Chapter 1: Q36E (page 296)

36) A wheel is turning about an axis through its center with constant angular acceleration. Starting from rest, at t = 0, the wheel turns through 8.20 revolutions in 12.0 s. At t = 12.0 s the kinetic energy of the wheel is 36.0 J. For an axis through its center, what is the moment of inertia of the wheel?

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The moment of inertia of the wheel is $0.983 k g . m^{2}$ .

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Step:-1 explanation

In the given question, Starting from rest, at t = 0, the wheel turns through 8.20 revolutions in 12.0 s. At t = 12.0 s the kinetic energy of the wheel is 36.0 J. For an axis through its center.

Step:-2 Concept

We know that the final angular speed formula is

$θ_{f} - θ_{i} = ω_{i} t + \frac{1}{2} α t____(i)$

We know that $ω_{f} = \frac{2 θ_{f}}{t}___________(i i)$

Moment of the inertia

$K E = \frac{1}{2} l ω_{f}^{2}___(i i i)$

Step3:- here we find angular displacement.

$θ_{f} - θ_{i} = ω_{i} t + \frac{1}{2} α t$

Here we need to change the final angular displacement = 8.20revs

Here change revs to rad

= $8.20 \times 2 π$

We know that the value of the $π = 3.14$ .

We get,

$8.20 \times 2 \times 3.14 = 51.496 r a d$

Now,

θ_{f} - θ_{i} = ω_{i} t + \frac{1}{2} (ω_{f} - ω_{i}) t θ_{f} - 0 = 0 t + \frac{1}{2} (ω_{f} - 0) t θ_{f} = \frac{1}{2} ω_{f} t

Step:-4 here we find a moment of the inertia

Put the value in the equation (ii),

$ω_{f} = \frac{2 \times 51.496}{12.0} = \frac{102.992}{2} = 8.582$

Step:-5 calculate inertia

Put the value in equation (iii)

$l = \frac{2 K . E}{ω_{f}^{2}} l = \frac{2 \times 36}{{(8.562)}^{2}} = \frac{72}{73.30} = 0.983 k g . m^{2}$

The moment of inertia of the wheel is $0.983 k g . m^{2}$ .

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Step:-4 here we find a moment of the inertia

Step:-5 calculate inertia

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