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Special Problem HW 3 #2

(a) Determine the angular acceleration of the pulley.

FBD:

In order to find the angular acceleration of the pulley we must apply Newton's second law F =
ma and

=T 1 r 1T 2 r 2=I . We can kinematically relate the acceleration of the 2kg block (

a1 ) and the acceleration of the 1.5kg block ( a2 ) by the equation a2=2 a1 . Applying
the above equations we get:

Tension 1T 1=m1 g+ m1 a1 Tension2 T 2=m2 g2 m2 a1

=2

a1
r2

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Substituting the above into =T 1 r 1T 2 r 2=I we get :

a1

( m2 g2 m2 a1 ) r 2( m1 g+m1 a 1) r 1 =2 I r

substituting parameters:

1.5 kgx 9.81

m
m
+1.5 kgx 2 a1 x 0.08m 2 kgx 9.81 2 + 2kgx a1 x 0.04 m=4.1 x 104 kg m2(2 a1 /0.08 m)
2
s
s

solving for a 1 :
a1=2.62

2
s

back solving for :

m
2
s
rad
=
=65.51 2 CW
0.04 m
s
2.62

(b) Derive a mathematical model for the angular displacement of the pulley if it is released
from rest at t=0.
Since the initial conditions have

=0 ,

65.51 2
( t ) =65.51 ( t )=65.51 t+ c1 ( t )=
t + c 1 t +c 2 with c 1=0c 2=0
2
finally : ( t )=

65.51 2
t
2

(c) Use the mathematical model to determine how far the 2 g block travels in 0.1 sec.
Using the equation for angular displacement we get:

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( 0.1 )=

65.51
(0.1)2=0.33rad
2

relating angular and tangential linear displacement with the equation

d=r

we get:

d=0.33 rad 0.04 m=0.132 m

(d) What is the pulleys kinetic energy after 0.1 s?
Using the equation for angular velocity we get:

r ad
( 0.1 )=65.51 ( 0.1 )=6.55
s
Next, we use the kinetic energy equation:

1
1
1
T =T 1 +T 2+ T p = m1 v 21 + m2 v 22+ I 2
2
2
2
Substituting in parameters:
2

1
rad
1
rad
1
rad
T = 2 kg 6.55
0.04 m + 1.5 kg (6.55
0.08 m) + 4.1 x 104 kg m2 (6.55
) =0.28 N
2
s
2
s
2
s