Disc Definition and 397 Threads

  1. S

    Torque required to decelarate a disc

    Hello everyone if someone can helo me out here I have a rotating shaft wiht a disc mounted on it.The moment of inertia of the total system is 170 kgm2.It is rotating with a veolicty of 20 deg /sec.i want to bring it to stand still within 80 deg travel from the application of brakes I=170 kgm2...
  2. Y

    Electromagnetic Induction in a disc

    Homework Statement Please see the attached file.Homework Equations $$\frac{dΦ}{dt} = ε$$The Attempt at a Solution The only way I see is to apply some conservation of energy. But I don't know how. The potential energy is being converted to rotational energy. But how do I find the potential energy?
  3. DexterV

    Determine the rotation period of a disc with 2m radio , that

    Homework Statement Determine the rotation period of a disc with 2m radio , that makes 20 rotations per minute. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I did T= 60/20 to find the period , but is that it ? what about the 2m?
  4. S

    Disc reach ultimate material strength by spinning too fast

    So, I am watching this show about airline crashes and apparently, a A380 has gone down because the speed limiter on a spinning engine rotor broke, and the part spun so fast its ultimate yield strength was reached and the material shatterted. Thats got to be one really fast spinning rotor! But...
  5. S

    Calculating braking force for a disc

    Hello everyone,i am new here. I have a basic design problem that i am not confident about and require help. I have a disc with components on it and the disc is rotating with angular speed of 35 deg/sec(0.61 rad/sec).The moment of inertia of my disc+ component assembly is 185 kgm2. I have to...
  6. A

    Power required to rotate a disc in a fluid

    Homework Statement This is an optional question given to Fluid mechanic students to work on for leisure. P = power ρ = fluid density, rho ω= angular velocity omega μ= dynamic viscosity, mu D= diameter Homework Equations Show the that the power required to rotate the disc is given by...
  7. U

    Finding the Center of Mass of a Uniform Disc: A Non-Calculus Approach

    Hi New member here! 1. Homework Statement In the figure one-fourth part of a uniform disc of radius R is shown. The distance of the center of mass of this object from center ‘O’ is ………………………. Given: For a semi-circular disc with origin of co- ordinate system at the center of circle, the...
  8. brotherbobby

    Calculating the Solid Angle Subtended by a Disc: How to Find ω?

    The problem is to find out the solid angle ω subtended by a disc of radius a at a point P distant z from its centre along its axis. α is the semi-vertical angle of the disc at the point P in question. The answer is supposed to be ω = 2π (1 - cos α), according to an online text. However, I find...
  9. andyrk

    Reason for body to slip away from centre of a rotating disc

    Why does a body kept on a rotating disc tend to slip away from the centre?
  10. K

    What is the Tension in the Wire for a Mass Pulled on a Rotating Disc?

    Homework Statement A disc of radius R and mass M lays on a smooth table. a smooth channel is carved along the diameter and on both ends there are masses m. one of the masses is attached with a wire to a small, almost weightless motor that is in the center. the other mass remains fixed in place...
  11. Adoniram

    A chain falling off a rotating disc

    Homework Statement A uniform chain of length L = πR and mass M is placed on the upper half of a uniform thin disc of radius R and mass M. The disc is placed vertically and can rotate freely about its center that is fixed in space. With a small disturbance the chain starts to fall. Find out the...
  12. J

    Torque / HP to move a disc with 20,000 lbs on it

    I am trying to spec out a motor to move a disc on a bearing, the disc has a mass on it weighing 20,000lbs. The diameter of the disc is 3.33ft. Angular acceleration of 0.1047 rad/s^2 to 3RPM. I am assuming coefficient of friction of 0.5. 1. Can I use the assumption that the mass on the disc...
  13. K

    Friction on a particle on rough horizontal rotating disc

    A particle is attached to an inextensible string. The other end of the string is attached to the centre of a rotating rough disc. The string is shorter than the radius of the disc so the particle remains on the disc and moves in uniform circular motion. I don't remember the quantities but the...
  14. B

    Final translational and spin velocities of spinning disc?

    1. Problem: Determine the final translational speed of a spinning disc that is dropped on an infinite horizontal plane. Think of spinning up an automobile wheel suspended over a road (wheel spinning normal to the road), then dropping the wheel on the road. When the wheel rim touches the road...
  15. mooncrater

    A disc in space will rotate or not?

    Homework Statement Consider this question: "A uniform thin flat isolated disc is floating in space. It has radius R and mass m. A force F is applied to it at a distance ##d=\frac {R}{2}## from the centre of the disc. So, Will the disc rotate with accelerating in the direction of force or it...
  16. DennisN

    Complex organic molecules discovered in protoplanetary disk

    (@mfb posted an article about this here, I think it deserves an own thread, and I did not find one, so I start one :smile:) The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides Karin I. Öberg, Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M...
  17. gracy

    Position of centre of mass in semicircular disc

    My teacher taught us how to locate position of centre of mass in semicircular disc She said circular disc is made up of two semicircles .It's centre of mass is located in centre .But When one of the semicircles is taken out from the circle , only one semicircle is left out.To locate the...
  18. K

    How can I replicate conditions on pin on disc test

    Hello, I need to replicate the conditions of a clutch on a pin on disc tribometer to measure the coefficient of friction. However the tribometer I have access to can't spin faster than 1000 RPM. The clutch will reach speeds from 3000 RPM to 9000 RPM. I calculated the normal force required on...
  19. R

    Accretion Discs in Non-Rotating Black Holes: A Closer Look at Sagittarius A*

    Does a non rotating BH have an accretion disc?
  20. samjohnny

    How Do You Calculate the Magnetic Field Due to an Iron Disc's Dipole Moment?

    Homework Statement Attached. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution For the first part I determined the net magnetic dipole moment of the disc by calculating the number of moles the iron the disc comprises of and hence the number of atoms. Then, by making the assumption that 30%...
  21. P

    Torque of a rotating disc with string

    Homework Statement A disc is on a desk, with a rotation point underneath. A string is wrapped around it, and the end of the string has a mass attached to it. The string end is put over a pulley, and when the mass is dropped it causes the disc to rotate. We are given mass of the disc (80g)...
  22. AdityaDev

    Explaining Rotational Mechanics: Friction and Stationary Disc

    When you put o disc on top of a plank and if you pull the plank, the disc rotates but stays stationary. Here the friction between the plank and disk produces an unbalanced torque and hence it spins.But this friction should also cause an acceleration in the disc right? Then why does it remain...
  23. P

    What is the definition of disc scalelength?

    Can anyone please give m the definition of disc scalelength?
  24. Nathanael

    Person walking on the circumference of a disc

    Homework Statement A man is walking at a constant velocity v along the circumference of a disc which is pivoted at a point on it's circumference. The man starts diametrically opposite to the pivot and the disc starts at rest. The man and disc have the same mass. When the man reaches back to his...
  25. carllacan

    Electric field and potential of a charged disc

    Homework Statement Calculate the electric field on axis of a disc that has charge +q on one half and -q on the other. Describe the behavior of the potential along the same axis at points far from the disc. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution My intuition says its zero, as for every...
  26. C

    How Do You Calculate Current from a Faraday Disc?

    Hi, How do you calculate the current from a faraday disc? I have found calculations for the voltage, but what about the current? I think it is a bit more complicated due to back emf, but if you know what motor you are using (the torque it can generate), then can you work it out? Thanks for any...
  27. nsaspook

    Blu-ray disc can be used to improve solar cell performance

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141125111816.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmatter_energy%2Fsolar_energy+%28Solar+Energy+News+--+ScienceDaily%29 Pretty cool use of a mass produced product but how much do you think a Chuck Norris disk...
  28. S

    Homopolar generator / Faraday disc

    Hello everyone , as for starters I would like to ask two questions. As I've been reading about the homopolar generator I have the basic understanding of all the workings yet here are my questions. Since the rotatig disc produces a current within while rotating in an axial magnetic field...
  29. sophiecentaur

    Faraday disc paradox; is there an equivalent situation with E fields?

    The Faraday paradox is a hard one to get ones head around and I was wondering if there is a similar scenario, involving an E field where there is / or is not an induced emf?
  30. E

    Calculating the velocity of a hanging object attached to a disc

    Homework Statement A length of thread is wrapped many times around a steel disc of mass M and radius R, which is free to rotate around a fixed, frictionless, horizontal axle. The end of the thread is connected to a small object of mass m. If this small mass is held at rest and then released...
  31. E

    What Determines the Resolution Limit of a Microscope?

    Hi there! I wonder where the resolution limit for a microscope comes out. I know that the lens can act as a circular aperture of diameter D and so a point source is diffracted in a disk of angular aperture 1.22\lambda/D Two sources are resolved if their distance is greater than (without Abbe...
  32. S

    Why does the clutch disc disengages the flywheel?

    Hi! I am creating this thread to ask what is the physical phenomena that drive the smooth disengagement of clutch discs from flywheels. I am thinking about car clutches, specifically a longitudinal front engine, rear wheel drive clutch type. I've been reading some books that describe the...
  33. shounakbhatta

    Visualizing the Poincare Disc: Understanding its Limits

    Hello, I am facing some problem with Poincare disc. (1) How to visualize a Poincare disc? (2) The arc which runs at the end cannot be reached and runs till infinity. How does it happen?
  34. L

    Is There a Connection Between Inequality and the Unit Disc?

    hi there, I am trying to prove the following inequality: let z\in \mathbb{D} then \left| \frac{z}{\lambda} +1-\frac{1}{\lambda}\right|<1 if and only if \lambda\geq1. The direction if \lambda>1 is pretty easy, but I am wondering about the other direction. Thanks in advance
  35. M

    Relief Capacity of Rupture disc and relief valve

    I need to compute for the relief capacity (gpm or lb/hr) of a 10" rupture disc with relief valve set at 180psig. Vented out into the atmosphere. Assume fluid is water at 140F. I tried using ASME and API Equation but they give different answers. Can someone tell me the correct answer and what...
  36. J

    Finding Global Extrema on Disc x^2 + y^2 ≤ 1 for f(x,y) = xy + 5y

    Homework Statement find the global extrema on the disc x^2 + y^2 \le 1 given the function f(x,y)=xy+5y The Attempt at a Solution For the interior of the disc \nabla f = <y,x+5> the critical point is (0,-5) for the boundary of the disc using lagrange multipliers...
  37. D

    If f is analytic on the closed disc

    Homework Statement If f is analytic on the closed disc, show that for r<1 we have f(re^{i\phi}) = \frac{1}{2\pi} \int_{0}^{2\pi}\frac{f(e^{i\theta})}{1-re^{i(\phi - \theta)}}d\theta Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I tried using cauchy integral formula and end up...
  38. L

    Automorphisms of the unit disc is less than 1

    I want to show that the modulus of the automorphism \frac{a-z}{1-\overline{a}z} is strictly bounded by 1 in the unit disc. Applying Schwarz lemma gives the result immediately. But I am looking for a straight forward proof for that. Thanks in advance
  39. A

    Lagrangian of a rotating disc with mass attached

    Homework Statement A uniform disk of mass 2M, radius R, is mounted on a frictionless horizontal pivot through its principal axis. The disk has an additional point-mass, M, fixed to a point on its circumference. (a) Give the Lagrangian for this system. (b) Find the frequency of small...
  40. N

    Why do all points on a uniform disc have the same angular velocity?

    ω = dΘ/dt if any points on a uniform disc have the same angular velocity then the corollary implies that any point on the disc must transverse 2π rad in the same amount of time. Is there a mathematical way to demostrate this or is this only demostratable purely by experiement?
  41. M

    How can forces on a disc be balanced at different angles around a circle?

    This seems like it would be pretty simple and I apologize if this is in the wrong area, here goes. Picture a flat disc. It is supported by a pin or marble in the center. There are no forces acting on it. Now at 0 deg, I apply a force F (all forces are a distance equal from the center)...
  42. A

    Finding Center of Mass of Disc with Hole

    Homework Statement Find the center of mass of a uniform sheet in the form of a circular disc with a hole bounded by the equations x^2 + y^2 ≤ 1 and (x - 1/2)^2 + y^2 ≥ (1/16). Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
  43. S

    Dyadic Squares in the Unit Disc: A Proof and Critique

    I previously asked a question about this problem. I think I found the answer myself, and I want to know how I did. I'm pretty new at this proof thing and have been working through the textbook Real Mathematical Analysis by Charles Chapman Pugh. Any criticism would be appreciated! Problem...
  44. S

    How to interpret this problem involving dyadic squares and unit disc?

    The following problem is from the textbook "Real Mathematical Analysis" by Charles Chapman Pugh. Given ##\epsilon > 0##, show that the unit disc contains finitely many dyadic squares whose total area exceeds ##\pi - \epsilon##, and which intersect each other only along their boundaries. I...
  45. gcombina

    Angular Acceleration Problem - Compact Disc

    During the time a compact disc (CD) accelerates from rest to a constant rotational speed of 477 rev/min, it rotates through an angular displacement of 0.250 rev. What is the angular acceleration of the CD? I converted 477 rev/min into 49.95 rad I converted 0.250 rev to radians which is 1.57 rad...
  46. M

    Force exerted by one disc on the other in a capacitor?

    Homework Statement Two circular disks, each of area 4.10×10-4 m2, are situated parallel to one another. The distance between them is small compared with their radii. Both disks are uniformly charged; their charges per unit area are σ = 5.00×10-5 C/m2 for one and -σ = -5.00×10-5 C/m2 for the...
  47. D

    Heat Generated due to Spinning Disc

    Hi, As part of an experiment I am doing I have a small uniform circular disc that is submerged in 20ml of a liquid and is spinning at 2000rpm for 60 seconds. The disc is 1mm thick and 40mm in diameter. I am trying to see what effect the spinning disc has on the growth of cells that are in the...
  48. O

    How Does a Spinning Disc Appear at Near-Light Speeds?

    If I had a spoked disc made of unobtainium that could be spun up to .9999c outer rim speed, what would it look like as compared to the disc at rest? Assume I can photo the spinning wheel with an ultra fast camera.
  49. J

    How Is Torque Generated by Friction on a Rotating Disc Calculated?

    If I have a spinning circular disc of uniform density, how would I find the torque generated by friction, if the disc is lying flat against a table with coefficient of friction μ? τ=Fxr, but what is F, and what is r in this case?
  50. C

    Axial B field from disc of charge

    Homework Statement An insulating disc of radius a has uniform surface charge density σ and is rotating at constant angular velocity w about a perpendicular axis through it's centre. a)What is the surface current density ##\vec{j}(\underline{r})## at a position ##\underline{r}## relative to...
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