ROTATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM AND

ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS
Radian
• Length of an arc of a circle.
Average Angular Speed
• rate of velocity at which an object or a particle is
rotating around a center or a specific point in a given
time period.
Sample Problem 1
• A small electric fan makes 240 revolutions in a
minute. What is the angular velocity in
radians/second?
Angular Acceleration
• The average angular acceleration is the change in
the angular velocity, divided by the change in time.
Sample Problem 2
• A little boy gets on a merry go round while it is at
rest. 20 seconds later, the merry-go round is
travelling at 2.5 rpm. What is the average angular
acceleration of the boy?
Sample Problem 3
• The blades of a ceiling fan start from rest and attain a
speed of 200 rev/min in 10 s. Calculate its angular
acceleration assuming it to be constant.
Sample Problem 4
• A body rotating from rest is accelerated uniformly by
16 rad/s2. Find the angular speed after 5s.
AANALOGY BETWEEN TRANSLATIONAL
MOTION AND ROTATIONAL MOTION
TRANSLATIONAL MOTION
• Motion that involves the sliding of an object in one
or more of the three dimensions.
ROTATIONAL MOTION
• Where an object spins around an internal axis in a
continuous way.
ROTATIONAL MOTION PROBLEMS
Sample Problem 5
• A wheel spins at a constant angular speed of 24rad/s.
How many revolutions will the disk go through in 5
minutes?
Sample Problem 6
• At the state fair, you take your younger brother to
ride the Ferris wheel. You notice that a sign says that
the angular speed of the Ferris wheel is 0.13 rad/sec.
How many revolutions will the wheel complete in 12
minutes?
Sample Problem 7
• A disk speeds up from rest at a constant rate of 2.5
rad/s2.(a)What is the final angular speed of the disk
after 18 seconds? (b) How many revolutions will the
disk go through during this time period?
Sample Problem 8
• The angular velocity of a motor is increased from
3,000 rpm to 4,000 rpm in 12s. (a) If the angular
acceleration is constant find its magnitude, and (b)
the total number of radians by the motor during this
time.
TRANSLATIONAL MOTION PROBLEMS
Sample Problem 9
• The initial velocity of a truck is zero and it is at rest. It
experiences a uniform acceleration during the time
interval of 5.21 seconds. Distance covered by the
truck is 110 m. Find the acceleration?