PHYSICS DP014

TUTORIAL 7

CHAPTER 7: ROTATIONAL OF RIGID BODY

Learning outcomes
At the end of this topic, students should be able to:

7.1 Rotational kinematics

a) Define:
i. Angular displacement, 
ii. Average angular velocity,
av

iii. Instantaneous angular velocity, 


iv. Average angular acceleration, av
v. Instantaneous angular acceleration, 

b) Use:
i. Angular displacement, 
ii. Average angular velocity, av
iii. Instantaneous angular velocity, 
iv. Average angular acceleration, av
v. Instantaneous angular acceleration, 
c) State parameters in rotational motion with their corresponding quantities in
linear motion.

d) Use parameters in rotational motion with their corresponding quantities

in linear motion.

s 2

v  r ; ; a t  ac  r v2
r; r
r ; 
e) Solve problem related to rotational motion with constant angular acceleration;
1
   t,    t  t2 and 2   2  2
0 0 0
2

TUTORIAL 7

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following expressions is the unit of average angular velocity?
A. radian
-1
B. radian per second (rad s )
-2
C. radian per second per second (rad s )
D. revolution
 2. Angular displacement is defined as
A. an angle through which a point or line has been rotated in a specified
direction about a specified axis.
B. the rate of change of angular displacement.
C. The rate of change of angular velocity
D. The instantaneous rate change of angular displacement

3. Which of the following statement is TRUE about an instantaneous angular

acceleration?
A. The rate of change of angular velocity
B. Instantaneous of rate of change of angular displacement
C. The rate of change of angular displacement
D. Instantaneous of rate of change of angular velocity

4. The angular acceleration in rotational motion corresponds to in

linear motion.
A. Mass
B. Momentum
C. Acceleration
D. Force

5. Which of the following equation is FALSE about an object undergoing

rotational motion?
A. s = r𝜃
B. v = r𝜔
C. at = r𝛼
𝑣
D. ac =
𝑟2

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
6. Given that s, v and a are parameters associated with linear motion. Copy and
complete table below with their corresponding parameters in rotational
motion and their relationships.

Linear Rotational Relationship

a
7. Convert the followings:
a) 63 rpm to rad s-1
b) 190 rps to rad s-1
c) 224° to rad
d) 4.55 rad to degree
e) 84.8 rad to revolution/rev

8. Volleyball rotates from rest and it experience 57 rpm in 5.0 s. Determine

the angular acceleration of the volleyball.

9. A disc rotates at 12.0 rpm. What is the angular velocity in rad s-1?

10. A wheel starts to rotates from rest and its angular velocity after 5.0 s is 6.0 rad
s-1. What is the angular acceleration of the wheel?

11. A fan was rotating at 2.5 revolution per second before it was switched
off. After the fan was switch off, it made 12 revolutions before stopping.
Calculate the time taken for the fan to stop after switching off.

12. A wheel has a radius of 4.1 m. How far is the displacement does a point on
the circumference travel, if the wheel is rotated through an angles of
(a) 30°
(b) 30 rad
(c) 30 rev

13. A flywheel of radius 0.20 m starts rotating from rest and after 7.0 s its angular
velocity is 3.5 rad s-1 . Calculate
(a) the angular acceleration of the wheel
(b) the angular velocity after 5.0 s
(c) the tangential acceleration
(d) the radial acceleration at time =7.0 s

14. A wheel starts rotating from rest with uniform angular acceleration. After 3.0
s, it completes one revolution. Calculate
a) the angular velocity after 3.0 s
b) the angular acceleration
c) the angular velocity after completing two revolutions
d) the time taken for the second revolution

15. A rigid body rotates about a fixed axis through a point in the body, with
uniform angular velocity of 600 rpm. The velocity then decreases at a
constant retardation to 300 rpm in 6.0 s. Determine:
a) the angular acceleration
 b) the number of revolutions the body has turned through in the 6.0 s,
c) the extra time needed by the body to come to a stop if it continues to
slow down at the same rate.

16. A bucket of mass 2.0 kg is rotated at constant speed in a vertical circle of

radius 8.0 m. The bucket makes one revolution in 4.2 s. For the bucket
position at maximum high, calculate the magnitudes of
a) the angular speed,
b) the linear speed,
c) the centripetal acceleration.

17. The angular displacement, of the wheel is given by  = 5t2 – t where  in

radians and t in seconds. The diameter of the wheel is 0.56 m. Determine
(a) the angle,  in degree, at time 2.2 s and 4.8 s,
(b) the distance that a particle on the rim moves during that time interval,
(c) the average angular velocity, in rad s1 and in rev min1 (rpm), between
2.2 s and 4.8 s,
(d) the instantaneous angular velocity at time 3.0 s.

18. A diver makes 2.5 revolutions on the way down from a 10 m high platform to
the water. The time taken to reach the water is 1.43 s. Assuming zero initial
vertical velocity, calculate the diver’s average angular (rotational) velocity
during a dive.

19. The instantaneous angular velocity,  of the flywheel is given by

ω  8t 3  t 2 where  in radian per second and t in seconds. Determine
(a) the average angular acceleration between 2.2 s and 4.8 s,
(b) the instantaneous angular acceleration at time, 3.0 s.

20. If a disc 30 cm in diameter rolls 65 m along a straight line without slipping.

Calculate
(a) the number of revolutions would it makes in the process,
(b) the angular displacement would be through by a speck of gum on its rim.

21. During a certain period of time, the angular displacement of a swinging

door is described by θ  5.00  10.0t  2.00t 2 where  is in radians and t is in
seconds. Determine the angular displacement, angular speed and angular
acceleration at
(a) time, t =0,
(b) time, t =3.00 s.
22. A wheel rotates with a constant angular acceleration of 2.5 rad s-1 . At time
t =0 s , the angular velocity of the wheel is 3.0 rad s-1 . Determine:
(a) The angle turned through by the wheel in the first 2 seconds (in
radian).
(b) Angular velocity at t = 2 s.

23. An object travels in a horizontal circle of radius 50 cm with angular velocity

120 rpm. Its angular velocity increases at a constant rate to 180 rpm in 10 s.
At the 10th second determine:
(a) the angular acceleration.
(b) The tangential linear acceleration

24. A bicycle wheel rotates with an angular velocity of 10π rad s-1. At 3 seconds
after that its angular velocity becomes 4π rad s-1. Calculate
(a) The angular acceleration of the wheel.
(b) The time taken for the wheel to stop

25. A light string is wound the outer surface of a disc of diameter 40 cm. This
disc is free to rotate about an axis at the center of the disc. The string is then
pulled with an acceleration of 1.2 m s-2 for 1.8 s.
(a) Calculate the angular speed of the disc at its final period of
acceleration.
(b) What is the total rotation of the disc through the period of acceleration?

26. A spinning top has an initial angular velocity of 35 rad s-1. After 0.6 s, the
angular velocity decreases to 33 rad s-1. Assuming a uniform angular
deceleration, calculate
(a) The angular deceleration.
(b) The number of revolutions during the 0.6 s interval.

27. A barrel of washing machine makes 1200 rotations per minute. If the diameter
of the barrel is 35 cm, calculate
(a) The rotating frequency in Hz
(b) The angular velocity of the barrel.
(c) The linear speed at the rim of the barrel

28. A pulley of radius 8.0 cm is connected to a motor that rotates at a rate of 7000
rad s_1 and then decelerates uniformly at the rate of 2000 rad s-1 within 5 s.
(a) Calculate its angular acceleration.
(b) What is the number of rotations within the time range?
(c) Determine the tangential acceleration of the string.
(d) Calculate the time taken for the pulley to stop.