Physics Preparation Exercises for Evaluation
Physics Preparation Exercises for 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?
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.
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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.
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?
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
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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
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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.
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)
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.
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.