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Rotational Velocity & Acceleration

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Rotational Velocity & Acceleration

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Rotational velocity of Earth

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Rotational Motion: Kinematic Equations, Example Problems

Rotational Motion: Kinematic Equations, Example Problems

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Rotational Motion: An Explanation, Angular Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

Rotational Motion: An Explanation, Angular Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

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Rotational Motion

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Angular Motion and Torque

Angular Motion and Torque

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Angular Velocity and Acceleration

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Multiple Choice

Calculate the rotational velocity (in rad/s) of a clock's minute hand.

EXTRA:Calculate the rotational velocity (in rad/s) of a clock's hour hand.

Multiple Choice

A wheel of radius 5 m accelerates from 60 RPM to 180 RPM in 2 s. Calculate its angular acceleration.

Multiple Choice

A car drives at a constant

15 m / s

along a curve on city street with a radius of

70 m

. What is the acceleration of the car?

Multiple Choice

The dwarf planet Ceres has a radius of

476 km

9.5 \times 10^{20} kg

, and a free fall acceleration due to gravity of

0.28 m / s^{2}

. What speed will a rock have if it is orbiting Ceres, right on the surface? Ceres has no atmosphere – so there are no issues with air resistance – but assume that there are no mountains or large boulders to impede the orbit.

Multiple Choice

A person runs ¼ of the way around a circular lake in 5.6 minutes. What is the person's angular speed?

Textbook Question

FIGURE EX4.24 shows the angular-position-versus-time graph for a particle moving in a circle. What is the particle's angular velocity at (b) t = 4s

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Flywheels—rapidly rotating disks—are widely used in industry for storing energy. They are spun up slowly when extra energy is available, then decelerate quickly when needed to supply a boost of energy. A 20-cm-diameter rotor made of advanced materials can spin at 100,000 rpm. b. Suppose the rotor's angular velocity decreases by 40% over 30 s as it supplies energy. What is the magnitude of the rotor's angular acceleration? Assume that the angular acceleration is constant.

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The angular velocity of a process control motor is ω = ( 20 ─ ½ t² ) rad/s, where t is in seconds. a. At what time does the motor reverse direction?

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A 25 g steel ball is attached to the top of a 24-cm-diameter vertical wheel. Starting from rest, the wheel accelerates at 470 rad/s². The ball is released after ¾ of a revolution. How high does it go above the center of the wheel?

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The angular velocity of a spinning gyroscope is measured every 0.5 s. The results and the best-fit line from a spreadsheet are shown in FIGURE P4.63.

a. What is the gyroscope's initial angular velocity, at t = 0 s?

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FIGURE EX4.36 shows the angular velocity graph of the crankshaft in a car. What is the crankshaft's angular acceleration at (b) t = 3s

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A computer hard disk 8.0 cm in diameter is initially at rest. A small dot is painted on the edge of the disk. The disk accelerates at 600 rad/s² for ½s, then coasts at a steady angular velocity for another ½s. b. Through how many revolutions has the disk turned?

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Your roommate is working on his bicycle and has the bike upside down. He spins the 60-cm-diameter wheel, and you notice that a pebble stuck in the tread goes by three times every second. What are the pebble's speed and acceleration?

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A 5.0-m-diameter merry-go-round is initially turning with a 4.0 s period. It slows down and stops in 20 s. (b) How many revolutions does the merry-go-round make as it stops?

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Starting from rest, a DVD steadily accelerates to 500 rpm in 1.0 s, rotates at this angular speed for 3.0 s, then steadily decelerates to a halt in 2.0 s. How many revolutions does it make?

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The angular velocity of a process control motor is ω = ( 20 ─ ½ t² ) rad/s, where t is in seconds. b. Through what angle does the motor turn between t = 0 s and the instant at which it reverses direction?

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A painted tooth on a spinning gear has angular position θ = (6.0 rad/s⁴)t⁴. What is the tooth's angular acceleration at the end of 10 revolutions?

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A 6.0-cm-diameter gear rotates with angular velocity ω = ( 20 ─ ½ t² ) rad/s where t is in seconds. At t = 4.0 s, what are: b. The tangential acceleration of a tooth on the gear?

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A 6.0-cm-diameter gear rotates with angular velocity ω = ( 20 ─ ½ t² ) rad/s where t is in seconds. At t = 4.0 s, what are: a. The gear's angular acceleration?

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CALC A fan blade rotates with angular velocity given by ω_z(t) = g - bt^2, where g = 5.00 rad/s and b = 0.800 rad/s^3. (b) Calculate the instantaneous angular acceleration α_z at t = 3.00 s and the average angular acceleration α_av-z for the time interval t = 0 to t = 3.00 s. How do these two quantities compare? If they are different, why?

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CALC A fan blade rotates with angular velocity given by ω_z(t) = g - bt^2, where g = 5.00 rad/s and b = 0.800 rad/s^3. (a) Calculate the angular acceleration as a function of time.

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CP CALC The angular velocity of a flywheel obeys the equation ω_z(t) = A + Bt2, where t is in seconds and A and B are constants having numerical values 2.75 (for A) and 1.50 (for B). (b) What is the angular acceleration of the wheel at (i) t = 0 and (ii) t = 5.00 s?

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CALC The angle θ through which a disk drive turns is given by θ(t) = a + bt - ct^3, where a, b, and c are constants, t is in seconds, and θ is in radians. When t = 0, θ = p/4 rad and the angular velocity is 2.00 rad/s. When t = 1.50 s, the angular acceleration is 1.25 rad/s^2. (c) What are θ and the angular velocity when the angular acceleration is 3.50 rad/s^2?

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CALC The angle θ through which a disk drive turns is given by θ(t) = a + bt - ct^3, where a, b, and c are constants, t is in seconds, and θ is in radians. When t = 0, θ = p/4 rad and the angular velocity is 2.00 rad/s. When t = 1.50 s, the angular acceleration is 1.25 rad/s^2. (b) What is the angular acceleration when θ = p/4 rad?

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CALC The angle θ through which a disk drive turns is given by θ(t) = a + bt - ct^3, where a, b, and c are constants, t is in seconds, and θ is in radians. When t = 0, θ = p/4 rad and the angular velocity is 2.00 rad/s. When t = 1.50 s, the angular acceleration is 1.25 rad/s^2. (a) Find a, b, and c, including their units.

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A car tire is 60 cm in diameter. The car is traveling at a speed of 20 m/s. (c) What is the speed of a point at the bottom edge of the tire?

Textbook Question

A car tire is 60 cm in diameter. The car is traveling at a speed of 20 m/s. (b) What is the speed of a point at the top edge of the tire?

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(II) The angular acceleration of a wheel, as a function of time, is α = 4.2 t² ― 9.0 t , where α is in rad/s² and t in seconds. If the wheel starts from rest (θ = 0 , ω = 0, at t = 0), determine a formula for

(b) the angular position θ, both as a function of time.

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(II) Suppose the force Fₜ in the cord hanging from the pulley of Example 10–10, Fig. 10–22, is given by the relation Fₜ = 3.00 t ― 0.20 t² (newtons) where t is in seconds. If the pulley starts from rest, what is the linear speed of a point on its rim 9.0 s later? Ignore friction and use the moment of inertia, calculated in Example 10–10.

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(II) The axle of a wheel is mounted on supports that rest on a rotating turntable as shown in Fig. 10–52. The wheel has angular velocity ω₁ = 48.0 rad/s about its axle, and the turntable has angular velocity ω₂ = 35.0 rad/s about a vertical axis. (Note arrows showing these motions in the figure.)

(a) What are the directions of ω₁ (→ above ω₁) and ω₂ (→ above ω₂) at the instant shown?

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(II) The axle of a wheel is mounted on supports that rest on a rotating turntable as shown in Fig. 10–52. The wheel has angular velocity ω₁ = 48.0 rad/s about its axle, and the turntable has angular velocity ω₂ = 35.0 rad/s about a vertical axis. (Note arrows showing these motions in the figure?

(b) What is the resultant angular velocity of the wheel, as seen by an outside observer, at the instant shown? Give the magnitude and direction.

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(II) The axle of a wheel is mounted on supports that rest on a rotating turntable as shown in Fig. 10–52. The wheel has angular velocity ω₁ = 48.0 rad/s about its axle, and the turntable has angular velocity ω₂ = 35.0 rad/s about a vertical axis. (Note arrows showing these motions in the figure.)

(c) What is the magnitude and direction of the angular acceleration of the wheel at the instant shown? Take the 𝒵 axis vertically upward and the direction of the axle at the moment shown to be the 𝓍 axis pointing to the right.

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