A body of radius 0.323 m and mass 1.64 kg is rolling smoothly with speed 3.47 m/s on a horizontal surface. It then rolls up a hill to a maximum height 2.64 m. What is the body's rotational inertia about the rotational axis through its center of mass?
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mgh = 1.64 x 9.8 x 2.64 = 42.43
linear ke = 0.5 x 1.64 x 3.47^2 = 9.874 J
42.43 - 9.874 = rotational energy = 32.556 J
RKE = 1/2Iω^2
ω = v/r = 3.47/0.323 = 10.743 rad/s
10.743^2 = 115.413
32.556/115.413 = 1/2I = 0.282
0.282 x 2 = I = 0.564 kg.m^2
linear ke = 0.5 x 1.64 x 3.47^2 = 9.874 J
42.43 - 9.874 = rotational energy = 32.556 J
RKE = 1/2Iω^2
ω = v/r = 3.47/0.323 = 10.743 rad/s
10.743^2 = 115.413
32.556/115.413 = 1/2I = 0.282
0.282 x 2 = I = 0.564 kg.m^2
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for rotational inertia it only depends on the mass and radius of the object. so inertia is given by
I = xmr^2 where x is some fraction that depends on the shape of the object. sorry but i dont remember the fraction for that shape you describe.
I = xmr^2 where x is some fraction that depends on the shape of the object. sorry but i dont remember the fraction for that shape you describe.