Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The pulley shown in the following figure has a radius 10 cm and moment of inertia 0⋅5 kg-m2about its axis. Assuming the inclined planes to be frictionless, calculate the acceleration of the 4⋅0 kg block.

Advertisements
Solution

From the figure, we have
\[T_1 - m_1 g\sin\theta = m_1 a ..........(1)\]
\[ T_2 - T_1 = I\frac{a}{r^2} ........(2)\]
\[ m_2 g\sin\theta - T_2 = m_2 a ..........(3)\]
Adding equations (1) and (3), we get
\[m_2 g\sin\theta + \left( - T_2 + T_1 \right) - m_1 g\sin\theta = \left( m_1 + m_2 \right)a\]
\[\Rightarrow \left( m_2 - m_1 \right) g\sin\theta + \left( - \frac{I}{r^2} \right)a = ( m_1 + m_2 )a\]
\[ \Rightarrow \left( m_2 - m_1 \right) g\sin\theta = ( m_1 + m_2 )a + \left( \frac{I}{r^2} \right)a\]
\[ \Rightarrow a = \frac{\left( m_2 - m_1 \right)g\sin\theta}{\left( m_2 + m_1 + \frac{I}{r^2} \right)}\]
\[ = \frac{\left( 4 - 2 \right) \times 10 \times \left( 1\sqrt{2} \right)}{\left( 4 + 2 \right) + \left( 0 . 5/0 . 01 \right)}\]
\[ = \frac{\left( 2 \times 10 \times \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right)}{\left( 6 + 50 \right)}\]
\[ = 0 . 248 = 0 . 25 m/ s^2\]
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Torques of equal magnitude are applied to a hollow cylinder and a solid sphere, both having the same mass and radius. The cylinder is free to rotate about its standard axis of symmetry, and the sphere is free to rotate about an axis passing through its centre. Which of the two will acquire a greater angular speed after a given time?
Torques of equal magnitude are applied to a hollow cylinder and a solid sphere, both having the same mass and radius. The cylinder is free to rotate about its standard axis of symmetry, and the sphere is free to rotate about an axis passing through its centre. Which of the two will acquire a greater angular speed after a given time?
A child stands at the centre of a turntable with his two arms outstretched. The turntable is set rotating with an angular speed of 40 rev/min. How much is the angular speed of the child if he folds his hands back and thereby reduces his moment of inertia to 2/5 times the initial value? Assume that the turntable rotates without friction.
Show that the child’s new kinetic energy of rotation is more than the initial kinetic energy of rotation. How do you account for this increase in kinetic energy?
A solid cylinder rolls up an inclined plane of angle of inclination 30°. At the bottom of the inclined plane, the centre of mass of the cylinder has a speed of 5 m/s.
(a) How far will the cylinder go up the plane?
(b) How long will it take to return to the bottom?
Let I1 an I2 be the moments of inertia of two bodies of identical geometrical shape, the first made of aluminium and the second of iron.
A body having its centre of mass at the origin has three of its particles at (a,0,0), (0,a,0), (0,0,a). The moments of inertia of the body about the X and Y axes are 0⋅20 kg-m2 each. The moment of inertia about the Z-axis
Suppose the smaller pulley of the previous problem has its radius 5⋅0 cm and moment of inertia 0⋅10 kg-m2. Find the tension in the part of the string joining the pulleys.
The pulleys shown in the following figure are identical, each having a radius R and moment of inertia I. Find the acceleration of the block M.

A boy is seated in a revolving chair revolving at an angular speed of 120 revolutions per minute. Two heavy balls form part of the revolving system and the boy can pull the balls closer to himself or may push them apart. If by pulling the balls closer, the boy decreases the moment of inertia of the system from 6 kg-m2 to 2 kg-m2, what will be the new angular speed?
The pulley shown in the following figure has a radius of 20 cm and moment of inertia 0⋅2 kg-m2. The string going over it is attached at one end to a vertical spring of spring constant 50 N/m fixed from below, and supports a 1 kg mass at the other end. The system is released from rest with the spring at its natural length. Find the speed of the block when it has descended through 10 cm. Take g = 10 m/s2.

Four bodies of masses 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg and 5 kg are placed at points A, B, C, and D respectively of a square ABCD of side 1 metre. The radius of gyration of the system about an axis passing through A and perpendicular to plane is
From a circular ring of mass, ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ an arc corresponding to a 90° sector is removed. The moment of inertia of the remaining part of the ring about an axis passing through the centre of the ring and perpendicular to the plane of the ring is ‘K’ times ‘MR2’. Then the value of ‘K’ is ______.
From a circular ring of mass ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ an arc corresponding to a 90° sector is removed. The moment of inertia of the remaining part of the ring about an axis passing through the centre of the ring and perpendicular to the plane of the ring is ‘K’ times ‘MR2’. Then the value of ‘K’ is ______.
From a circular ring of mass ‘M’ and radius ‘R’ an arc corresponding to a 90° sector is removed. The moment of inertia of the remaining part of the ring about an axis passing through the centre of the ring and perpendicular to the plane of the ring is ‘K’ times ‘MR2 ’. Then the value of ‘K’ is ______.
A uniform square plate has a small piece Q of an irregular shape removed and glued to the centre of the plate leaving a hole behind (Figure). The moment of inertia about the z-axis is then ______.

A thin circular plate of mass M and radius R has its density varying as ρ(r) = ρ0r with ρ0 as constant and r is the distance from its center. The moment of Inertia of the circular plate about an axis perpendicular to the plate and passing through its edge is I = a MR2. The value of the coefficient a is ______.
A sphere of radius R is cut from a larger solid sphere of radius 2R as shown in the figure. The ratio of the moment of inertia of the smaller sphere to that of the rest part of the sphere about the Y-axis is:

