A flywheel of mass 70 kg with a radius of gyration of 0.45 m is accelerated uniformly from 700 rpm to 2300 rpm. The driving torque is a constant 180 N·m and friction can be ignored. How long t does this take?
Rigid-body rotation worksheet with answers
A uniform slender rod of mass 2 kg and length 0.7 m rotates about an axis O perpendicular to the rod, 0.15 m from its centre G. Find its mass moment of inertia IO about that axis.
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A uniform slender rod of mass 8.5 kg and length 0.5 m hangs at rest from a frictionless pivot at its top end. A 10 g bullet moving horizontally at 480 m/s hits the rod 0.45 m below the pivot and stays embedded. Use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the largest angle φ from the vertical through which the rod swings.
Answer key
- 1. t = 13.19 s
- 2. IO = 0.1267 kg·m²
- 3. Pavg = 8.947 kW
- 4. N = 97.1 rev
- 5. ω = 47.02 rad/s
- 6. φ = 32.56 °
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