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BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus xy−plane.

At t = 0, the center of of the disk is at


Ist SEMESTER 2017-18 (0, b, 0). The magnitude of the total angular mo-
QUIZ I SOLUTION MM:30 (10%) mentum of the wheel about the origin will be.
PHY F111 SOLN: 3/2 (M b2 ω)

7. Consider a wheel having a pebble of mass m stuck


NAME: in its thread (outer surface). The wheel is rotating
ID: with constant angular velocity ω~0 . After some time
the pebble is detached and it flies away tangentially.
Section No: The magnitude of new angular velocity ω of the
wheel is
1. Consider a bead fixed on one of the spoke of a wheel A > ω0 B < ω0 C = ω0
which is rolling on a flat horizontal surface. Will SOLN: C
there be a non-zero Coriolis acceleration for the
8. A yo-yo of mass M has an axle of radius b and a
bead in the polar coordinate system with origin at
spool (outer) radius R. Its moment of inertia can
a distance d from the center of the wheel on the
be taken to be 21 M R2 and the mass and thickness of
ground? (Y/N with one-line justification).
the string can be neglected. The yo-yo is released
SOLN: Yes, both tangential and radial motion is
from rest. The tension in the cord as the yo-yo
there about the origin.
descends is
2. A truck of mass M carrying sand (mass m) is mov- Mg Mg
A B
ing with uniform velocity v m/s. Sand is leaking at 1−2b2 /R2 1+2b2 /R2
the rate λ kg/s through the back side of the truck Mg Mg
C D
1−2R2 /b2 1+2R2 /b2
with zero relative velocity with respect to the truck. SOLN: B
What is the speed of truck after t seconds.
SOLN: Speed is the same: velocity v m/s. 9. A cylinder of radius R and mass M rolls without
slipping down a plane inclined at angle θ. The coef-
3. A particle of mass m having velocity v1 collides elas- ficient of friction is µ. It has got a liner acceleration
tically with a particle of mass with 2m at rest. The a. The force acting on the cylinder due to friction
speed of particle of mass m in the CM frame after is
the collision will be.
1 1
SOLN: 32 v~1 A Mg B Ma C 2
Mg D 2
Ma
SOLN: D
4. A particle of mass 2m moving the velocity v0 dis-
integrates into two equal parts by an exothermal 10. A rigid bar of mass M and length L attached to a
process in which an energy ∆E is released. The frictionless hinge at a wall is free to rotate. The
maximum speed that any of the pieces can have af- bar is released from rest in the horizontal posi-
ter the explosion tion. What is the instantaneous angular acceler-
q will be
SOLN: v0 + ∆E ation, when the bar has swung down and makes an
m
angle of 300 to the vertical? (Ihinge = 1/3(M L2 )).
ri × Fi , which of the
P
5. Torque is given by ~τ = g g 3g 3g
following statement is correct? A 2L B 4L C 2L D 4L
SOLN:D

A ~τ = 0 always, when F~ = 0.
P

B ~τ can be nonzero, even if F~ = 0.


P

C ~τ 6= 0 always, when F~ = 0
P
P~
D For F 6= 0, ~τ 6= 0.
SOLN: B

6. A uniform disk of mass M and radius b rolls uni-


formly without slipping with angular velocity ω
~ in

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