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1. A small rubber wheel is used to drive a large pottery wheel. The two wheels a

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Question

1.

A small rubber wheel is used to drive a large pottery wheel. The two wheels are mounted so that their circular edges touch. The small wheel has a radius of 3.0 cm and accelerates at the rate of 6.0 rad/s2 , and it is in contact with the pottery wheel (radius 30.0 cm ) without slipping.

               PART A: Calculate the angular acceleration of the pottery wheel.

                PART B: Calculate the time it takes the pottery wheel to reach its required speed of 70 rpm .

2.

A person exerts a horizontal force of 58 N on the end of a door 73 cm wide.

       PART A: What is the magnitude of the torque if the force is exerted perpendicular to the door?

       PART B: What is the magnitude of the torque if the force is exerted at a 60.0 angle to the face of the door?

3.

A dad pushes tangentially on a small hand-driven merry-go-round and is able to accelerate it from rest to a frequency of 14 rpm in 13.0 s . Assume the merry-go-round is a uniform disk of radius 2.5 m and has a mass of 560 kg, and two children (each with a mass of 25 kg) sit opposite each other on the edge.

PART A : Calculate the torque required to produce the acceleration, neglecting frictional torque.

PART B: What force is required at the edge?

Explanation / Answer

part A) linear accealration is same for the two wheels


r1*alpha1 = r2*alpha2

0.03*6 = 0.3*alpha2

alpha2 = (0.03*6)/0.3 = 0.6 rad/s^2

Part B)

wf = 70 rpm = 70*2*3.142/60 = 7.333 rad/s

wi= 0 rad/s

alpha = 0.6 rad/s^2

apply wf-wi = alpha*t

t = (wf-wi)/alpha = 7.333/0.6 = 12.22 S

2) A) T = r*F = 0.73*58 = 42.34 N-m

B) T = r*F*sin(60) = 42.34*sin(60) = 36.66 N-m

3) Tprque T = I*alpha

alpha = [(14*2*3.142/60) - 0 ]/ 13 = 0.112 rad/s^2


I = 0.5*M*R^2 +(2*m*r^2) =(0.5*560*2.5*2.5) +(2*25*2.5*2.5) = 2062.5 kg-m^2

T = 2062.5*0.112 = 231 N-m

B) T = r*F

Force F = T/r = 231/2.5 = 92.4 N