Pure Rotational Motion

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Pure Rotational Motion: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Torque and Work Done,Torque and Power Delivered,Torque and Angular Acceleration, etc.

Important Questions on Pure Rotational Motion

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A disk of mass 2 kg and diameter 20 cm is rotating about an axis passing through its center perpendicular to its plans with an angular speed that varies with time as 2t2+3t+2, find the torque experienced by the disk at the instant t=2 s.

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A light thread is wound on a disk of mass m and other end of the thread is connected to a block of mass m, which is placed on a rough ground as shown in the diagram. Find the minimum value of the coefficient of friction for which the block remains at rest:

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A uniform thin circular ring of mass mm=0.4 kg and radius R has a small particle of the same mass m fixed on it as shown in the figure. The line joining the particle to centre is initially horizontal. The ground is frictionless. Find the contact force (magnitude) exerted by the ground on the ring, when the system is released from rest.

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Two blocks of masses 2 m and 3 m are connected through a string which passes over a pulley (disc) of mass m and radius R as shown in figure. If system is released from rest and string does not slip on the pulley, then angular acceleration of the pulley is

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A uniform rod of length 2l and mass 4m is released to rotate about hinged end A in vertical plane as shown in figure. The magnitude of initial angular acceleration of rod is

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If a constant torque of 500 N m turns a wheel of moment of inertia  100 kg m2  about an axis through its centre, find the angular velocity and the kinetic energy gained in 2 seconds.

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The flywheel of an engine when acted upon by a constant torque rotates at the rate of 3000 rev min-1 and develops a power of 10 kW. Find the torque acting on the wheel?

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Show that the torque acting on a body is equal to the product of moment of inertia and the angular acceleration of the body.

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Using the S.I. units of torque and angular acceleration show that the S.I. unit of moment of inertia is kg m2.

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A rigid body is rotating. Is it necessary that a net torque acts on the body ?

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Show that the work done to rotate a body is equal to the change in rotational kinetic energy.

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A couple of 10 N m is applied to a fly wheel of mass 10 kg and radius of gyration 50 cm. What is the resultant angular acceleration?  

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A cylinder of mass M is placed on top of a block of mass 2M. Neglecting the friction between the block and the horizontal plane. But friction coefficient between the cylinder and the top surface of block is μ. A small body of mass M travelling with a velocity v0 hits the block horizontally. Collision is completely elastic. If the maximum value of v0 for which the cylinder starts pure rolling before it topples from the top of the block is v0max=nmμgd. The value of m×n is ____

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The L shaped uniform rod having identical limbs each of mass M and length L is pivoted smoothly at point A as shown in figure. When the rod is released with rest from the given position, it swings in a vertical plane. The initial angular acceleration of rod is

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A solid sphere rolls on a rough horizontal surface with a linear speed 7 m s-1 collides elastically with a fixed smooth vertical wall. Then the speed of the sphere when it has started pure rolling in the backward direction in m s-1 is.

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Write a short note on relation between power and torque in totational motion.

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A turbine fan in a jet engine has moment of inertia 2.5 kg m2 about its axis of rotation. Its angular velocity is 40t2. The net torque is

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If I=50 kg-m2, then the magnitude of torque to be applied to stop it in 10 s is.... . Given, its initial angular speed is 20 rad sec-1.

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The angular velocity of a body is ω=2i^+3j^+4k^ and a torque τ=i^+2j^+3k^ acts on it. The rotational power (in watt) will be :-

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A uniform rod AB of length l and mass m is free to rotate about point A. The rod is released from rest in the horizontal position. Given that the moment of inertia of the rod about A is ml23 the initial angular acceleration of the rod will be :-

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