AS120/PHY130/TUTORIAL7/MAC18-JULY18/NSZ

TUTORIAL 7
ROTATIONAL MOTION

1. A wheel turning with angular speed of 45 rev s-1 is brought to rest with a constant
acceleration. It turns 45 rev before it stops.
a) What is its angular acceleration? (Ans: -141.37 rad s-2)
b) What time elapses before it stops? (Ans: 2 s)

2. A mass of 2.5 kg moves in a circle with a radius of 15.0 cm at a constant angular velocity
5.0 rads-1
a) Calculate the tangential speed. (Ans: V = 0.75 ms-1)
b) Calculate the centripetal force. (Ans: Fc = 9.375 N)

3. A Computer hard disk normally spins at 7000 rpm. If the hard disk takes 5.0 s to reach
this angular velocity starting from rest, calculate
a) The hard disk’s angular acceleration in rad s-2. (Ans: 146.61 rad s-2)
b) The angular displacement of the disk. (Ans: 1832.61 rad)

4. A fan was rotating at 2.0 revolutions per second slows down uniformly and it stops after
5.0 s. Calculate its angular acceleration. (Ans: -2.51 rad s-2)

5. A wheel of radius 50 cm is speeded up uniformly from rest to a speed of 1200 rpm in 30

s. Calculate
a) The angular acceleration of the wheel. (Ans: 4.18 rad s-2)
b) The tangential acceleration of a point on its rim. (Ans: 2.09 ms-2)

6. A wheel of radius 0.40 m starts rotating from rest and after 6.0 s its angular velocity is
3.6 rads-1. What is:
a) The angular acceleration of the wheel? (Ans: 0.6 rad s-2)
b) The angular velocity after 3.0 s? (Ans: 1.8 rad s-1)
c) The tangential acceleration? (Ans: 0.24 m rad s-2)
7. A wheel 25.0 cm in radius turning at 120 rpm increases its frequency to 600 rpm in 9.0
s. Find the constant angular acceleration in rads-2. (Ans: 5.58 rad s-2)

8. A wheel rotates at a constant angular velocity of 1.5 rads-1. What is the angular
displacement of a point on rim of the wheel after 2.0 minutes? (Ans: 180 rad)

9. The tires of a Myvi car make 65 revolutions as the car reduces its speed uniformly from
80 kmh-1 to 30 kmh-1. The tires have a diameter of 0.80 m. What was the angular
acceleration of the tires? (Ans: -3.25 rad s-2)

10. A wheel starts rotating initially from rest with a uniform angular acceleration and
complete 1 revolution after t = 6.0s. Determine
a) The angular acceleration. (Ans: 3.49 x 10-3 rad s-2)
b) The angular velocity after 6.0 s. (Ans: 0.021 rad s-1)
c) The angular velocity after 2 revolutions. (Ans: 0.21 rad s-1)
d) The time taken for the second revolution. (Ans: 60.01 s)

11. Marilyn is riding in a merry-go-round which is initially at rest. The distance between
Marilyn to the center of the merry-go-round is 3.0 m. At t = 0 s it is given a constant
angular acceleration a = 0.08 rad/s2 for 10.0 s. At t = 10.0 s, Find:

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i.The angular velocity of the merry go round. (Ans: 0.8 rad s-1)
ii.The linear velocity that Marilyn felt. (Ans: 2.4 ms-1)
iii.The tangential acceleration of Marilyn. (Ans: 0.24 ms-2)
iv. The centripetal acceleration of Marilyn. (Ans: 1.92 ms-2)
v.The total linear acceleration of Marilyn. (Ans: 0.24 ms-2)

13.During the time a compact disc (CD) accelerates from rest to a constant rotational speed of
50.0 rad/s, it rotates through an angular displacement of 1.57 rad. What is the angular
acceleration of the CD? (Ans: 7.96 rad s-2)

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