HET124/DEE2143 Energy and Motion; Semester 2, 2010 Textbook: Chapter 11

Tutorial 6: Rotational Motion Part II

Problem 1
A car travels at 80 km/h on a level road in the positive direction of an x axis.
Each tire has a diameter of 66 cm. Relative to a women riding in the car and
in unit-vector notation, what are the velocity ~v at the (a) center, (b) top, and
(c) bottom of the tire and the magnitude a of the acceleration at the (d) center,
(e) top, and (f) bottom of each tire? Relative to a hitchhiker sitting next to the
road and in unit-vector notation, what are the velocity ~v at the (g) center, (h) top,
and (i) bottom of the tire and the magnitude a of the acceleration at the (j) center,
(k) top, and (l) bottom of each tire?

Problem 2
A 1000 kg car has four 10 kg wheels. When the car is moving, what fraction of
its total kinetic energy is due to rotation of the wheels about their axles? Assume
that the wheels have the same rotational inertia as uniform disks of the same mass
and size. Why do you not need to know the radius of the wheels?

Problem 3
In the figure below, a constant horizontal force F~app of magnitude 10 N is applied
to a wheel of mass 10 kg and radius 0.30 m. The wheel rolls smoothly on the hori-
zontal surface, and the acceleration of its center of mass has magnitude 0.60 m/s2 .
(a) In unit-vector notation what is the frictional force on the wheel? (b) What
is the rotational inertia of the wheel about the rotation axis through its center of
mass?

Problem 4
In the figure below, a solid brass ball of mass 0.280 g will roll smoothly along a
loop-the-loop track when released from rest along the straight section. The circular
loop has radius R = 14.0 cm, and the ball has radius r  R. (a) What is h if the
ball is on the verge of leaving the track when it reaches the top of the loop? If the
ball is released at height h = 6.00R, what are the (b) magnitude and (c) direction
of the horizontal force component acting on the ball at point Q?

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Problem 5
In the figure below, a solid ball rolls smoothly from rest (starting at height H =
6.0 m) until it leaves the horizontal section at the end of the track, at height
h = 2.0 m. How far horizontally from point A does the ball hit the floor?

Problem 6
In unit-vector notation, what is the torque about the origin on a particle located
at coordinates (0, −4.0 m, 3.0 m) if that torque is is due to (a) force F~1 with
components F1x = 2.0 N, F1y = F1z = 0, and (b) force F~2 with components
F2x = 0, F2y = 2.0 N, F2z = 4.0 N?

Problem 7
In unit-vector notation, what is the net torque about the origin on a flea located
at coordinates (0, −4.0 m, 5.0 m) when forces F~1 = (3.0 N)k̂ and F~2 = (−2.0 N)ĵ
act on the flea?

Problem 8
At the instant of the figure below, a 2.0 kg particle P has a position vector ~r of
magnitude 3.0 m and angle θ1 = 45◦ and a velocity vector ~v of magnitude 4.0 m/s
and angle θ2 = 30◦ . Force F~ , of magnitude 2.0 N and angle θ3 = 30◦ , acts on P .
All three vectors lie in the xy plane. About the origin, what are the (a) magnitude
and (b) direction of the angular momentum of P and the (c) magnitude and
(d) direction of the torque acting on P ?

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Problem 9
A 3.0 kg particle with velocity ~v = (5.0 m/s)î − (6.0 m/s)ĵ is at x = 3.0 m,
y = 8.0 m. It is pulled by a 7.0 N force in the negative x direction. About
the origin, what are (a) the particle’s angular momentum, (b) the torque acting
on the particle, and (c) the rate at which the angular momentum is changing?

Problem 10
A sanding disk with rotational inertia 1.2 × 10−3 kg · m2 is attached to an electric
drill whose motor delivers a torque of magnitude 16 N · m about the central axis
of the disk. About that axis and with the torque applied for 33 ms, what is the
magnitude of the (a) angular momentum and (b) angular velocity of the disk?

Problem 11
In the figure below, three particles of mass m = 23 g are fastened to three rods
of length d = 12 cm and negligible mass. The rigid assembly rotates around
point O at angular speed ω = 0.85 rad/s. About O, what are (a) the rotational
inertia of the assembly, (b) the magnitude of the angular momentum of the middle
particle,and (c) the magnitude of the angular momentum of the assembly?

Problem 12
A man stands on a platform that is rotating (without friction) with an angular
speed of 1.2 rev/s; his arms are outstretched and he holds a brick in each hand. The
rotational inertia of the system consisting of the man, bricks, and platform about
the central vertical axis of the platform is 6.0 kg · m2 . If by moving the bricks the
man decreases the rotational inertia of the system to 2.0 kg · m2 , what are (a) the
resulting angular speed of the platform and (b) the ratio of the new kinetic energy
of the system to the original kinetic energy? (c) What source provided the added
kinetic energy?

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Problem 13
A wheel is rotating freely at angular speed 800 rev/min on a shaft whose rotational
inertial is negligible. A second wheel, initially at rest and with twice the rotational
inertia of the first, is suddenly coupled to the same shaft. (a) What is the angular
speed of the resultant combination of the shaft and two wheels? (b) What fraction
of the original rotational kinetic energy is lost?
Problem 14
A track is mounted on a large wheel that is free to turn with negligible friction
about a vertical axis (see the figure below). A toy train of mass m is placed on the
track and, with the system initially at rest, the train’s electrical power is turned
on. The train reaches speed 0.15 m/s with respect to the track. What is the
angular speed of the wheel if its mass is 1.1m and its radius is 0.43 m? (Treat the
wheel as a hoop, and neglect the mass of the spokes and hub.)

Problem 15
A uniform thin rod of length 0.500 m and mass 4.00 kg can rotate in a horizontal
plane about a vertical axis through its center. The rod is at rest when a 3.00 g
bullet travelling in the rotation plane is fired into one end of the rod. As viewed
from above, the bullet’s path makes angle θ = 60.0◦ with the rod (see the figure
below). If the bullet lodges in the rod and the angular velocity of the rod is 10 rad/s
immediately after the collision, what is the bullet’s speed just before impact?

Problem 16
The figure below is an overhead view of a thin uniform rod of length 0.800 m and
mass M rotating horizontally at angular speed 20.0 rad/s about an axis through
its center. A particle of mass M/3.00 initially attached to one end is ejected from
the rod and travels along a path that is perpendicular to the rod at the instant of
ejection. If the particle’s speed vp is 6.00 m/s greater than the speed of the rod
end just after ejection, what is the value of vp ?

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Problem 17
A horizontal platform in the shape of a circular disk rotates on a frictionless bearing
about a vertical axle through the center of the disk. The platform has a mass of
150 kg, a radius of 2.0 m, and a rotational inertia of 3.00 kg · m2 about the axis of
rotation. A 60 kg student walks slowly from the rim of the platform toward the
center. If the angular speed of the system is 1.5 rad/s when the student starts at
the rim, what is the angular speed when the student is 0.50 m from the center?