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Chapter 7
Rotational Motion

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Describing Rotational
Motion
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Center of Gravity
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Rotation

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Torque
Torques and Moment
Arms
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Suggested Simulations for Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 Rotational Motion

Chapter Goal: To understand the physics of rotating

objects.
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Chapter 7 Preview
Looking Ahead: Rotational Kinematics
The spinning roulette wheel isnt going anywhere, but it is
moving. This is rotational motion.

Youll learn about angular velocity and other quantities we use

to describe rotational motion.
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Looking Ahead: Torque
To start something moving, apply a force. To start something
rotating, apply a torque, as the sailor is doing to the wheel.

Youll see that torque depends on how hard you push and also
on where you push. A push far from the axle gives a large
torque.
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Looking Ahead: Rotational Dynamics
The girl pushes on the outside edge of the merry-go-round,
gradually increasing its rotation rate.

Youll learn a version of Newtons second law for rotational

motion and use it to solve problems.
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Chapter 7 Preview
Looking Ahead

Text p. 189

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Chapter 7 Preview
Looking Back: Circular Motion
In Chapter 6, you learned to
describe circular motion in terms
of period, frequency, velocity, and
centripetal acceleration.
In this chapter, youll learn to use
angular velocity, angular acceleration,
and other quantities that describe
rotational motion.

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Stop to Think
As an audio CD plays, the frequency
at which the disk spins changes. At
210 rpm, the speed of a point on the
outside edge of the disk is 1.3 m/s.
At 420 rpm, the speed of a point on
the outside edge is
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.3 m/s
2.6 m/s
3.9 m/s
5.2 m/s

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Reading Question 7.1

If an object is rotating clockwise, this corresponds to a
______ angular velocity.
A. Positive
B. Negative

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Reading Question 7.1

If an object is rotating clockwise, this corresponds to a
______ angular velocity.
A. Positive
B. Negative

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Reading Question 7.2

The angular displacement of a rotating object is measured in
A.
B.
C.
D.

Degrees.
Radians.
Degrees per second.
Radians per second.

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Reading Question 7.2

The angular displacement of a rotating object is measured in
A.
B.
C.
D.

Degrees.
Radians.
Degrees per second.
Radians per second.

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Reading Question 7.3

Moment of inertia is
A.
B.
C.
D.

The rotational equivalent of mass.

The time at which inertia occurs.
The point at which all forces appear to act.
An alternative term for moment arm.

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Reading Question 7.3

Moment of inertia is
A.
B.
C.
D.

The rotational equivalent of mass.

The time at which inertia occurs.
The point at which all forces appear to act.
An alternative term for moment arm.

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Reading Question 7.4

Which factor does the torque on an object not depend on?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The magnitude of the applied force

The objects angular velocity
The angle at which the force is applied
The distance from the axis to the point at which the force
is applied

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Reading Question 7.4

Which factor does the torque on an object not depend on?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The magnitude of the applied force

The objects angular velocity
The angle at which the force is applied
The distance from the axis to the point at which the force
is applied

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Reading Question 7.5

A net torque applied to an object causes
A.
B.
C.
D.

A linear acceleration of the object.

The object to rotate at a constant rate.
The angular velocity of the object to change.
The moment of inertia of the object to change.

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Reading Question 7.5

A net torque applied to an object causes
A.
B.
C.
D.

A linear acceleration of the object.

The object to rotate at a constant rate.
The angular velocity of the object to change.
The moment of inertia of the object to change.

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Section 7.1 Describing Circular

and Rotational Motion

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Describing Circular and Rotational Motion

Rotational motion is the motion of objects that spin about
an axis.

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Angular Position
We use the angle from
the positive x-axis to
describe the particles
location.
Angle is the angular
position of the particle.

is positive when
measured counterclockwise
from the positive x-axis.
An angle measured clockwise from the positive x-axis has
a negative value.
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Angular Position
We measure angle in
the angular unit of
radians, not degrees.
The radian is abbreviated
rad.
The arc length, s, is the
distance that the particle
has traveled along its
circular path.

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Angular Position
We define the particles angle in terms of arc length and
radius of the circle:

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Angular Position
One revolution (rev) is when a particle travels all the way
around the circle.
The angle of the full circle is

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Angular Displacement and Angular Velocity

For linear motion, a particle with a larger velocity
undergoes a greater displacement

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Angular Displacement and Angular Velocity

For uniform circular motion, a particle with a larger
angular velocity will undergo a greater angular
displacement .

Angular velocity is the angular displacement through

which the particle moves each second.
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Angular Displacement and Angular Velocity

The angular velocity = /t is constant for a

particle moving with uniform circular motion.

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Example 7.1 Comparing angular velocities

Find the angular velocities of the two particles in Figure
7.2b.

For uniform circular motion, we can use any

angular displacement , as long as we use the
corresponding time interval t. For each particle, well
choose the angular displacement corresponding to the
motion from t = 0 s to t = 5 s.
PREPARE

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Example 7.1 Comparing angular velocities

(cont.)

SOLVE The particle

on the left travels one-quarter of a full circle

during the 5 s time interval. We learned earlier that a full circle
corresponds to an angle of 2 rad, so the angular displacement
for this particle is = (2 rad)/4 = /2 rad. Thus its angular
velocity is

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Example 7.1 Comparing angular velocities

(cont.)

The particle on the right travels halfway around the

circle, or rad, in the 5 s interval. Its angular velocity is

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Example 7.1 Comparing angular velocities

(cont.)
ASSESS The

speed of the second particle is double that of the first, as it

should be. We should also check the scale of the answers. The angular
velocity of the particle on the right is 0.628 rad/s, meaning that the
particle travels through an angle of 0.628 rad each second. Because
1 rad 60, 0.628 rad is roughly 35. In Figure 7.2b, the particle on
the right appears to move through an angle of about this size during
each 1 s time interval, so our answer is reasonable.

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Angular Displacement and Angular Velocity

The linear displacement during a time interval is
Similarly, the angular displacement for uniform circular
motion is

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Angular Displacement and Angular Velocity

Angular speed is the absolute value of the angular
velocity.
The angular speed is related to the period T:

Frequency (in rev/s) f = 1/T:

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QuickCheck 7.1
A ball rolls around a circular track with an angular velocity
of 4 rad/s. What is the period of the motion?
A.

B. 1 s
C. 2 s

D.

E.

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QuickCheck 7.1
A ball rolls around a circular track with an angular velocity
of 4 rad/s. What is the period of the motion?
A.

B. 1 s
C. 2 s

D.

E.

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Example 7.3 Rotations in a car engine

The crankshaft in your car engine is turning at 3000 rpm.
What is the shafts angular speed?
Well need to convert rpm to rev/s and then use
Equation 7.6.
PREPARE

SOLVE We

convert rpm to rev/s by

Thus the crankshafts angular speed is

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Angular-Position and Angular-Velocity Graphs

We construct angular position-versus-time graphs using
the change in angular position for each second.
Angular velocity-versus-time graphs can be created by
finding the slope of the corresponding angular positionversus-time graph.

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Relating Speed and Angular Speed

Speed v and angular speed are related by

Angular speed must be in units of rad/s.

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Example 7.5 Finding the speed at two points on

a CD
The diameter of an audio compact disk is
12.0 cm. When the disk is spinning at its
maximum rate of 540 rpm, what is the
speed of a point (a) at a distance 3.0 cm
from the center and (b) at the outside
edge of the disk, 6.0 cm from the center?
Consider two points A and B
on the rotating compact disk in
FIGURE 7.7. During one period T, the disk rotates once, and
both points rotate through the same angle, 2 rad. Thus the
angular speed, = 2/T, is the same for these two points; in fact,
it is the same for all points on the disk.
PREPARE

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Example 7.5 Finding the speed at two points on

a CD (cont.)
But as they go around one time,
the two points move different
distances. The outer point B goes
around a larger circle. The two
points thus have different speeds.
We can solve this problem by first
finding the angular speed of the
disk and then computing the speeds at the two points.

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Example 7.5 Finding the speed at two points on

a CD (cont.)
SOLVE We

first convert the

frequency of the disk to rev/s:

We then compute the angular speed using Equation 7.6:

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Example 7.5 Finding the speed at two points on

a CD (cont.)
We can now use Equation 7.7
to compute the speeds of points
on the disk. At point A,
r = 3.0 cm = 0.030 m, so the
speed is
At point B, r = 6.0 cm = 0.060 m, so the speed at the outside
edge is

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Example 7.5 Finding the speed at two points on

a CD (cont.)
ASSESS The

speeds are a few

meters per second, which seems
reasonable. The point farther
from the center is moving at a
higher speed, as we expected.

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QuickCheck 7.7
This is the angular velocity graph of a wheel. How many
revolutions does the wheel make in the first 4 s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
2
4
6
8

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QuickCheck 7.7
This is the angular velocity graph of a wheel. How many
revolutions does the wheel make in the first 4 s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
2
4
6
8
= area under the angular velocity curve

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QuickCheck 7.9
Starting from rest, a wheel with constant angular
acceleration turns through an angle of 25 rad in a time t.
Through what angle will it have turned after time 2t?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

25 rad
50 rad
75 rad
100 rad
200 rad

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QuickCheck 7.9
Starting from rest, a wheel with constant angular
acceleration turns through an angle of 25 rad in a time t.
Through what angle will it have turned after time 2t?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

25 rad
50 rad
75 rad
100 rad
200 rad

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Section 7.2 The Rotation of a Rigid Body

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The Rotation of a Rigid Body

A rigid body is an extended
object whose size and shape
do not change as it moves.
The rigid-body model is a
good approximation for many
real objects.

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The Rotation of a Rigid Body

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Rotational Motion of a Rigid Body

Every point on a
rotating body has
the same angular
velocity.

[Insert Figure 7.10]

Two points on the

object at different
distances from the
axis of rotation will
have different speeds.

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QuickCheck 7.2
Rasheed and Sofia are riding a merry-go-round that is
spinning steadily. Sofia is twice as far from the axis as is
Rasheed. Sofias angular velocity is ______ that of Rasheed.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Half
The same as
Twice
Four times
We cant say without
knowing their radii.

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QuickCheck 7.2
Rasheed and Sofia are riding a merry-go-round that is
spinning steadily. Sofia is twice as far from the axis as is
Rasheed. Sofias angular velocity is ______ that of Rasheed.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Half
The same as
Twice
Four times
We cant say without
knowing their radii.

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QuickCheck 7.3
Rasheed and Sofia are riding a merry-go-round that is
spinning steadily. Sofia is twice as far from the axis as is
Rasheed. Sofias speed is ______ that of Rasheed.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Half
The same as
Twice
Four times
We cant say without
knowing their radii.

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QuickCheck 7.3
Rasheed and Sofia are riding a merry-go-round that is
spinning steadily. Sofia is twice as far from the axis as is
Rasheed. Sofias speed is ______ that of Rasheed.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Half
The same as
Twice v = r
Four times
We cant say without
knowing their radii.

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QuickCheck 7.4
Two coins rotate on a turntable.
Coin B is twice as far from the axis
as coin A.
A. The angular velocity of A is twice that of B
B. The angular velocity of A equals that of B
C. The angular velocity of A is half that of B

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QuickCheck 7.4
Two coins rotate on a turntable.
Coin B is twice as far from the axis
as coin A.
A. The angular velocity of A is twice that of B
B. The angular velocity of A equals that of B
C. The angular velocity of A is half that of B

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Angular Acceleration
Angular acceleration is defined as:

The units of angular acceleration

are rad/s2.

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Angular Acceleration
[Insert Figure 7.12]

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QuickCheck 7.5
The fan blade is slowing down. What are the signs of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

is positive and is positive.

is positive and is negative.
is negative and is positive.
is negative and is negative.
is positive and is zero.

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QuickCheck 7.5
The fan blade is slowing down. What are the signs of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

is positive and is positive.

is positive and is negative.
is negative and is positive.
is negative and is negative.
is positive and is zero.

Slowing down means that and have opposite signs, not

that is negative.
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QuickCheck 7.6
The fan blade is speeding up. What are the signs of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

is positive and is positive.

is positive and is negative.
is negative and is positive.
is negative and is negative.

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QuickCheck 7.6
The fan blade is speeding up. What are the signs of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

is positive and is positive.

is positive and is negative.
is negative and is positive.
is negative and is negative.

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Example Problem
A high-speed drill rotating counterclockwise takes 2.5 s to
speed up to 2400 rpm.
A. What is the drills angular acceleration?
B. How many revolutions does it make as it reaches top
speed?

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Linear and Circular Motion

Text: p. 196
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QuickCheck 7.8
Starting from rest, a wheel with constant angular
acceleration spins up to 25 rpm in a time t. What will its
angular velocity be after time 2t?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

25 rpm
50 rpm
75 rpm
100 rpm
200 rpm

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QuickCheck 7.8
Starting from rest, a wheel with constant angular
acceleration spins up to 25 rpm in a time t. What will its
angular velocity be after time 2t?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

25 rpm
50 rpm
75 rpm
100 rpm
200 rpm

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Tangential Acceleration
Tangential acceleration is the
component of acceleration directed
tangentially to the circle.
The tangential acceleration measures
the rate at which the particles speed
around the circle increases.

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Tangential Acceleration
We can relate tangential acceleration to the angular
acceleration by v = r.

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Section 7.3 Torque

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Torque
Forces with equal strength
will have different effects
on a swinging door.
The ability of a force to
cause rotation depends on
The magnitude F of the force.
The distance r from the pivotthe axis about which the
object can rotateto the point at which force is applied.
The angle at which force is applied.

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Torque
Torque () is the rotational equivalent of force.

Torque units are newton-meters, abbreviated N m.

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Torque
The radial line is the line
starting at the pivot and
extending through the point
where force is applied.
The angle is
measured from the
radial line to the
direction of the force.

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Torque
The radial line is the line
starting at the pivot and
extending through the
point where force is
applied.
The angle is measured
from the radial line to the
direction of the force.
Torque is dependent on
the perpendicular component
of the force being applied.
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Torque
An alternate way to calculate
torque is in terms of the
moment arm.
The moment arm (or lever
arm) is the perpendicular
distance from the line of
action to the pivot.
The line of action is the line
that is in the direction of the
force and passes through the
point at which the force acts.
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Torque
The equivalent expression for
torque is

For both methods for

calculating torque, the
resulting expression is
the same:

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QuickCheck 7.10
The four forces shown have the same strength. Which force
would be most effective in opening the door?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Force F1
Force F2
Force F3
Force F4
Either F1 or F3

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QuickCheck 7.10
The four forces shown have the same strength. Which force
would be most effective in opening the door?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Force F1
Force F2
Force F3
Force F4
Either F1 or F3
Your intuition likely led you to choose F1.
The reason is that F1 exerts the largest torque
about the hinge.

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Example 7.9 Torque in opening a door

Ryan is trying to open a stuck door.
He pushes it at a point 0.75 m from
the hinges with a 240 N force
directed 20 away from being
perpendicular to the door.
Theres a natural pivot point, the
hinges. What torque does Ryan exert?
How could he exert more torque?
PREPARE In

FIGURE 7.20 the radial line is shown drawn from the

pivotthe hingethrough the point at which the force is applied.
We see that the component of that is perpendicular to the radial line
is F = F cos 20 = 226 N. The distance from the hinge to the point at
which the force is applied is r = 0.75 m.

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Example 7.9 Torque in opening a door (cont.)

SOLVE We

can find the torque

on the door from Equation 7.10:

The torque depends on how hard Ryan pushes, where he

pushes, and at what angle. If he wants to exert more torque, he
could push at a point a bit farther out from the hinge, or he could
push exactly perpendicular to the door. Or he could simply push
harder!

As youll see by doing more problems, 170 N m is a

significant torque, but this makes sense if you are trying to free a
stuck door.
ASSESS

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Example Problem
Revolutionaries attempt to pull down a statue of the Great
Leader by pulling on a rope tied to the top of its head. The
statue is 17 m tall, and they pull with a force of 4200 N at an
angle of 65 to the horizontal. What is the torque they exert
on the statue? If they are standing to the right of the statue,
is the torque positive or negative?

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Torque
A torque that tends to rotate the object in a counterclockwise direction is positive, while a torque that
tends to rotate the object in a clockwise direction is
negative.

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Net Torque
The net torque is the sum
of the torques due to the
applied forces:

[Insert Figure 7.23]

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QuickCheck 7.11
Which third force on the wheel, applied at point P, will
make the net torque zero?

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QuickCheck 7.11
Which third force on the wheel, applied at point P, will
make the net torque zero?

A.

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Section 7.4 Gravitational Torque

and the Center of Gravity

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Gravitational Torque and the Center of Gravity

Gravity pulls downward on
every particle that makes up
an object (like the gymnast).
Each particle experiences a
torque due to the force of
gravity.

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Gravitational Torque and the Center of Gravity

The gravitational torque can
be calculated by assuming
that the net force of gravity
(the objects weight) acts as
a single point.
That single point is called the
center of gravity.

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Example 7.12 The torque on a flagpole

A 3.2 kg flagpole extends
from a wall at an angle of
25 from the horizontal.
Its center of gravity is
1.6 m from the point
where the pole is attached
to the wall. What is the gravitational torque on the flagpole
about the point of attachment?
FIGURE 7.26 shows the situation. For the purpose of
calculating torque, we can consider the entire weight of the pole
as acting at the center of gravity. Because the moment arm r is
simple to visualize here, well use Equation 7.11 for the torque.
PREPARE

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Example 7.12 The torque on a flagpole (cont.)

From Figure 7.26,
we see that the moment arm
is r = (1.6 m) cos 25 =
1.45 m. Thus the gravitational
torque on the flagpole, about
the point where it attaches to
the wall, is
SOLVE

We inserted the minus sign because the torque tries to rotate the pole
in a clockwise direction.
ASSESS If

the pole were attached to the wall by a hinge, the

gravitational torque would cause the pole to fall. However, the actual
rigid connection provides a counteracting (positive) torque to the pole
that prevents this. The net torque is zero.
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Gravitational Torque and the Center of Gravity

An object that is free to
rotate about a pivot will
come to rest with the
center of gravity
below the pivot point.
If you hold a ruler by
one end and allow it to
rotate, it will stop rotating
when the center of gravity
is directly above or below the pivot point. There is no
torque acting at these positions.
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QuickCheck 7.12
Which point could be the center of gravity of this
L-shaped piece?

D.

A.
B.
C.

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QuickCheck 7.12
Which point could be the center of gravity of this
L-shaped piece?

D.

A.
B.
C.

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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity
The torque due to gravity when the pivot is at the
center of gravity is zero.
We can use this to find an expression for the position of
the center of gravity.

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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity
For the dumbbell to
balance, the pivot must
be at the center of
gravity.

[Insert Figure 7.29]

We calculate the torque

on either side of the
pivot, which is located
at the position xcg.

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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity
The torque due to the
weight on the left side
of the pivot is

[Insert Figure 7.29

(repeated)]

The torque due to the

weight on the right side
of the pivot is

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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity
The total torque is
The location of the center of gravity is

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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity
Because the center of
gravity depends on
distance and mass from
the pivot point, objects
with large masses count
more heavily.
The center of gravity
tends to lie closer to the
heavier objects or particles
that make up the object.
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Calculating the Position of the Center of

Gravity

Text: p. 204

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Example 7.13 Where should the dumbbell be

lifted?
A 1.0-m-long dumbbell has a 10 kg mass on the left and a
5.0 kg mass on the right. Find the position of the center of
gravity, the point where the dumbbell should be lifted in
order to remain balanced.
PREPARE

First we sketch the situation as in FIGURE 7.30.

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Example 7.13 Where should the dumbbell be

lifted? (cont.)

Next, we can use the steps from Tactics Box 7.1 to find the
center of gravity. Lets choose the origin to be at the
position of the 10 kg mass on the left, making x1 = 0 m and
x2 = 1.0 m. Because the dumbbell masses lie on the x-axis,
the y-coordinate of the center of gravity must also lie on the
x-axis. Thus we only need to solve for the x-coordinate of
the center of gravity.
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Example 7.13 Where should the dumbbell be

lifted? (cont.)
SOLVE The

x-coordinate of
the center of gravity is found
from Equation 7.15:

The center of gravity is 0.33 m from the 10 kg mass or,

equivalently, 0.17 m left of the center of the bar.
ASSESS The

position of the center of gravity is closer to the

larger mass. This agrees with our general statement that the
center of gravity tends to lie closer to the heavier particles.
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Section 7.5 Rotational Dynamics

and Moment of Inertia

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Rotational Dynamics and Moment of Inertia

A torque causes an angular
acceleration.
The tangential and angular
accelerations are

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Rotational Dynamics and Moment of Inertia

We compare with torque:
We find the relationship
with angular acceleration:

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Newtons Second Law for Rotational Motion

For a rigid body
rotating about a
fixed axis, we can
think of the object
as consisting of
multiple particles.
We can calculate
the torque on each
particle.

Because the object rotates

together, each particle has the
same angular acceleration.
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Newtons Second Law for Rotational Motion

The torque for each
particle is

The net torque is

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Newtons Second Law for Rotational Motion

The quantity mr2 in
Equation 7.20, which
is the proportionality
constant between angular
acceleration and net torque,
is called the objects
moment of inertia I:

The units of moment of inertia are kg m2.

The moment of inertia depends on the axis of rotation.
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Newtons Second Law for Rotational Motion

A net torque is the cause of angular acceleration.

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Interpreting the Moment of Inertia

The moment of inertia
is the rotational
equivalent of mass.
An objects moment of
inertia depends not only
on the objects mass but
also on how the mass is
distributed around the
rotation axis.

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Interpreting the Moment of Inertia

The moment of inertia is
the rotational equivalent
of mass.
It is more difficult to spin
the merry-go-round when
people sit far from the
center because it has a
higher inertia than when
people sit close to the
center.

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Interpreting the Moment of Inertia

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Example 7.15 Calculating the moment of inertia

Your friend is creating an
abstract sculpture that
consists of three small,
heavy spheres attached
by very lightweight
10-cm-long rods as shown
in FIGURE 7.36. The
spheres have masses
m1 = 1.0 kg, m2 = 1.5 kg, and m3 = 1.0 kg. What is the objects
moment of inertia if it is rotated about axis A? About axis B?
PREPARE Well

use Equation 7.21 for the moment of inertia:

I = m1r12 + m2r22 + m3r32

In this expression, r1, r2, and r3 are the distances of each particle from
the axis of rotation, so they depend on the axis chosen.
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Example 7.15 Calculating the moment of inertia

(cont.)
Particle 1 lies on both
axes, so r1 = 0 cm in
both cases. Particle 2
lies 10 cm (0.10 m) from
both axes. Particle 3 is
10 cm from axis A but
farther from axis B. We
can find r3 for axis B by using the
Pythagorean theorem, which gives r3 = 14.1 cm.
These distances are indicated in the figure.

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Example 7.15 Calculating the moment of inertia

(cont.)
For each axis,
we can prepare a table
of the values of r, m,
and mr 2 for each
particle, then add the
values of mr 2. For
axis A we have
SOLVE

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(repeated)]

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Example 7.15 Calculating the moment of inertia

(cont.)

For axis B we have

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Example 7.15 Calculating the moment of inertia

(cont.)
ASSESS Weve

already
noted that the moment of
inertia of an object is
higher when its mass is
distributed farther from
the axis of rotation.
Here, m3 is farther from
axis B than from axis A, leading to a higher moment of
inertia about that axis.

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The Moments of Inertia of Common Shapes

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Try It Yourself: Hammering Home Inertia

Most of the mass of a hammer is in its head, so the
hammers moment of inertia is large when calculated about
an axis passing through the end of the handle (far from the
head), but small when calculated about an axis passing
through the head itself. You can feel this difference by
attempting to wave a hammer back and forth about the
handle end and the head end. Its much harder to do about
the handle end because the large moment of inertia keeps
the angular acceleration small.

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Section 7.6 Using Newtons Second Law

for Rotation

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Using Newtons Second Law for Rotation

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Example 7.16 Angular acceleration of a falling

pole
In the caber toss, a contest of
strength and skill that is part
of Scottish games, contestants
toss a heavy uniform pole,
landing it on its end. A
5.9-m-tall pole with a mass
of 79 kg has just landed on
its end. It is tipped by 25
from the vertical and is
starting to rotate about the
end that touches the ground.
Estimate the angular
acceleration.
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Example 7.16 Angular acceleration of a falling

pole (cont.)
PREPARE The

situation is shown
in FIGURE 7.37, where we
define our symbols and list the
known information. Two forces
are acting on the pole: the poles
weight which acts at the
center of gravity, and the force
of the ground on the pole (not shown). This second force exerts
no torque because it acts at the axis of rotation. The torque on
the pole is thus due only to gravity. From the figure we see that
this torque tends to rotate the pole in a counterclockwise
direction, so the torque is positive.
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Example 7.16 Angular acceleration of a falling

pole (cont.)
SOLVE Well

model the pole as a

uniform thin rod rotating about
one end. Its center of gravity
is at its center, a distance L/2
from the axis. You can see
from the figure that the
perpendicular component of
is w = w sin . Thus the
torque due to gravity is

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Example 7.16 Angular acceleration of a falling

pole (cont.)
From Table 7.1, the moment
of inertia of a thin rod
rotated about its end is
Thus, from
Newtons second law for
rotational motion, the
angular acceleration is

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Example 7.16 Angular acceleration of a falling

pole (cont.)
The final result for the
angular acceleration did not
depend on the mass, as we
might expect given the analogy
with free-fall problems. And
the final value for the angular
acceleration is quite modest.
This is reasonable: You can see that the angular acceleration is
inversely proportional to the length of the pole, and its a long
pole. The modest value of angular acceleration is fortunatethe
caber is pretty heavy, and folks need some time to get out of the
way when it topples!
ASSESS

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Example 7.18 Starting an airplane engine

The engine in a small air-plane is
specified to have a torque of
500 N m. This engine drives a
2.0-m-long, 40 kg single-blade
propeller. On start-up, how long
does it take the propeller to reach
2000 rpm?

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Example 7.18 Starting an airplane engine

(cont.)
PREPARE The

propeller can be
modeled as a rod that rotates
about its center. The engine
exerts a torque on the propeller.
FIGURE 7.38 shows the propeller
and the rotation axis.

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Example 7.18 Starting an airplane engine

(cont.)
SOLVE The

moment of inertia
of a rod rotating about its
center is found in Table 7.1:
The 500 N m torque of the
engine causes an angular
acceleration of

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Example 7.18 Starting an airplane engine

(cont.)
The time needed to reach
f = 2000 rpm = 33.3 rev/s =
209 rad/s is

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Example 7.18 Starting an airplane engine

(cont.)
ASSESS Weve

assumed a constant
angular acceleration, which is
reasonable for the first few seconds
while the propeller is still turning
slowly. Eventually, air resistance
and friction will cause opposing
torques and the angular acceleration
will decrease. At full speed, the
negative torque due to air resistance
and friction cancels the torque of the engine. Then
and the propeller turns at constant angular velocity with no
angular acceleration.
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Example Problem
A baseball bat has a mass of 0.82 kg and is 0.86 m long. Its
held vertically and then allowed to fall. What is the bats
angular acceleration when it has reached 20 from the
vertical? (Model the bat as a uniform cylinder).

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Constraints Due to Ropes and Pulleys

If the pulley turns without
the rope slipping on it then
the ropes speed must
exactly match the speed of
the rim of the pulley.
The attached object must
have the same speed and
acceleration as the rope.

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Section 7.7 Rolling Motion

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Rolling Motion
Rolling is a combination motion in which an object rotates
about an axis that is moving along a straight-line
trajectory.

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Rolling Motion

The figure above shows exactly one revolution for a wheel

or sphere that rolls forward without slipping.
The overall position is measured at the objects center.

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Rolling Motion

In one revolution, the center moves forward by exactly

one circumference (x = 2R).

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Rolling Motion

Since 2/T is the angular velocity, we find

This is the rolling constraint, the basic link between
translation and rotation for objects that roll without
slipping.
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Rolling Motion

The point at the bottom of the wheel has a translational

velocity and a rotational velocity in opposite directions,
which cancel each other.
The point on the bottom of a rolling object is
instantaneously at rest.
This is the idea behind rolling without slipping.
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Example 7.20 Rotating your tires

The diameter of your tires is 0.60 m. You take a 60 mile trip
at a speed of 45 mph.
a. During this trip, what was your tires angular speed?

b. How many times did they revolve?

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Example 7.20 Rotating your tires (cont.)

PREPARE The

angular speed is related to the speed of a

wheels center by Equation 7.25: = R. Because the
center of the wheel turns on an axle fixed to the car, the
speed v of the wheels center is the same as that of the car.
We prepare by converting the cars speed to SI units:

Once we know the angular speed, we can find the number

of times the tires turned from the rotational-kinematic
equation = t. Well need to find the time traveled
t from = x/t.
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Example 7.20 Rotating your tires (cont.)

SOLVE

a. From Equation 7.25 we have

b. The time of the trip is

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Example 7.20 Rotating your tires (cont.)

Thus the total angle through which the tires turn is
Because each turn of the wheel is 2 rad, the number of
turns is

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Example 7.20 Rotating your tires (cont.)

ASSESS You

probably know from seeing tires on passing

cars that a tire rotates several times a second at 45 mph.
Because there are 3600 s in an hour, and your 60 mile trip at
45 mph is going to take over an hoursay, 5000 syou
would expect the tire to make many thousands of
revolutions. So 51,000 turns seems to be a reasonable
answer. You can see that your tires rotate roughly a thousand
times per mile. During the lifetime of a tire, about 50,000
miles, it will rotate about 50 million times!

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Summary: General Principles

Text: p. 217

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Summary: Important Concepts

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Summary: Important Concepts

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Summary: Important Concepts

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Summary: Important Concepts

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Summary: Important Concepts

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Summary: Applications

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Summary: Applications

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Summary: Applications

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Summary

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Summary

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Summary

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