Angular motion Definition and 82 Threads

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    Angular Motion - calculating rad.s and rev.min

    Homework Statement I have a question that I am unsure of how to answer A round metal bar is machined at a cutting speed of 90.m.min, if the diameter of the bar is 80mm determine... a. The chuck speed in rad.s and rev.min If it takes 3s to get to this speed from rest (0) b. What...
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    Angular motion homework problem

    Homework Statement An electric motor rotating a workshop grinding wheel at a rate of 90 rev/min is switched off. Assume constant negative angular acceleration of magnitude 2.50 rad/s2. (a) How long does it take for the grinding wheel to stop? (b) Through how many radians has the wheel...
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    Calculating the Radius of a Rotating Wheel Using Radians and Arc Length

    Homework Statement When a wheel is rotated through an angle of 35o, a point on the circumference travels through an arc length of 2.5m. When the wheel is rotated through angles of 35 radians and 35 revolutions, the same point travels through arc lengths of 143m and 9.0 x 102m, respectively...
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    What happens to angular velocity when there is no force of acceleration?

    I am trying to answer a question, but I don't really understand what is being asked. If you were to plot angular velocity against time and there was not force of acceleration explain what the curve would look like. I would guess a straight horizontal line since angular acceleration is the...
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    Analyzing Angular Motion in a Bicycle Wheel

    I'm stuck on this question: A rock stuck in the tread of a 59.0-{\rm cm}-diameter bicycle wheel has a tangential speed of 3.40 m/s. When the brakes are applied, the rock's tangential deceleration is 1.00 m/s^2. a) What is the magnitudes of the rock's angular velocity at t = 1.70 s? b) What...
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    How Do You Solve Basic Angular Motion Problems?

    Homework Statement A small object with mass 3.90 kg moves counterclockwise with constant speed 5.40 m/s in a circle of radius 5.00 m centered at the origin. It starts at the point with position vector (5.00i + 0 j) m. Then it undergoes an angular displacement of 8.00 rad. (a) What it its...
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    Calculating Velocity at a Specific Point on a Curved Slit

    Homework Statement The shape of the arch is defined by a sine function with a = 0.2 and the width of the arch is 1m. The velocity v is constant at 2m/s. What is the velocity at point P when x=0.25m? The Attempt at a Solution So since v is just in the x-direction, I figured that's the vx...
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    Inelastic collision to angular motion

    http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7216/physec7.png m1v1+m2v2 = (m1+m2)v IMPACT: Total Energy = 1/2mv^2 POINT P: 1/2mv^2+mgh = Total Energy at Impact
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    Angular motion problem (wheels on a car coming to a stop)

    The driver of a car traveling at 12.0 m/s applies the brakes and undergoes a constnant decelertion of 1.90m/s^2. How many revolutions does each tire make before the car comes to a stop assuming that the car does not skid and that the tires of radii of 0.40 m? answer in units of rev. I used...
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    Angular motion problem involving a car coming to a stop

    The driver of a car traveling at 12.0 m/s applies the brakes and undergoes a constnant decelertion of 1.90m/s^2. How many revolutions does each tire make before the car comes to a stop assuming that the car does not skid and that the tires of radii of 0.40 m? answer in units of rev. I used...
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    How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration from Initial Speed and Angle Change?

    The wheel on an upside down bike moves through 15 rad in 5 seconds. What is the wheel's angualr acceleration if its initial angular speed is 2.4 rad/s. Answer in units of rad/s^2 I used the equation ω(final) = ω(initial)+αt and solved for α however, I did not get a correct answer. Can anyone...
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    Linear Motion to Angular Motion via an Impulse

    I am interested in how impulse turbines work. Supposing a mass of water (in kilograms), m, is expelled by a jet at a given velocity (in meters per second), v, its momentum (in Newton-seconds), p, is the product of these quantities: p = mv. Also, a paddlewheel’s angular momentum (in...
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    Does the theory of relativity include angular motion?

    Does the theory of relativity include angular motion? Say we have one body synchronously orbiting a motionless body. It can also be viewed as two motionless bodies and one is spinning while the other is not. (i.e. if you were on the moon staring at earth, you would not witness orbital...
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    Angular motion with constant acceleration

    [SOLVED] Angular motion with constant acceleration Homework Statement Homework Equations \varpi= \varpi(inital) + \alphat The Attempt at a Solution I understood part A and Part b, What I don't understand is how to do Part C. What I did was divide the average angular velocity...
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    Solve Angular Motion Problems: Work, Inertia & Force

    1. A rigid body, starting at rest, rotates about a fixed axis with a constant angular acceleration α. Consider a particle a distance r from the axis. Express (a) the radial acceleration and (b) the tangential acceleration of this particle in terms of α, r and time t. c) if the resultant...
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    Angular Motion Question Understanding help ?

    Homework Statement A figure skater completes a double axle (2 complete rotations) in 0.5 seconds. Calculate the skater’s angular velocity and average angular velocity in a) deg/sec, and b) rad/sec. If the skater manages to stop spinning in a time of 1.5 seconds, what was the angular...
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    How Do You Calculate Angular Momentum for a Particle in Non-Linear Motion?

    Homework Statement A particle of mass m follows a path given by r = (Xo + at^2)x + bt^3 y + ct z where o, a, b and c are constants, t is the time. x, y , z should have hats on them showing they are position vectors (unit vectors). 1. Find the angular momentum L of the particle about...
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    Angular motion with constant acceleration

    Consider two particles A and B. The angular position of particle A, with constant angular acceleration, depends on time according to theta(t)=theta_0+omega_0t+alpha t^2. At time t=t_1, particle B, which also undergoes constant angular accelaration, has twice the angular acceleration, half the...
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    Angular Acceleration: Solve 500-700rev/sec in 30sec

    Homework Statement A fan increases in speed from 500 to 700rev/sec in 30 seconds. What is the average angular acceleration during that time? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution The answer i get for this one is ∝=(700-500 rev⁄sec)/3sec any input appreciated
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    How Do You Convert Angular Distance from Radians to Linear Distance?

    Homework Statement A wheel starts from rest and accelerates uniformly with an angular acceleration of 4rad/〖sec〗^2. What will be its angular velocity after 4 seconds and the total distance traveled in that time? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution i have got my answer...
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    Angular motion using Newton's Laws

    Homework Statement A flywheel takes 5 seconds to rotate through 5 revolutions starting from rest. If it is accelerating at a constant rate during that time, what is the angular acceleration? Homework Equations ∅=ω t+at^2 The Attempt at a Solution having done my calculations i...
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    Linear and Angular Motion and Friction Q.2a & b

    Homework Statement Determine the maximum speed at which a vehicle can negotiate a curve of 20m radius: The vehicle has a track width of 1.3m and a centre of gravity midway between the wheels and 0.6m above the ground. The coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road is 0.5...
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    Linear and Angular motion and Friction

    Homework Statement Calculate the maximum speed with which a vehicle can travel round a horizontal bend of radius 40m without skidding if the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road is 0.6. Homework Equations v=sqrt μrg The Attempt at a Solution v=sqrt 0.6 x 40m x...
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    Arm length and angular motion in sports

    Last spring, I wrote on one of my blogs about an idea regarding the looping, underhand pitching motion in women's college softball. The idea is that tall, long-armed pitchers may derive greater velocity on their pitches than would shorter pitchers with shorter arms (overall body height and arm...
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    Angular motion versus Linear motion

    We have linear & angular velocities related by: v=r.omega. & a=r.alpha On my textbook it's said" Above two equations show that on a rotating body,points that're at different distances from the axis do not have the same speed or acceleration,but all points on a rigid body rotating about a...
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    Maximum Applied Force for No Slippage in Angular Motion

    okay, I've thought about this for a while and still can't figure it out and its absolutely bugging me to death here's the picture: http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/3193/problemcr4.gif Assume that the static friction coefficient between the cylinder and the ground is "u", the gravitational...
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    How can I find the tension in a pendulum cord at a specific angle?

    Hey, I have this question here, the hardest one on this sheet, and I've been stuck on it all day now. I'd really appreciate maybe just a hint, as I want to do it myself but I just need a kickstart. I drew three free body diagrams for each position of the pendulum, then marked off tension and...
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    ANS: Forces and Angular Motion at the North Pole and Equator

    Suppose the Earth is a perfect sphere with R = 6370 KM. If a person weighs exactly 600 N at the north pole, how much will the person weigh at the equator.? (Hint: The upward push of hte scale on the person is what the scale will read and is what we aer calling the weight in this case) ANS...
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    Angular Motion: Calculating Minimum Radius of Curvature for Safe Plane Maneuvers

    The human body can safely stand an acceleration 9 times that due to gravity. With what minimum radius of curvature may a pilot sfely turn the plane upward at the end of a dive if the plane's speed is 770km/h. i did a quesotin before this, which had a roller coaster i did mgh at a = 1/2 mv...
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    Projectile motion and angular motion

    Hi. I have two questions which I have been pondering on and I just can't figure it out. Maybe someone could be kind enough to answer the questions? Q1; Projectile motion: Let's say we dropped a ball from a height called h. We achieve a velocity v=\sqrt{2gh} . Let's then say that we hit...
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    Calculating Moment of Inertia and Angular Motion of Stick

    A stick of uniform density with mass M = 7.6 kg and length L = 0.8 m is pivoted about an axle which is perpendicular to its length and located 0.13 m from one end. Ignore any friction between the stick and the axle...
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    Calculating Deceleration and Force in Circular Motion

    2 questions, that I just can't get and anyone's help would be greatly appreciated... A belt runs on a wheel of radius 44cm. During the time the wheel takes to coast uniformly to rest from an initial speed of 1.8 rev/s, 29.5m of belt length passes over the wheel. Find: (a) the deceleration...
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