Multiple ChoiceA flywheel is a rotating disc used to store energy. What is the maximum energy you can store on a flywheel built as a solid disc with mass 8 × 104 kg and diameter 5.0 m, if it can spin at a max of 120 RPM?759views8rank1comments
Multiple ChoiceWhen solid sphere 4 m in diameter spins around its central axis at 120 RPM, it has 10,000 J in kinetic energy. Calculate the sphere's mass.649views1rank1comments
Multiple ChoiceWhat is the mass of a solid sphere with radius 5.0cm, that has 2.5J of kinetic energy when it rotates at 34rad/s?284views
Textbook QuestionA wheel is turning about an axis through its center with constant angular acceleration. Starting from rest, at t = 0, the wheel turns through 8.20 revolutions in 12.0 s. At t = 12.0 s the kinetic energy of the wheel is 36.0 J. For an axis through its center, what is the moment of inertia of the wheel?1168views
Textbook QuestionAn airplane propeller is 2.08 m in length (from tip to tip) with mass 117 kg and is rotating at 2400 rpm (rev/min) about an axis through its center. You can model the propeller as a slender rod. (a) What is its rotational kinetic energy? (b) Suppose that, due to weight constraints, you had to reduce the propeller's mass to 75.0% of its original mass, but you still needed to keep the same size and kinetic energy. What would its angular speed have to be, in rpm?1785views
Textbook QuestionIf we multiply all the design dimensions of an object by a scaling factor f, its volume and mass will be multiplied by f^3. (b) If a 1/48 scale model has a rotational kinetic energy of 2.5 J, what will be the kinetic energy for the full-scale object of the same material rotating at the same angular velocity?460views
Textbook QuestionA uniform sphere with mass 28.0 kg and radius 0.380 m is rotating at constant angular velocity about a stationary axis that lies along a diameter of the sphere. If the kinetic energy of the sphere is 236 J, what is the tangential velocity of a point on the rim of the sphere?1385views
Textbook QuestionThe flywheel of a gasoline engine is required to give up 500 J of kinetic energy while its angular velocity decreases from 650 rev/min to 520 rev/min. What moment of inertia is required?1628views
Textbook QuestionA 140-g baseball, with a diameter of 7.5 cm, is pitched at 145 km/h. It spins at 1200 rpm. If the baseball is assumed to be a uniform solid sphere, what fraction of its kinetic energy is rotational?175views
Textbook QuestionAn 8.0-cm-diameter, 400 g solid sphere is released from rest at the top of a 2.1-m-long, 25 incline. It rolls, without slipping, to the bottom(b). What fraction of its kinetic energy is rotational?1324views
Textbook QuestionA thin, 100 g disk with a diameter of 8.0 cm rotates about an axis through its center with 0.15 J of kinetic energy. What is the speed of a point on the rim?421views
Textbook QuestionWhat is the rotational kinetic energy of the earth? Assume the earth is a uniform sphere. Data for the earth can be found inside the back cover of the book.367views
Textbook QuestionA small 300 g ball and a small 600 g ball are connected by a 40-cm-long, 200 g rigid rod. b. What is the rotational kinetic energy if the structure rotates about its center of mass at 100 rpm?276views
Textbook QuestionFlywheels are large, massive wheels used to store energy. They can be spun up slowly, then the wheel's energy can be released quickly to accomplish a task that demands high power. An industrial flywheel has a 1.5 m diameter and a mass of 250 kg. Its maximum angular velocity is 1200 rpm. b. How much energy is stored in the flywheel?573views
Textbook Question(III) The 1100-kg mass of a car includes four tires, each of mass 35 kg (including wheels) and diameter 0.80 m. Assume each tire and wheel combination acts as a solid cylinder. Determine(a) the total kinetic energy of the car when traveling 95 km/h .114views
Textbook Question(III) The 1100-kg mass of a car includes four tires, each of mass 35 kg (including wheels) and diameter 0.80 m. Assume each tire and wheel combination acts as a solid cylinder. Determine(b) the fraction of the kinetic energy in the tires and wheels.112views
Textbook Question(II) A merry-go-round has a mass of 1240 kg and a radius of 7.50 m. How much net work is required to accelerate it from rest to a rotation rate of 1.00 revolution per 7.00 s? Assume it is a solid cylinder.139views
Textbook Question(II) Two ice skaters, both of mass 68 kg, approach on parallel paths 1.6 m apart. Both are moving at 3.5 m/s with their arms outstretched. They join hands as they pass, still maintaining their 1.6-m separation, and begin rotating about one another. Treat the skaters as particles with regard to their rotational inertia. (b) Calculate the change in kinetic energy for this process.228views
Textbook Question(II) Hurricanes can involve winds in excess of 120km/h at the outer edge. Make a rough estimate of(a) the energy, of such a hurricane, approximating it as a rigidly rotating uniform cylinder of air (density 1.3 kg/m³) of radius 85 km and height 4.5 km.159views
Textbook Question(II) Estimate the kinetic energy of the Earth with respect to the Sun as the sum of two terms, (a) that due to its daily rotation about its axis, [Assume the Earth is a uniform sphere with mass = 6.0 x 10²⁴ kg , radius = 6.4 x 10⁶ m, and is 1.5 x 10⁸ km from the Sun.]132views
Textbook Question(II) Estimate the kinetic energy of the Earth with respect to the Sun as the sum of two terms, (b) that due to its yearly revolution about the Sun. [Assume the Earth is a uniform sphere with mass = 6.0 x 10²⁴ kg , radius = 6.4 x 10⁶ m, and is 1.5 x 10⁸ km from the Sun.]144views
Textbook Question(III) The 1100-kg mass of a car includes four tires, each of mass 35 kg (including wheels) and diameter 0.80 m. Assume each tire and wheel combination acts as a solid cylinder.(c) If the car is initially at rest and is then pulled by a tow truck with a force of 1500 N, what is the acceleration of the car? Ignore frictional losses.186views
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