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Torque and Angular Acceleration HW

The document contains a series of physics problems related to angular acceleration and torque, requiring calculations of moment of inertia, angular acceleration, and net torque for various scenarios involving pulleys, spools, and rods. Each problem provides specific parameters such as mass, radius, force, and time to solve for the unknowns. The problems are designed for AP Physics 1 students to apply concepts of rotational motion and dynamics.

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Torque and Angular Acceleration HW

The document contains a series of physics problems related to angular acceleration and torque, requiring calculations of moment of inertia, angular acceleration, and net torque for various scenarios involving pulleys, spools, and rods. Each problem provides specific parameters such as mass, radius, force, and time to solve for the unknowns. The problems are designed for AP Physics 1 students to apply concepts of rotational motion and dynamics.

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AP Physics 1: Angular Acceleration and Torque

1. A merry go round is accelerated uniformly from rest and attains an angular


speed of 0.4 rad/s in the first 10 seconds. If the net torque applied is 2000
Nm, what is the moment of inertia of the merry go round?

2. A string is wrapped around a pulley of radius 0.10 m and moment of inertia


0.15 kg·m2. The string is pulled with a force of 12 N. What is the magnitude
of the resulting angular acceleration of the pulley?

3. A string is wrapped around a pulley of radius 0.05 m and moment of inertia


0.2 kg·m2. If the string is pulled with a force F, the resulting angular
acceleration of the pulley is 2 rad/s2. Determine the magnitude of the force
F.

4. How much torque is required to accelerate a DVD from rest to its operating
speed of 4 rad/s, in 2 s, if the DVD is 50 grams and has a diameter of 20 cm?
Assume the DVD is a disk (I= ½ mr2).

5. A spool of wire has a radius of 0.4 m and 4 kg mass. If you pull the wire
with a 20 N force, what angular acceleration will this cause on the spool?
Assume the spool is a solid cylinder (I=½mr2).

6. A golfer applies 50 Nm of torque to his golf club. Assuming the club is a 1 m


1 2
long rod (I = m L ) with mass=0.5 kg attached to a 0.5 kg head (treat as a
3
point mass), what is the moment of inertia of the golf club? What angular
acceleration will this create?

7. What is the magnitude of the net torque on the


system about the axis in terms of F and R? What
is the angular acceleration of the system? The
moment of inertia for a disk is I=½ mr2, the
larger disk has a mass of M, and the smaller disk
has a mass of m.

8. A one-piece cylinder is shaped as in the figure


below, with a core section protruding from the
larger drum. The cylinder is free to rotate around
the central axis shown right. A rope wrapped
around the drum, of radius 1 m, exerts a force F1
to the right on the cylinder. A rope wrapped
around the core, of radius 0.5 m, exerts a force F2
downward on the cylinder. If F1=5N and F2=6N,
what is the net torque around the axis of rotation?
What is the magnitude of the angular acceleration
of the system? The moment of inertia for a disk is
I=½ mr2, the larger disk has a mass of 5 kg, and
the smaller disk has a mass of 3 kg.

9. A uniform horizontal rod of mass 1.2 kg and


length 0.83 m is free to pivot about one end as
shown. If a 5.1 N force at an angle of 120° to the
horizontal acts on the rod as shown, what is the
magnitude of the resulting net torque about the
pivot point? What is the magnitude of the angular
1 2
acceleration if the moment of inertia for a rod pivoted at one end is I = m L
3
?

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