It has been argued that power plants should make use of off-peak hours (such as

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It has been argued that power plants should make use of off-peak hours (such as late at night) to generate mechanical energy and store it until it is needed during peak load times, such as the middle of the day. One suggestion has been to store the energy in large flywheels spinning on nearly frictionless ball-bearings. Consider a flywheel made of iron, with a density of 7800 kg/m3 , in the shape of a uniform disk with a thickness of 11.7 cm . Part A What would the diameter of such a disk need to be if it is to store an amount of kinetic energy of 10.9 MJ when spinning at an angular velocity of 87.0 rpm about an axis perpendicular to the disk at its center? d = m SubmitMy AnswersGive Up Part B What would be the centripetal acceleration of a point on its rim when spinning at this rate? the answers are not .47m and 1.4x10^5m/s so please dont answer if you get these results.

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w = 87 rpm = 87 x 2pi rad /60s = 9.11 rad/s

KE = I w^2 /2 = (m r^2 /2) (w^2 / 2)

and m = rho v = rho pi r^2 t

KE = (rho pi t r^4 ) w^2 / 4

10.9 x 10^6 = (7800)(pi x 0.117) r^4 (9.11^2) / 4

r = 3.77 m .......Ans

(B) a = w^2 r

a = 305 m/s^2

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