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Lecture Examples Week 6

The document provides examples from past exams on the topics of moment of inertia and rotational dynamics. It includes calculating the moment of inertia of a triangular plate and determining the speed and acceleration of a disk on a string. It also gives examples on minimum coefficient of static friction for rolling without slipping and finding the angular velocity of a rod and sphere structure.

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Lecture Examples Week 6

The document provides examples from past exams on the topics of moment of inertia and rotational dynamics. It includes calculating the moment of inertia of a triangular plate and determining the speed and acceleration of a disk on a string. It also gives examples on minimum coefficient of static friction for rolling without slipping and finding the angular velocity of a rod and sphere structure.

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Week 6 Lecture Examples

PH1011 Physics
Week 6
Lecture Examples on:
Lecture 12: Moment of Inertia
Lecture 13: Rotational Dynamics
Moment of Inertia >> Example 1 >> Past 2014-2015 Semester 2 Exam Q4b:

Calculate the moment of inertia of this uniform triangular plate rotating about 𝑦− axis. The mass
density is 𝜇 = 2 𝑔/𝑐𝑚! . {Answer: 9849.6 𝑔𝑐𝑚! }

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Week 6 Lecture Examples

Rotational Dynamics >> Example >> Past 2012-2013 Semester 2 Exam Q4:

A string is wound around a uniform disk of radius R and mass M. The disk is released from rest
when the string is vertical and its top end is tied to a fixed bar (Figure 4).

a) Show that the tension in the string is one-third the weight of the
disk.

b) Show that the magnitude of the acceleration of the centre of mass


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is # .

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c) Show that the speed of the centre of mass is / when the disk
#
has descended to height ℎ below the fixed bar.

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Week 6 Lecture Examples

Rotational Dynamics >> Example >> Past 2013-2014 Semester 1 Exam Q4b:

What is the minimum coefficient of static friction so that a cylinder can roll down an incline of
angle θ without slipping? (Hint: You may want to draw a free body diagram of the rolling cylinder
'
and write down the corresponding Newton’s 2nd Law equations.) {Answer: 𝜇& = # tan 𝜃}

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Week 6 Lecture Examples

Rotational Dynamics >> Example >> Past 2014-2015 Semester 1 Exam Q4b:

(Continued from Week 5) Now end B of the non-uniform rod is attached to a uniform sphere
whose radius is 0.1𝑙 and the whole structure is released from the vertical position as shown in
Figure 4(b). The sphere has the same mass as the rod and the whole structure rotates clockwise as
shown. Determine the angular velocity (in terms of 𝑙) of the structure when the structure is
horizontal. (Hint: the moment of inertia of the rod about its centre of mass (CM) is 0.0826𝑀𝑙 ! .)
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{Answer: 𝜔 = }
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