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A uniform rod weighs 10 kg and with a load 5 kg attached to one end, it balances on a knife edge at 2 m from that end. The length of rod is

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Forces act as indicated on a rod AB which is pivoted at A. Find the anticlockwise moment of each force about the pivot.

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Horizontal rod of length 1 m given below is in equilibrium. If the potential energies of objects A and B are equal, find the tension (in N) in string xy. (Rod is homogeneous and weight of it is 1 N .

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zero potential energy level

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If force F=3i^+4j^-2k^ acts on a particle having position vector 2i^+j^+2k^ then, the torque about the origin will be:

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ABC is an equilateral triangle with O as its centre F1,F2 and F3. represent three forces acting along the sides AB, BC and AC respectively. If the total torque about O is zero then the magnitude of F3 is

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Two like parallel forces 20 N and 30 N act at the ends A and B of a rod 1.5 m long. The resultant of the forces will act at the point

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A uniform rod of length l and weight W is in equilibrium with the help of hinge A and string BD as shown in figure. The value of tension in the string is

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A disc like reel on massless thread unrolls itself while falling vertically downwards. The acceleration of its fall is

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Magnitude of Torque of force f=2i^-j^-k^ N acting at -5,2,1 m about the origin is:

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What is the difference between torque and force?

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A uniform, rigid, square loop of mass ' m ' side 'l' is free to rotate about an axis in x y plane passing through one corner as shown. A constant current I is flowing in loop In space magnetic field B01+xl(i^+k^) is present. Initially loop is held at rest in xy plane. On releasing it's instantaneous angular acceleration will be (space is gravity free).

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A uniform thin rod with mass M and length L is initially held at angle θ0=53° with the ground as shown. A small light cup is fixed at the higher end of rod with mouth facing outward and a small light ball is put inside the cup, as shown in figure. The rod is then released from rest to hit the ground. It is assumed that the friction of the ground is large enough so that contact point of rod and ground remains same, when the rod falls. At angle θ the ball starts to move out of the cup.

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A uniform rigid rod hinged at one end is released from rest in the position shown in the vertical plane. The magnitude of reaction force (in N ) at hinge just after its release. Express your answer after rounding it to nearest integer. (Use: mass of rod=0.8 kgg=10 m s-2)

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