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HRW7 11-56 In Fig. 12-45, a 1.10 g bullet is fired into a 0.535 kg block that is

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Question

HRW7 11-56 In Fig. 12-45, a 1.10 g bullet is fired into a 0.535 kg block that is mounted on the end of a 0.565 m nonuniform rod of mass 0.479 kg. The block-rod-bullet system then rotates about a fixed axis at point A. The rotational inertia of the rod alone about A is 0.0575 kg*m2.


Assume the block is small enough to treat as a particle on the end of the rod.

(a) What is the rotational inertia of the block-rod-bullet system about point A?
kg*m2

(b) If the angluar speed of the system about A just after the bullet's impact is 5.85 rad/s, what is the speed of the bullet just before the impact?
m/s

HRW7 11-56 In Fig. 12-45, a 1.10 g bullet is fired into a 0.535 kg block that is mounted on the end of a 0.565 m nonuniform rod of mass 0.479 kg. The block-rod-bullet system then rotates about a fixed axis at point A. The rotational inertia of the rod alone about A is 0.0575 kg*m^2. Assume the block is small enough to treat as a particle on the end of the rod. (a) What is the rotational inertia of the block-rod-bullet system about point A? kg*m^2 (b) If the angluar speed of the system about A just after the bullet's impact is 5.85 rad/s, what is the speed of the bullet just before the impact? m/s

Explanation / Answer

A) I = 0.0575 + M*L^2 + m*L^2


= 0.0575 + (M+m)*L^2

= 0.0575 + (0.535 + 0.0011)*0.565^2

= 0.228 kg.m^2


B) Apply momentum conseravtion

m*v*L = I*w

v = I*w/(m*L)

= 0.228*5.85/(0.0011*0.565)

= 2152 m/s