PH600 CH 10 Problems PDF

Chapter 10 Rotation
Section 10.1-10.3 Angular and Translational Quantities

1. A broken tooth on a large rotating saw moves around such that its angular position in radians is given
by the equation θ = 5.0 t – 2.0 t2 + t3. (a) Determine the angular velocity of the broken tooth at t=2.0 s
and at t=4.0 s. (b) Find the instantaneous angular acceleration at t=2.0 s and t=4.0 s. (c) What is the
average angular acceleration between t=2.0 s and t=4.0 s?
2. A wheel rotates with an angular acceleration α given by α = 4at3 – 3bt2, where a and b are constants.
(a) Find an expression for the angular velocity of the wheel, given that the initial angular velocity is ωo.
(b) Find an expression for the angular position of the wheel, given that the initial angular position is θo.
3. A large flywheel rotating on its axis with initial angular velocity ωo is slowing down with constant
angular acceleration due to friction in its bearings. After 20 seconds its angular velocity is .85 ωo. (a)
What is its angular velocity after 40 seconds? (b) If its initial angular velocity is 50 radians per second,
how many radians will it rotate before coming to rest?
4. During a training session at NASA, an astronaut enters a huge centrifuge having radius 10 m and is
then rotated according to the equation θ = 0.40 t2, where θ is in radians and t is in seconds. When t = 5.0
s, what are the magnitudes of the astronaut's (a) angular velocity, (b) linear velocity, (c) tangential
acceleration and (d) centripetal acceleration?
5. You are an engineer employed by Disney to develop a variant of the "Rotor" ride. Customers will
stand along the wall of a cylinder of radius 6.0 m. When Tinkerbell waves her wand, the cylinder will
begin to rotate, with uniform angular acceleration, until the riders experience a centripetal acceleration
of 4g (that is, four times the acceleration due to gravity, 9.8 m/s2). The cylinder will then slow down at
the same angular acceleration with which it sped up, until it comes to rest 3.0 minutes after the ride
started. (a) What maximum angular velocity will be reached by the cylinder? (b) What angular
acceleration will be required as the cylinder approaches this velocity? (c) How many revolutions will
the riders complete during the 3-minute ride?
6. (Tougher) A race car accelerates from rest around a circular track, with uniform tangential
acceleration of 2.0 m/s2. The radius of the track is unknown! When the car is a quarter of the way
around, it skids off the track. From this information, determine the coefficient of static friction between
tires and track. (Hint: Friction provides both centripetal force and the tangential force required for
acceleration.)
Section 10.4-5 Rotational Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia

7. A dumbbell consists of a rod with negligible mass and a
sphere at each end. The spheres have masses 8.0 kg and
2.0 kg, and are 6.0 m apart. They may be considered point
masses. The dumbbell rotates with angular velocity 5.0
radians per second about an axis perpendicular to the rod
and 2.0 m from the center of the smaller sphere. Find (a)
the rotational inertia (or "moment of inertia") of the
dumbbell around the axis, assuming the spheres can be
considered point masses, and (b) its rotational kinetic energy (using ½ I w2). (c) Add the linear kinetic
energies (1/2 m v2) for the two spheres to determine the total kinetic energy, and compare to the result
from part b. (d) Find the net force that would be exerted by the axis on the rod if this motion occurred in
the absence of gravity.
8. Using the more general M and m for the masses of the spheres above and L for the length of the rod,
show that the minimum rotational inertia for the dumbbell occurs when the axis is located at the center
of mass.
9. Three identical thin rods, each having mass m and length L, are permanently
attached at their centers such that they remain perpendicular to each other, as
shown at the right. The three-rod system is rotated about an axis that passes
through the end of one rod and is parallel to another. What is the rotational
inertia of the system about this axis? (Hint: One approach is to calculate the
rotational inertia of the three-rod system about an axis through the center, and
then use the parallel-axis theorem.)
10. A soccer ball of mass 0.20 kg and radius 12 cm is pivoted on a rod of

negligible mass around an axis 40 cm from the ball's center. (a) Calculate the
rotational inertia of the system, modeling the ball as a thin spherical shell
rotating about an axis that is parallel to one through the ball's center. (b)
Calculate the rotational inertia, modeling the ball as a point mass 40 cm from the
axis. How does this result compare with that of part a? (c) Repeat both of these calculations for a
longer rod, such that the axis is 3.0 m from the center of the ball. (d) What do you conclude?
Section 10.6-10.7 Torque

11. A fisherwoman lifts her 0.35-kg catch out of the water. Her
2.2-m pole makes an angle of 55o with the horizontal. (a) What
torque around her hand is produced by the fish's weight? (b)
Why doesn't the pole rotate in response to this torque?
12. At the left is a "simple machine"

consisting of a pulley with two different
radii. Suppose that the inner radius is 5.0 cm
and the outer radius is 8.0 cm. If a person
pulls on the outer string with 15 N, and the
block pulls downward (40o below the
horizontal) with a force of 20 N, (a) what is
the net torque on the pulley? (b) Will the pulley begin to rotate in a clockwise or counterclockwise
direction?
13. A bicycle wheel of radius 30 cm is mounted on a

horizontal axis through its center. It has a piece of yarn
attached to its right-hand edge. Because the spokes are thin,
its mass of 0.85 kg may be assumed to be entirely on the
outside. (a) If the yarn is pulled directly down with a force of
10 N, what will be the initial angular acceleration of the
wheel? (b) If a 10-N cat jumps up and hangs from the yarn,
the wheel will accelerate more slowly than the result of part a.
Explain. (c) Construct free-body force diagrams for the cat
and the wheel, and use them to help you determine the initial
angular acceleration of the wheel when the cat is hanging
from the yarn.
14. Two spheres, having masses 5.0 kg and 2.0 kg, are
connected by a rod of negligible mass, such that their
centers are 40 cm apart. The spheres are small and may be
treated as point masses. An additional rod connects the
system to a pivot 20 cm from the larger sphere (see
diagram). (a) What is the rotational inertia of this system
about the pivot? (b) What torque is exerted by gravity on the
system? (c) What is the initial linear acceleration, in m/s2, of the
smaller sphere?
Section 10.8 Energy and Rotational Motion

15. A globe (a hollow sphere) with mass 0.80 kg and radius 0.35 m
is mounted on a fixed vertical axis. A string is wrapped around it
and pulled with a constant horizontal force of 3.5 N through a
distance of 0.60 m. Use energy concepts to determine the linear
velocity of a point on the equator after this pull.
16. Consider again the "Atwood's machine" we studied earlier. Suppose the
orange at the left has mass 0.40 kg, and the banana, 0.30 kg. This time we also
let the pulley (a solid disk) have mass, 0.20 kg, and radius, 5.0 cm. (a) Draw
free-body force diagrams for the two fruits and the pulley. (b) Find the
downward acceleration of the orange. (c) Using the acceleration of the system,
determine the final speed of the orange just as it hits the floor. (d) Use energy
conservation to find the final speed of the orange, and compare with your
answer to part c.
17. An enthusiastic physics student mounts on her wall a portrait of

her favorite physicist. Her roommate needs tacks to put up photos of
David Bowie, and when there is only one tack left, in the lower left
corner, gravity causes the portrait to rotate freely around that
remaining tack. Assume that the portrait is a square 40 cm on a side.
(a) What is the initial angular acceleration of the portrait around the
remaining tack? (b) Does that angular acceleration remain constant
as the portrait swings down? (c) Use energy ideas to determine the
velocity of the portrait's center when it has reached a position directly
beneath the tack.
18. A 40-cm rod of mass 1.2 kg is initially in a

vertical position and is pivoted at its lower end. A
20-cm spring at its natural length, having force
constant 120 N/m, connects the center of the rod to
the wall. The rod is now rotated to a horizontal
position and released (see illustration), and the
spring pulls it back up. With what angular speed
does the rod regain the vertical position?
Section 10.9 Rolling motion

19. An empty barrel falls out of the back of a truck and, starting from rest, begins rolling (with no
slipping) down a hill inclined at angle θ from the horizontal. Since its ends are light, the barrel can be
modeled as a hollow cylindrical shell. (a) Draw the forces acting on the barrel, and use your
understanding of torque to determine its acceleration down the hill. (b) Use energy ideas to determine
the linear speed of the barrel when it reaches the bottom of the hill, a vertical distance h below its
starting point.
20. An ice cube slides without friction across a horizontal floor. Rolling along next to it, at the same
speed, is a ball of equal mass. The two objects reach an incline and begin to slow down as they travel up
it. The ball has friction with the incline and does not slip, while the ice slides without friction. (a)
Which object travels farther up the incline, and why? (b) What is the direction of the frictional force
acting on the ball? (c) Does mass play a role? Would your answers be different if the ball had twice the
mass of the ice cube?
21. A hockey puck (a solid cylinder) having mass m and radius R is dropped on an icy hill inclined at
angle θ to the horizontal. It rolls down the hill. (a) Draw the forces acting on the puck and determine its
acceleration, assuming no slipping. (b) If it began slipping, would its acceleration increase or decrease?
(c) Determine the minimum coefficient of static friction, µs, needed to prevent any slipping.
22. A string is wrapped around a hockey puck having mass m and radius R, as shown
at the right. The string is attached to the ceiling, and the puck is released. (a) What is
the (linear) acceleration of the puck? (b) What is the tension in the string? (Hint:
Draw the forces acting on the puck, and then use both τ = I α and F = m a to derive
the appropriate expressions.)
23. After planting grass seeds, the ground is often compacted by rolling a
heavy cylinder over it, as shown at the left. If the cylinder has mass m and
radius R, and is pulled with force F at angle θ, what is its (linear)
acceleration? (b) What coefficient of static friction is needed to avoid any
slipping?

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Chapter 10 Rotation

Section 10.1-10.3 Angular and Translational Quantities

Section 10.4-5 Rotational Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia

10. A soccer ball of mass 0.20 kg and radius 12 cm is pivoted on a rod of

Section 10.6-10.7 Torque

12. At the left is a "simple machine"

13. A bicycle wheel of radius 30 cm is mounted on a

Section 10.8 Energy and Rotational Motion

17. An enthusiastic physics student mounts on her wall a portrait of

18. A 40-cm rod of mass 1.2 kg is initially in a

Section 10.9 Rolling motion

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