Kinematics of Circular Motion

Author:K K Sharma
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Important Questions on Kinematics of Circular Motion

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A particle of mass m moves along a circle of radius R with a normal acceleration varying with time as, ar=at2, where a is a constant. Find the time dependence of the power P, developed by all the forces acting on the particle, and the mean value of this power P averaged over a time t after the beginning of the motion.

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A particle A moves along a circle of radius, R=50 cm so that its radius vector r, relative to the point O (figure), rotates with the constant angular velocity, ω=0.40 rad s-1. Then, the modulus of the velocity v of the particle and the modulus of its total acceleration a will be,

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A spotlight S rotates in a horizontal plane with a constant angular velocity of 0.1 rad s-1. The spot of the light, P moves along the wall at a distance 3 m. What is the velocity of the spot P when θ=45°?

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A particle moves in a circle of radius 5 cm with constant speed and time period 0.2π s. The acceleration of the particle is,

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A stone tied to one end of string, 80 cm long, is whirled in a horizontal circle at a constant speed. If stone makes 25 revolutions in 14 s, the magnitude of the acceleration of stone is (approximately)

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A stone tied to the end of a string of 1 m long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the stone makes 22 revolutions in 44 s, what is the acceleration of the stone?

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A particle moves along an arc of a circle of radius R. Its velocity depends on the distance covered s as v=as, where, a is a constant. Then the angle between the vector of total acceleration and the vector of velocity as a function of s will be?

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The magnitude of displacement of a particle moving in a circle of the radius a with constant angular speed ω varies with time t as

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For a particle moving with speed v in a uniform circular motion, the acceleration at a point PR, θ in the first quadrant on the circle of radius R is (here, θ is measured from the x-axis)

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The figure shows the total acceleration and velocity of a particle moving clockwise in a circle of radius 2.5 m at a given instant of time. At this instant, find i its radial acceleration,ii the speed of the particle and iii its tangential acceleration.

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The square of the angular velocity ω in rad s-1 of a certain wheel increases linearly with the angular displacement during 100 revolutions of the wheel's motion as shown. Compute the time t in rad for given 100 revolutions.

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The shaft of an electric motor starts from rest and on the application of torque, it gains an angular acceleration given by α=3t-t2in rad s-2 during the first 2 s, after which it becomes equal to zero. The angular velocity after 6 s will be?

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A particle is revolving in a circle of the radius R with initial speed v. It starts retarding with constant retardation v24πR. The number of revolutions it makes before coming to rest is

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A particle performs circular motion of radius 1 m from rest. The tangential acceleration of the particle at any time t in s is given by at=t in m s-2. The radial acceleration of the particle at t=2 s is

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A particle begins to move with a tangential acceleration of constant magnitude 0.6 m s-2 in a circular path. If it slips when its total acceleration becomes 1 m s-2, then the angle through which it would have turned before it started to slip is

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A point P moves in a counter-clockwise direction on a circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of P is such that it sweeps out a length s=t3+5, where s is in m and t is in seconds. The radius of the path is 20 m. The acceleration of P when t=2 s is nearly

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Which of the following statements is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular speed?

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The angular displacement of any particle is given as θ=ω0t+12αt2, where ω0 and α are constants. If ω0=1 rad s-1α=1.5 rad s-2 then, its angular velocity at t=2 s ( in rad s-1) will be

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A particle is kept fixed on a uniformly rotating turn-table. As seen from the ground, the particle goes in a circle and its speed and acceleration are 10 cm s-1 and 10 cm s-2 respectively. The particle is now shifted to a new position to make the radius double of the original value. The new values of the speed and acceleration will respectively, be

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A grind-stone starts revolving from rest and its angular acceleration is 4.0 rad s-2 (uniform). Then after 4 s, what is its angular displacement and angular velocity, respectively?