Kinematics of Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis

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Kinematics of Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Constant Angular Velocity, Constant Angular Acceleration and, Kinematics of Pure Rotational Motion

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A potter's wheel is rotating with a constant acceleration of 4.0 rad s-2. How many revolutions will it make in 5 seconds? The wheel was initially at rest.

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A rigid body under pure rotation is uniformly accelerated.The tangential acceleration a of a particle of the body, the distance r of the particle from the axis, and the angular acceleration α of the body are related as α=ar. Thus:

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If a rigid body rotates through equal angles in equal time intervals, the body is said to rotate with constant angular acceleration. 

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Starting from rest, a fan takes 4 s to attain the maximum speed of 360 revolutions per minute. Assuming constant acceleration, find the time taken by the fan in attaining half the maximum speed.

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An object changes its rotational speed from 10 rad/s to 20 rad/s in 5 s. Find the angular acceleration of the object?

 

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A merry-go-round has a uniform angular acceleration of 2 rad/s2. Find the angle through which the merry-go-round rotates if it started from rest and accelerated for 5 seconds.

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In rotational motion of a rigid body, all particles move with

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A ring of radius R is rotating with an angular velocity ω0 and then it is placed on a rough horizontal surface in vertical plane. The coefficient of friction between the surface and the ring is μ . How much time it will take to reduce its angular speed half ?

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Find the initial angular acceleration of the rod just after when the string A is cut.

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A drum of radius 0.6 m, carrying the load A is rigidly attached to a pulley of radius 0.9 m, carrying the load B, as shown. At time t=0, the load B moves with a velocity of 2 m s-1 (downward) and a constant acceleration of 3 m s-2 (downward). Over the time interval, 0t2 s, determine:

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(i) the number of revolutions executed by the pulley

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A constant power is supplied to a disc that can rotate freely about a fixed vertical axis. Angular velocity ω of the disc varies with the number of rotations n made by the disc after starting from rest as ω=knx. Hence x is: (K is a constant)

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A mass 1 kg attached to the end of a flexible rope of diameter d=0.25 m is raised vertically by winding the rope on a reel as shown. If the reel is turned uniformly at the rate of 2 rps. What is the tension in rope. The inertia of rope may be neglected.


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A particle at rest is to reach an angular velocity of 36 rad s-1 in 6 s, with a constant angular acceleration. The total angle turned during this interval is

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A block of mass 2 kg hangs from the rim of a wheel of radius 0.5 m. On releasing from rest the block falls through 5 m height in 2 second. The moment of inertia of the wheel is g=10ms-2

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The moment of inertia of a fly wheel is 0.2 kgm2 which is initially stationary. A constant external torque 5Nm acts on the wheel. The work done by this torque during 10 seconds is

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A body is in pure rotation. The linear speed v of a particle, the distance r of the particle from the axis and the angular velocity ω  of the body are related as ω = v/r . Thus :

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A flywheel rotates with a uniform angular acceleration. Its angular velocity increases from 20π rads-1 to 40 π rads-1 in 10 s. how many rotations did it make in this period?

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A meter stick is hold vertically with one end on the floor and is then allowed to fall. Assuming that the end on the floor the stick does not slip, the velocity of the other end when it hits the floor, will be