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Physics Preparation Exercises for Evaluation

The document contains a series of physics preparation exercises focusing on concepts such as energy methods, angular momentum, torque, and rolling motion. Each exercise presents a different scenario involving pulleys, discs, and various objects in motion, requiring calculations of speed, acceleration, forces, and moments of inertia. The exercises aim to reinforce understanding of mechanics and dynamics principles in a practical context.
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Physics Preparation Exercises for Evaluation

The document contains a series of physics preparation exercises focusing on concepts such as energy methods, angular momentum, torque, and rolling motion. Each exercise presents a different scenario involving pulleys, discs, and various objects in motion, requiring calculations of speed, acceleration, forces, and moments of inertia. The exercises aim to reinforce understanding of mechanics and dynamics principles in a practical context.
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Preparation exercises for the final evaluation.

1. The pulley in the figure has a radius of 0.160 m and its moment
The moment of inertia is 0.480 kg*m. The rope does not slip on the pulley.
Use energy methods to calculate the speed of the block.
4.00 kg just before hitting the floor.
2. A thin ring of radius R is hung from a nail. The ring is
laterally displaces an angle β within its plane with
regarding its equilibrium position and is released. What speed
Does angular have to return to its equilibrium position?

3. The pulley in the figure has a radius R and a moment of inertia I.


The rope does not slip over the pulley and it turns
about a frictionless axis. The coefficient of
The kinetic friction between block A and the table is
μkThe system is released from rest and block B
descend. The mass of A esmA; and that of B,mB.
Use energy methods to calculate speed.
B as a function of the distance d that has
descended.

4. Two metal discs, with radii R12.50 cm and R2= 5.00 cm, and masses
M1= 0.80 kg and M2= 1.60 kg, they are welded together and mounted on an axle
without friction that passes through its common center. a) What moment of inertia
How many discs are there in total? b) A light cord is wound around the disc
smaller and a block of 1.50 kg hangs from it. If the block is released
from rest at a height of 2.00 m above the floor, what speed does it have just
before hitting the floor? c) Repeat section b) but now with the cord.
wrapped in the large disk. In what case does the block reach greater
speed? Explain your answer.

5. In the figure, the cylinder and the pulley rotate without friction about axes
horizontal stationary that pass
for its respective center. A lightweight rope is wrapped around the
cylinder, which passes through the pulley and has a box of 3.00
kg suspended from its free end. There is no slipping.
between the rope and the surface of the pulley. The cylinder
the pulley has a mass of 5.00 kg and a radius of 40.0 cm.
it is a uniform disk with a mass of 2.00 kg and a radius of 20.0
The box is released from rest and descends as the rope unwinds from the cylinder.
Calculate the speed of the box when it has fallen 1.50 m.
6. Pure rolling: Deduce an expression for the kinetic energy of a wheel that has
pure rolling and its center of mass moves at a velocity vcm.
Preparation exercises for the final assessment.

7. A crude yoyo is made by winding a string several times around


a solid cylinder of mass M and radius R. The end of the
fixed string while the cylinder is released from rest. The string is
unrolls without slipping or stretching as the cylinder falls and rotates. a)
Use energy considerations to calculate the speedcmfrom the center
from the solid cylinder after falling a distance h.b) calculate
the downward acceleration of the cylinder and the tension in the rope. With this
result recalculate the velocity of the center of mass and compare
with the result of section a).

8. A solid ball rolls without slipping down the return ramp next to the bowling table.
The ramp forms an angle β with the horizontal. What acceleration does the ball have and what is the
magnitude of the frictional force on it? Treat the ball as a uniform solid sphere,
disregarding the holes.

[Link] and Power: The power developed by a car's engine is advertised as


200 hp at 6000 rpm. Calculate the corresponding torque. (1 hp = 746 W and P = *ω).

10. A motor exerts a torque of 10 N*m on a grinding stone mounted on the shaft. The moment
the inertia of the stone is 2.0 kgm2and the system starts from rest. Calculate the work done
after 8.0 s and the final kinetic energy. What power did the system develop? (Help: use
kinematics to calculate the swept angle in 8.0 s and the final angular velocity.

11. Angular momentum: Vector A is in the negative direction and vector B is in the
negative direction. i) What is the direction of A x B?

12. If the torque acting on a particle around a certain origin is zero, what
Can you talk about your angular momentum around that origin?

13. A ball is thrown in such a way that it does not spin around its own axis. Does this statement imply
That the angular momentum is zero about an arbitrary origin? Explain.

14. If global warming continues over the next 100 years, it is likely that something of
Polar ice melts and the water will drain towards the equator. How would that change the moment?
of Earth's inertia? Would the duration of the day (one revolution) increase or decrease?

15. A turbine rotor of an aircraft's jet engine has a moment of inertia of


around its axis of rotation. When the turbine starts, its angular velocity as a function of
time isz(40 rad/s3)t2a) Calculate the angular momentum of the helix as a function of time
and its value is 3.0 s. b) Determine the net torque acting on the propeller as a function of
time, and its value is 3.0 s.

A ball is attached to the end of a string. You hold the string by the other end.
and spins the ball on his hand. a) If the speed of the ball is constant, is it constant
{"a":"Is its linear momentum? Why?","b":"Is its angular momentum constant? Why?"}

17. An agile physics teacher stands in the center of a spinning table with his arms
extended horizontally and a 5.0 kg dumbbell in each hand (figure 10.29). It is
Preparation exercises for the final evaluation.
it rotates around a vertical axis, making one revolution every 2.0 s. Calculate the new speed.
the professor's angle if he presses the dumbbells to his abdomen. His moment of inertia (without the
Dumbbells) is with the arms outstretched, and lowers if they place their hands on the abdomen. The
the dumbbells are 1.0 m from the axis at the beginning and 0.20 m at the end; treat them as particles.

18. The figure shows two disks. One (A) is a flywheel.


motor; the other (B), a clutch plate attached to a shaft
of transmission. Its moments of inertia areAeIB.
Initially, the discs are rotating with speeds
constant angular velocities ωAyωB, respectively. Then,
we join the discs with forces acting on the axis,
in order to avoid applying a clamp to any disc. The
discs rub against each other and finally reach a speed
Common angular final ω. Deduce an expression for ω.
Suppose that the wheel A has a mass of 2.0 kg, a radius of 0.20 m, and an initial angular velocity of
50 rad/s, and that the clutch plate B has a mass of 4.0 kg, a radius of 0.10 m and angular speed
Initial of 200 rad/s. Calculate the final common angular velocity ω after the disks come together.
What happens to kinetic energy during this process?

19. A door 1.00 m wide and weighing 15 kg has hinges on one side, so that
it can spin without friction on a vertical axis. The door is not secured. A police officer shoots.
a bullet weighing 10 g with a speed of 400 m/s aimed at the exact center of the door, in the direction
perpendicular to the plane of the door. Calculate the angular velocity of the door just after
that the bullet gets stuck in the door. Is the kinetic energy conserved?

20. A uniform marble rolls down without slipping along the path of the
figure, starting from rest. a) Calculate the minimum height that avoids
that the marble falls into the pit. b) The moment of inertia of the marble
It depends on its radius. Explain why the answer to part a) is not.
depends on the radius of the marble. c) Solve part a) for a
block that slides without friction, instead of a marble that rolls.
Compare the minimum in this case with the response to subsection a)

21. A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping going up a


hill, as shown in the figure. At the top, it is
moving horizontally and then it falls through a
vertical cliff.a) What is the distance from the foot of the
the cliff falls the sphere and at what speed is it going
moving just before touching the ground? b) Observe that,
upon touching the ground, the sphere has greater translational speed
that when it was at the base of the hill. Does this imply that the sphere obtained energy from some
Side? Explain your answer!

22. In an experiment, a solid uniform ball is allowed to roll down a curved track,
starting from rest and rolling without slipping. The vertical distance that the ball descends is h. The
the base of the track is horizontal and extends to the edge of a table; the ball rolls out
from the track traveling horizontally. In free fall after leaving the track, the ball
move a horizontal distance x and a vertical distance y. a) Calculate x in terms of h and y
y, disregarding the work of friction. b) Would the answer to part a) change in the
Luna? c) Even if the experiment is done very carefully, the measured value of x is always
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a little lower than calculated in section a). Why? d) How much would it be with the same
Section a), what if a coin were rolling down the track? Can it be disregarded?
work of friction.

23. A 500 g bird flies horizontally and distractedly at 2.25 m/s,


when it suddenly travels directly towards a vertical bar
stationary, hitting it 25.0 cm below the top.
The bar is uniform with a length of 0.750 m and a mass of 1.50 kg,
and it has a hinge at the base. The shock stuns the bird, so
that then simply falls to the ground (and soon recovers
to continue flying happily). What is the angular speed
from the bar, a) right after it is hit by the bird, and b)
when does it reach the ground?
24. A person weighing 800 N climbs up
a uniform ladder 5.0 m long that weighs 180
stops after climbing 1/3 of the ladder. The base of the ladder
it rests on a horizontal stone ledge and leans against the other
side of the pit in balance against a vertical wall, which has no
friction. The ladder makes an angle of 53.1° with the horizontal,
Thus, the hypotenuse of a right triangle 3-4-5. a) Calculate
the normal and friction forces acting on the base of the
stair. b) Obtain the minimum coefficient of static friction that
prevent sliding at the base of the ladder. c) Calculate the
magnitude and the direction of the contact force acting on the
base of the ladder.

25. Can an object be in equilibrium if it is in motion? Explain.

26. a) Provide an example in which the net force acting on an object


zero sea and yet the net torque moment is different from zero. b)
provide an example in which the torque acting on a
an object can be zero and still have a net force different from zero.

27. A uniform horizontal beam with a length of 8.00 m and a weight of 200 N
It is attached to a wall by means of a hinged joint. Its far end is
sustained by a cable that forms an angle of 53.0° with the beam. A
A person weighing 600 N is standing 2.00 m from the wall. Find the tension in the
cable as well as the magnitude and direction of the force exerted by the wall on the
beam.

28. a) Determine the magnitude of the force F that a person


it should be applied to the main wheel of a wheelchair (see figure),
to roll over the edge of a sidewalk. This main wheel that
enters into contact with the edge has a radius and the height of the edge is
h. b) Determine the magnitude and direction of the reaction force of the
platform on the wheel at point A.

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