PHYSICS :: ROTATIONAL MOTION ROLLING

PHYSICS: ROTATIONAL MOTION ROLLING

1. A solid cylinder is released from rest from the top of an inclined plane of
inclination 30o and length 60 cm. If the cylinder rolls without slipping, its speed
upon reaching the bottom of the inclined plane is ______ ms-1.
(Given, g = 10 ms-2)

2. The following bodies,

1) a ring
2) a disc
3) a solid cylinder
4) a solid sphere of same mass 𝑚 and radius 𝑅 are allowed to roll down without slipping
simultaneously from the top of the inclined plane.
The body which will reach first at the bottom of the inclined plane is _____.
(Mark the body as per their respective numbering given)

3. Two bodies a ring and a solid cylinder of same material are rolling down without slipping an
inclined plane. The radii of the bodies are same. The ratio of velocity of the center of mass at the
bottom of the inclined plane of the ring to that of the cylinder is √𝑥/2. Then, the value of 𝑥 is _____.

4. A circular disc reaches from top to bottom of an inclined plane of length 𝐿. When it slips down the
#! $
plane, it takes time 𝑡! . When it rolls down the plane, it takes time 𝑡" . The value of is ) . The value
#" %

of 𝑥 will be ______.

5. A ring and a disc are initially at rest, side by side, at the top of the inclined plane which makes an
angle 60o with the horizontal. They start to roll without slipping at the same instant of time along
the shortest path. If the time difference between their reaching the ground is (2 − √3)/√10 𝑠, then
the height of the top of the inclined plane, in meters, is ______ . (Take g = 10 ms-2)

6. A rolling wheel of 12 kg is on an inclined plane at position 𝑃 and connected to a mass of 3 kg

through a string of fixed length and pulley as shown in figure. Consider 𝑃𝑅 as friction free
surface. The velocity of center of mass of the wheel when it reaches at the bottom 𝑄 of the
!
inclined plane 𝑃𝑄 will be " $𝑥𝑔ℎ m/s. The value of 𝑥 is _____.

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7. A solid disc of radius 𝑎 and mass 𝑚 rolls down without slipping on an inclined plane making an
"
angle 𝜃 with the horizontal. The acceleration of the disc will be
#
𝑔 sin 𝜃, where 𝑏 is ______.
(Roundoff to nearest integer) (𝑔 = acceleration due to gravity, 𝜃 = angle as shown in figure)

8. A solid sphere of mass 1kg and radius 1m rolls without slipping on a fixed inclined plane with an
angle of inclination 𝜃 = 30& from the horizontal. Two forces of magnitude 1N each, parallel to the
incline, act on the sphere, both at distance 𝑟 = 0.5𝑚 from the center of the sphere, as shown in figure.
The acceleration of the sphere down the plane is ______ ms-2. (Take g = 10 ms-2)

9. The center of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed 𝑣& . A particle on the rim of the
wheel at the same level as the center will be moving at a speed √𝑥 𝑣& , then the value of 𝑥 is _____.

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ANSWERS
1.

2𝑔ℎ 2 × 10 × 0.3 6 12
𝑉=. =. = . = . = √4 = 2 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
1+𝑐 1 3 3
1+
2 2

2.
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠
𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎=
𝐼
1+
𝑀𝑅"
𝑔 sin 𝜃
1) 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅" , 𝑎 =
2
𝑚𝑅" 2
2) 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐, 𝐼 = , 𝑎 = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
2 3
𝑚𝑅" 2
3) 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 = , 𝑎 = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
2 3
2 5
4) 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑅" , 𝑎 = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
5 7

1 2𝑆
𝑆 = 𝑎𝑡 " 𝑜𝑟 𝑡 = .
2 𝑎

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚, 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚.

𝑆𝑜, 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚.

3.
1. Ring:

2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ
𝑉! = . =. = $𝑔ℎ
1+𝑐 1+1

2. Solid cylinder:

2𝑔ℎ 2𝑔ℎ 4
𝑉" = . =. = . 𝑔ℎ
1+𝑐 1 3
1+
2

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3.

𝑉! 3 √3
=. =
𝑉" 4 2

∴𝑥=3

4.

1.

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒

𝑎! = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
1
𝑆 = 𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 "
2
1
𝐿 = 𝑎! 𝑡!"
2

2𝐿
𝑡! = .
𝑎!

2.

𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔:
𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎" =
1+𝑐
𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎" =
1
1+2
2
𝑎" = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
3

2𝐿
𝑡" = .
𝑎"

𝑡" 𝑎! 𝑔 sin 𝜃 3 3
=. =. =. =.
𝑡! 𝑎" 2 2 𝑥
3 𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑥=2

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5.

1.
𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑔 sin 𝜃
𝑎$%&' = =
1+1 2
2.
𝑔 sin 𝜃 2
𝑎(%)* = = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
1 3
1+2

3.
1
𝑆 = 𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 "
2

ℎ 1 4ℎ 16ℎ
= (𝑎! )𝑡!" ⟹ 𝑡! = . "
=.
sin 𝜃 2 𝑔 sin 𝜃 3𝑔

ℎ 1 3ℎ 4ℎ
= (𝑎" )𝑡"" ⟹ 𝑡" = . "
=.
sin 𝜃 2 𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑔

16ℎ 4ℎ _2 − √3`
∆𝑡 = 𝑡! − 𝑡" = . −. =
3𝑔 𝑔 √10
3
ℎ= = 0.75
4

6.

1 "
1 " 1 "
𝑉 "
12𝑔ℎ − 3𝑔ℎ = 12𝑉 + 3𝑉 + 𝑀𝑅 × a b
2 2 2 𝑅
1 1 1
9𝑔ℎ = 12𝑉 " + 3𝑉 " + 12𝑉 "
2 2 2
1
9𝑔ℎ = 𝑉 " (27)
2
2
𝑉 " = 𝑔ℎ
3
18
𝑉" = 𝑔ℎ
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1 8
𝑉= . 𝑔ℎ
2 3
8
𝑥=
3

7.
𝑔 sin 𝜃 𝑔 sin 𝜃 2 2
𝑎= = = 𝑔 sin 𝜃 = 𝑔 sin 𝜃
1+𝑐 1 3 𝑏
1+2

𝑏=3

8.

1.
5 + 1 − 1 − 𝑓 = 1_𝛼(𝑅)`
5 − 𝑓 = 𝛼 … (1)
2.
𝜏 = 𝑓(1) − 1(0.5) − 1(0.5) = 𝐼𝛼
2
𝑓 − 1 = 𝑚𝑅" ∙ 𝛼
5
2 2
𝑓 = × 1(1)" ∙ 𝛼 + 1 = 𝛼 + 1
5 5
3.
2
5 − a 𝛼 + 1b = 𝛼
5
20
𝛼= 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐
7
20
𝑎 = 𝑅𝛼 = 𝑚/𝑠 "
7

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9.

𝑉 + = 𝑤𝑅
𝑉,
𝑤=
𝑅
𝑉,
𝑉+ = ∙ 𝑅
𝑅

i𝑉," + 𝑉," = √2 𝑉,

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