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ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS
Question No. 1 to 4 (4 questions)
The figure shows an isosceles triangular plate of mass M and base L. The angle
at the apex is 90. The apex lies at the origin and the base is parallel
to Xaxis
1. The moment of inertia of the plate about the z-axis is
(A)
12
ML
2
(B)
24
ML
2
(C)
6
ML
2
(D) none of these
2. The moment of inertia of the plate about the x-axis is
(A)
8
ML
2
(B)
32
ML
2
(C)
24
ML
2
(D)
6
ML
2
3. The moment of inertia of the plate about its base parallel to the x-axis is
(A)
18
ML
2
(B)
36
ML
2
(C)
24
ML
2
(D) none of these
4. The moment of inertia of the plate about the y-axis is
(A)
6
ML
2
(B)
8
ML
2
(C)
24
ML
2
(D) none of these
5. Find minimum height of obstacle so that the sphere can stay in equilibrium.
(A)
u + cos 1
R
(B)
u +sin 1
R
(C) R (1 sinu) (D) R (1 cosu)
6. A ring of mass m and radius R has three particles attached to the ring as
shown in the figure. The centre of the ring has a speed v
0
. The kinetic
energy of the system is: (Slipping is absent)
(A) 6
2
0
mv (B) 12
2
0
mv
(C) 4
2
0
mv (D) 8
2
0
mv
7. A yo-yo is resting on a rough horizontal table. Forces F
1
, F
2
and F
3
are applied
separately as shown. The correct statement is
(A) when F
3
is applied the centre of mass will move to the right.
(B) when F
2
is applied the centre of mass will move to the left.
(C) when F
1
is applied the centre of mass will move to the right.
(D) when F
2
is applied the centre of mass will move to the right.
8. In the figure shown, the plank is being pulled to the right with a constant speed v. If the cylinder does not
slip then:
(A) the speed of the centre of mass of the cylinder is 2v.
(B) the speed of the centre of mass of the cylinder is zero.
(C) the angular velocity of the cylinder is v/R.
(D) the angular velocity of the cylinder is zero.

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9. Consider a sphere of mass m radius R doing pure rolling motion
on a rough surface having velocity
0
v

as shown in the Fig. It makes

an elastic impact with the smooth wall and moves back and starts
pure rolling after some time again.
(A) Change in angular momentum about O in the entire motion
equals 2mv
0
R in magnitude.
(B) Moment of impulse provided by the wall during impact about O
equals 2mv
0
R in magnitude.
(C) Final velocity of ball will be
0
v
7
3

(D) Final velocity of ball will be
0
v
7
3
SUBJECTIVE
10. The uniform rod AB of mass m is released from rest when
o
60 = .
Assuming that the friction force between end A and the surface is large
enough to prevent sliding, determine (for time just after release)
(a) The angular acceleration of the rod
(b) The normal reaction and the friction force at A.
(c) The minimum value of compatible with the described motion.
11. By pulling on the cord of a yo-yo just fast enough, a person manages to make the
yo-yo spin counterclockwise, while remaining at a constant height above the floor.
Denoting the weight of the yo-yo by W, the radius of the inner drum on which the
cord is wound by r, and the radius of gyration of the yo-yo by k. determine:
(a) The tension in the cord
(b) The angular acceleration of the yo-yo
12. A rigid body is made of three identical thin rods each of length L fastened together
in the form of letter H. The body is free to rotate about a horizontal axis that
passes through one of the legs of the H. The body is allowed to fall from rest
from a position in which the plane of H is horizontal. What is the angular speed
of the body, when the plane of H is vertical.
13. A rod of length R and mass M is free to rotate about a horizontal
axis passing through hinge P as in figure. First it is taken aside such
that it becomes horizontal and then released. At the lowest point the
rod hits the block B of mass m and stops. Find the ratio of masses
such that the block B completes the circular track of radius R. Neglect
any friction.
14. A uniform slender bar AB of mass m is suspended from
two springs as shown. If spring 2 breaks, determine at
that instant;
(a) The angular acceleration of the bar.
(b) The acceleration of point A.
(c) The acceleration of point B

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15. A double pulley is attached to a slider block by a pin at B. The 2cm radius
inner pulley is rigidly attached to the 4cm radius outer pulley. Knowing that
each of the two cords is pulled at a constant speed of 12 cm/sec. as shown,
determine
(a) The instantaneous centre of rotation of double pulley
(b) The velocity of the slider block
(c) The length of cord w
r
apped or unwrapped on each pulley per second
16. The end B of rod AB which makes angle

with the floor is being pulled
with a velocity v
0
as shown. Taking the length of the rod as
l
, calculate
the following at the instant when

= 37.
(a) The velocity of end A
(b) Theangular velocityof rod
(c) Velocity of CM of the rod
17. A rough plank of mass m is placed on a rough hollow cylinder of mass M. A
constant force F making an angle

with the horizontal (plank is also horizontal
always) is applied to the plank. Assuming no slipping anywhere. Find acceleration
of the cylinder and friction force at A and B.
18. Two steel ball of equal diameter are connected by a
rigid bar of negligible weight as shown & are dropped
in the horizontal position from height h above the heavy
steel and brass base plates. If the coefficient of restitution
between the ball & steel base is 0.6 & that between the
other ball & the brass base is 0.4. Find the angular
velocity of the bar immediately after rebound. Assume
the two impacts are simultaneous.
19. A 500 g block P rests on a frictionless horizontal table at a distance of 400 mm
from a fixed pin O. The block is attached to pin O by an elastic cord of constant
k = 100N/m and of undeformed length 900 mm. If the block is set in motion
perpendicularly, determine:
(a) The speed in the beginning for which the distance from O to the block P
will reach the maximum value of 1.2 m,
(b) The speed when OP = 1.2 m
(c) The radius of curvature of the path of the block when OP =1.2 m.
20. A bar of length L and mass m has a frictionless pivot through its mid
point. There is an additional point mass 2m on the right end of the bar
and an additional point mass m on the left end of the bar. The bar is held
in horizontal position by a vertical cord attached at L/4 from the left end
as shown in the Figure. The additional masses m & 2m remain fixed on
the rod. The rod is initially horizontal.
(a) Find the tension in the cord
(b) Find the force that the pivot exerts on the bar.
(c) If the cord is cut. what is the angular acceleration of the bar immediately after the cord is cut
(d) When the bar has rotated through 90
o
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21. A uniform rod of length
l
is kept as shown in the figure. H is a horizontal
smooth surface and W is a vertical smooth wall. The rod is released from this
position. Find the angular acceleration of the rod just after the release.
22. A uniform thin rod with a mass M = 0.60 kg and a length of 0.30 m stands
on the edge of a frictionless table, as shown in the figure. The rod is struck
a horizontal impulsive blow. J = 6 N.s at a point 0.20 m above the table top,
driving the rod directly off the table. Determine the orientation of the rod
and the position of its C.M. 1 sec after the blow is struck.
23. Sphere A of mass m and radius r rolls without slipping with a velocity
1
v

on a horizontal plane. It hits squarely an identical sphere B which

is at rest. Denoting by
x
the co-efficient of kinetic friction between
the sphere and the plane, neglecting friction between the spheres
and assuming perfectly elastic impact (e = 1). determine;
(a) The linear & angular velocity of each sphere immediately after the impact.
(b) The velocity of each sphere after it has started rolling uniformly.
(c) Discuss the special case when
x
0 = .
24. A stationary free rod AB of mass m on a smooth horizontal plane ts struck at end A by a particle of the
same mass moving on the same plane with velocity V
0
perpendicular to the rod. The coefficient of
restitution is 0.5. Find the x and y coordinate of the end B as a function of time taking the origin to be
fixed at the initial position of the centre of the rod. Take the initial position of the centre of rod as origin
and positive y-axis along the rod and towards A and the x-axis along the initial velocity of the particle.
25. A uniform plate of mass m is suspended in each of the ways shown. For each case
determine immediately after the connection at B has been released ;
(a) The angular acceleration of the plate. (b) The acceleration of its center of mass.
26. Find the moment of inertia about x-axis of uniform thin plate of
density kg/m
2
as shown in the Figure.

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27. A uniform disc rolls without sliding on a horizontal surface. Find the ratio of total kinetic energy of upper
half part to the total kinetic energy of the disc.
28. A semicircular disc of radius r is released from rest from the position
shown. If no slipping occurs between the disc and the horizontal surface,
determine the expression for the angular velocity e reached by the disc
when its kinetic energy is maximum.
29. A ring rolls on a horizontal surface without sliding. The velocity of the centre is v. It encounters a step of
height 0.3 R where R is the radius of the ring.Calculate the angular velocity of the ring just after the
impact. Assume that the ring does not return back.(and there is sufficient friction to avoid slipping). Find
tne minimum value of v so that the ring ascends the step.
30. A spherical ball of radius r and mass m collides with a fixed surface. Before
impact, the centre of the ball has a velocity v
0
directed normal to the fixed
surface and an angular velocity
0
e
as shown. Assuming the normal velocity is
reversed with same magnitude, calculate the net velocity of centre of mass and
the angular velocity of the ball after impact The co-efficient of friction between
the surfaces is .
31. A solid body starts rotating about a stationary axis with an angular acceleration | = at, where a = 2.0

10
-2
rad/s
3
. How soon after the beginning of rotation will the total acceleration vector of an arbitrary
point of the body form an angle o = 60 with its velocity vector..
32. A solid body rotates with deceleration about a stationary axis with an angular deceleration | e ,
where e is its angular velocity. Find the mean angular velocity of the body averaged over the whole time
of rotation if at the initial moment of time its angular velocity was equal to
0
e
.
33. A solid body rotates about a stationary axis so that its angular velocity depends on the rotation angle
as
0
e= e a where
0
e
and a are positive constants. At the moment t=0 the angle = 0. Find the
time dependence of
(a) the rotation angle; (b) the angular velocity
34. A rotating disc (figure) moves in the positive direction of the x-axis.
Find the equation y(x)describing the position of the instantaneous axis
of rotation, if at the initial moment the axis C of the disc was located at
the point O after which it moved.
(a) with a constant velocity v. while the disc started rotating counter
clockwise with a constant angular acceleration | (the initial angular
velocity is equal to zero);
(b) with a constant acceleration w (and the zero initial velocity), while the disc rotates counterclockwise
with a constant angular velocity e.
35. A cylinder rolls without slipping over a horizontal plane. The radius of the cylinder
is equal to r. Find the curvature radii of trajectories traced out by the points A
and B Fig.

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36. A disc A of mass m sliding over a smooth horizontal surface with velocity v
experiences a perfectly elastic collision with a smooth stationary wall at a point
O. The angie between the motion direction of the disc and the normal of the wall
is equal to o . Find:
(a) the points relative to which the angular momentum M of the disc remains
constant in this process.
(b) the magnitude of the increment of the vector of the discs angular momentum
relative to the point O which is located in the plane of the discs motion at
the distance
l
from the point O.
37. A small ball of mass m suspended from the ceiling at a point O by a thread of length
l
moves along a
horizontal circle with a constant angular velocity e. Relative to which points does the angular momentum
M of the ball remain constant? Find the magnitude of the increment of the vector of the balls angular
momentum relative to the point O picked up during half a revolution.
38. A thin uniform rod AB of mass m = 1.0 kg moves transitionally with acceleration w
= 2.0 m/s
2
due to two antiparallel forces F
1
and F
2
(Fig.). The distance between the
points at which these forces are applied is equal to a = 20 cm. Besides, it is known
that F
2
= 5.0. N. Find the length of the rod.
39. A force F = Ai + Bj is applied to a point whose radius vector relative to the origin of coordinates O is
equal to r = ai + bj, where a. b &, A, B are constants, and i, j are the unit vectors of the x and y axes. Find
the moment N and the arm
l
of the force relative to the point O.
40. Three forces are applied to a square plate as shown in Figure. Find the
modulus, direction, and the point of application of the resultant force, if
this point is taken on the side BC.
41. (i) A uniform ring of radius R is spinned to the angular velocity e and then carefully placed on a
horizontal surface such that the plane of the ring is horizontal. How long will the ring be rotating on
the surface it the friction coefficient is equal to k? The pressure exerted by the ring on the surface can
be regarded as uniform.
(ii) A uniform disc of radius R is spinned to the angular velocity e and then carefully placed on a
horizontal surface such that the plane of the disc is horizontal. How long will the disc be rotating on
the surface it the friction coefficient is equal to k? The pressure exerted by the disc on the surface can
be regarded as uniform.

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42. A spool with a thread would on it is placed on an inclined smooth plane
set at an angle o = 30to the horizontal. The free end of the thread is
attached to the wall as shown in Fig. The mass of the spool is m = 200
g, its moment of inertia relative to its own axis
l
= 0.45 g.m
2
, the radius
of the wound thread layer r = 3.0 cm. Find the acceleration of the spool
axis.
43. A uniform solid cylinder of mass m rests on two horizontal planks. A
thread is wound on the cylinder. The hanging end of the thread is
pulled vertically down with a constant force F. Find the maximum
magnitude of the force F which still does not bring about any sliding
of the cylinder, if the coefficient of friction between the cylinder and
the planks is equal to k. What is the acceleration w
max
of the axis of
the cylinder rolling down the inclined plane.
44. In the arrangement shown in Fig a weight A possesses mass
m.a. a pulley B possesses mass M. Also known are the moment
of inertia I of the pulley relative to its axis and the radii of the
pulley R and 2R. The mass of the threads is negligible. Find the
acceleration of the weight A after the system is set free.
45. A uniform solid cylinder A of mass m
1
can freely rotate about horizontal
axis fixed to a mount B of mass m
2
. A constant horizontal force F is
applied to the end K of a light thread tightly wound on the cylinder. The
friction between the mount and the supporting horizontal plane is assumed
to be absent. Find:
(a) the acceleration of the point K;
(b) the kinetic energy of this system t seconds after the beginning of
motion.
46. Determine the kinetic energy of a tractor crawler belt
of mass m if the tractor moves with velocity v.

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ANSWERS
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. C
5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B,C
9. A,B,D
10. (a)
3g
(clockwise)
4L
(b)
13mg 3 3
N , f mg
16 16



= =

(c)
3 3
13
11. T = w (b)
2
rg / k (anticlockwise) o =
12.
9g
w
4
=

5, w 5 rad / s =
13.
M
15
m
=
14. (a)
3g
(cw)
L
(b)
o
3

i j g 1.323g 49.1
2
| |
+ = Z
|
|
\ .
(c)
o
3

i 2j g 2.18g 66.6
2
| |
= Z
|
|
\ .
15. (a) 1 cm to right B (b)
4cm/ sec +
(c) out pulley unwraped 16 cm/sec. inner pulley unwrapped 8 cm/sec
16. (a)
0
4v
3
(b)
0
5v
3
(c)
0
x
v
v
2
=
(d)
0
y
2v
v
3
=
17.
A B
a (Fcos ) / (M/ 2m), f 0, f Ma = u = =
18. 0.28 rad/sec
19. (a) 4.5 m/s (b) 1.5 m/s (c) 3.75 cm
20. (a) T = 2mg (b) N = 6 mg
(c)
3g
5L
(d)
6g L 3gL
5L 2 10
=
21.
3gcos
2
u
o =

22. (10, 4.75 m) w.r.t. initial position of lower end of the rod, 200/3 rad with upward vertical.
23. (a)
A 1
e = e , clockwise
B B 1
0v v e = = ,
A
v 0 =
(b)
1
A
2v
v
7
=
,
1
B
5v
v
7
=
(c) same as part (a)
24.
0 0
centre B 2
9V 3V
, V , X V t (Lsin ) / 2
5L 10
e= = = u
,
B
Y (Lcos t) / 2 = e
25. (i) (a)
1.2g
(cw)
c
(b)

0.3(i 2j)g +
(ii) (a)
24g
(cw)
17c
(b)
12g
17
+
(iii) (a)
2.4g
(cw)
c
(b) 0.5g +

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26.
7
2 a
21

27.
9 16
18
t+
28.
9
4 rad / sec
(9 16)r
e=
t
29.
min
1.7v 2
V 0.3gR
2R 1.7
e= =
30.
2 2 2
0 0
v v 4 v = + ;
1
tan 2

u = with normal,
0
0
5 v
r

e= e
31.
3
t (4 / a) tan 7s = o =
32.
0
3
e
< e>=
33. (a)
at
0
(1 e ) / a

| e (b)
at
0
e

e= e
34. (a)
2
v
y (Hyperbola)
x
=
|
(b) y 2wx / (Parabola) = e
35.
A B
R 4r, R 2 2r = =
36. (a) Relative to all points of the straight line drawn at right angles to the wall through the point O;
(b) | m| 2m cos A = o
37. Relative to the centre of the circle
2
2
g mg
| m| 2 1
| |
A =
|
e e
\ .

38.
2
2aF / mw 1.0m = =
39. N=(aBbA)k, where k is the unit vector of the z-axis
2 2
| aB bA| / A B = +
40. F
res
= 2F. This force is parallel to th diagonal AC and is app;ied at the midpoint of the side BC.
41. (i)
R
kg
e
(ii)
0
2 R
4kg
e
42.
2 2
w gsin / (1 1/ mr ) 1.6m/ s = o + =
43.
max
F 3kmg / (2 3k) = ;
max
W 2kg / (2 3k) =
44.
2
w 3g(M 3m) / (M 9m I / R ) = + + +
45. (a)
1 2
1 1 2
F(3m 2m )
w
m (m m )
+
=
+
; (b)
2 2
1 2
1 1 2
F t (3m 2m )
T
2m (m m )
+
=
+
46.
2
T mv =