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Rotational 1. A Uniform Rod of Length 1.20 M Is at Rest On A Horizontal Surface. The Rod Is Pivoted at Its Centre So That It Is

1) A rod pivoted at its center has a particle of mass collide with and stick to one end. This creates a new rod-particle system. The question asks to (a) calculate the new moment of inertia, (b) calculate the angular speed after collision, (c) calculate the energy lost in the collision, (d) calculate the angular deceleration and revolutions made until stopping due to friction, and (e) predict the motion if on a frictionless surface. 2) A rotating system with a cylinder, rod, and two spheres is modeled after a dancer. Forces are applied to the rod and the question asks to (a) calculate the net torque, (b) calculate the angular

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Rotational 1. A Uniform Rod of Length 1.20 M Is at Rest On A Horizontal Surface. The Rod Is Pivoted at Its Centre So That It Is

1) A rod pivoted at its center has a particle of mass collide with and stick to one end. This creates a new rod-particle system. The question asks to (a) calculate the new moment of inertia, (b) calculate the angular speed after collision, (c) calculate the energy lost in the collision, (d) calculate the angular deceleration and revolutions made until stopping due to friction, and (e) predict the motion if on a frictionless surface. 2) A rotating system with a cylinder, rod, and two spheres is modeled after a dancer. Forces are applied to the rod and the question asks to (a) calculate the net torque, (b) calculate the angular

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ROTATIONAL

1. A uniform rod of length 1.20 m is at rest on a horizontal surface. The rod is pivoted at its centre so that it is
free to rotate about a vertical axis through the centre.

A particle of mass 0.200 kg moving with speed 12.0 m s−1 collides with and sticks to one end of the rod.

(a) The moment of inertia of the rod about the axis is 0.180 kg m2. Show that the moment of inertia of the
rod–particle system is about 0.25 kg m2.

[1]

(b) Show that the angular speed of the system immediately after the collision is about 5.7 rad s−1.

[2]

(c) Calculate the energy lost during the collision.

[2]

(d) A frictional torque of magnitude 0.152 N m acts on the system just after it begins to rotate. Calculate

(d.i) the angular deceleration of the rod.

[1]

(d.ii) the number of revolutions made by the rod until it stops rotating.

[2]

(e) In another situation the rod rests on a horizontal frictionless surface with no pivot. Predict, without
calculation, the motion of the rod–particle system after the collision.

[2]
2. A student models a rotating dancer using a system that consists of a vertical cylinder, a horizontal rod and
two spheres.

The cylinder rotates from rest about the central vertical axis. A rod passes through the cylinder with a
sphere on each side of the cylinder. Each sphere can move along the rod. Initially the spheres are close to
the cylinder.

A horizontal force of 50 N is applied perpendicular to the rod at a distance of 0.50 m from the central axis.
Another horizontal force of 40 N is applied in the opposite direction at a distance of 0.20 m from the central
axis. Air resistance is negligible.

(a) Show that the net torque on the system about the central axis is approximately 30 N m.

[1]

(b) The system rotates from rest and reaches a maximum angular speed of 20 rad s−1 in a time of 5.0 s.
Calculate the angular acceleration of the system.

[1]

(c) Determine the moment of inertia of the system about the central axis.

[2]

(d) When the system has reached its maximum angular speed, the two forces are removed. The spheres
now move outward, away from the central axis.
(d.i) Outline why the angular speed ω decreases when the spheres move outward.

[2]

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(d.ii) Show that the rotational kinetic energy is Lω where L is the angular momentum of the system.
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[1]

(d.iii) When the spheres move outward, the angular speed decreases from 20 rad s−1 to 12 rad s−1.
Calculate the percentage change in rotational kinetic energy that occurs when the spheres move
outward.

[2]

(e) Outline one reason why this model of a dancer is unrealistic.

[1]
3. A bar rotates horizontally about its centre, reaching a maximum angular velocity in six complete rotations
from rest. The bar has a constant angular acceleration of 0.110 rad s−2. The moment of inertia of the bar about
the axis of rotation is 0.0216 kg m 2.

(a) Show that the final angular velocity of the bar is about 3 rad s−1.

[2]

(b) Draw the variation with time t of the angular displacement θ of the bar during the acceleration.

[1]

(c) Calculate the torque acting on the bar while it is accelerating.

[1]

(d) The torque is removed. The bar comes to rest in 30 complete rotations with constant angular
deceleration. Determine the time taken for the bar to come to rest.

[2]

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