- #1
americanforest
- 223
- 0
Homework Statement
http://loncapa2.physics.sc.edu/res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/21_Rot3_AngMom_Roll/graphics/prob21a_bar.gif
On a frictionless table, a glob of clay of mass 0.38 kg strikes a bar of mass 0.90 kg perpendicularly at a point 0.55 m from the center of the bar and sticks to it. If the bar is 1.30 m long and the clay is moving at 8.1 m/s before striking the bar, at what angular speed does the bar/clay system rotate about its center of mass after the impact?
Homework Equations
[tex]L_i=RXP=I\omega[/tex]
[tex]cm_[new]=\frac{all m*d}{total mass}[/tex]
Parallel Axis Theorem
The Attempt at a Solution
M is mass of rod and m is mass of glob.
[tex]L_i=RXP=mvb=1.6929[/tex]
[tex]L_f=I_{glob}\omega+I_{rod}\omega[/tex]
[tex]\delta=distance from old cm to new cm[/tex]
[tex]\delta=\frac{mb}{m+M}=.1633 m[/tex]
[tex]I_{glob}=m(b-\delta)^2[/tex]
[tex]I_{rod}=\frac{M(L)^2}{12}+M\delta^2[/tex]
[tex]L_i=L_f[/tex]
I get 8.15 rad/s which is wrong, the right answer is 5.743. What did I do wrong?
Last edited by a moderator: