Gen. Physics: Guided Learning Activity Kit Moment of Inertia, Angular Mass and Torque
Gen. Physics: Guided Learning Activity Kit Moment of Inertia, Angular Mass and Torque
Gen. Physics: Guided Learning Activity Kit Moment of Inertia, Angular Mass and Torque
GEN. PHYSICS
Guided Learning Activity Kit
Moment of Inertia, Angular
Mass and Torque
Quarter 2- Week 1
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English – Grade 11
Guided Learning Activity Kit
Moment of Inertia, Angular Mass and Torque
Quarter 2- Week 1
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Learning Competency
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Objectives
Review
Torque
τ=Iα
Where,
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Substitute linear acceleration a with angular acceleration. That is-
We know that, Acceleration
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Discussion
Moment Of Inertia
The moment of inertia has a formula that we just derived is true for a
single point of mass only. The moment of Inertia will be different for
extended objects. Let’s study a solid object rotating around its axis. Just
like we did in finding the center of the gravity, we can break the object into
many pieces. The net torque on the object will be the sum of the torques
caused by all the small pieces,
Example A:
(a) Get the moment of inertia of the majorette baton through the point
where the rods cross.
(b) The majorette attempts rotating her baton around the rod holding
the 0.2 kg spheres. Compute the moment of inertia of the baton about
this axis.
Solution:
(a) All four spheres contribute to the moment of inertia, when the
baton is spinning around the point where the rods cross. We can treat
the spheres as point masses since their radius is small compared to
the length of the rods.
(b) In this situation only the 0.2kg spheres contribute to the moment
of inertia because the 0.2 kg spheres lie along the axis of rotation (so
r = 0).
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The moment of inertia for solid extended objects can be calculated using
calculus. The moment of inertia for some common objects is given in Table
above. Note that the assumption is that the mass is distributed uniformly
throughout these objects.
I z =I cm + M d 2
Where I cm is the moment of inertia of the object rotating about the center of
mass, M is the mass of the object and d is the distance between the two
parallel axes.
Example B:
Solution:
(a) We will need free body diagrams for both the wheel and the bucket. The
bucket has two forces acting on it: tension pulling up and gravity pulling
down. Note that we don’t care where these forces act on the bucket because
this object is not rotating. The cylinder has three forces acting on it: gravity
acting at the center and pulling down, a normal force (from the bar holding
the cylinder) also acting at the center and pushing up, and tension acting at
a distance R and pulling down. We know that the bucket is accelerating and
the cylinder has an angular acceleration. We can use Newton’s second law
on the bucket,
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We can use the rotational analog of Newton’s second law on the cylinder. In
this case, we don’t get to choose the point of rotation because the object is
rotating about a specific axis,
Gravity and the normal force don’t contribute to the torque because they act
at the axis of rotation. We now have two equations and three unknowns (a,
α and T). We will need one more equation to solve this problem. Remember
that the tangential acceleration is related to the angular acceleration of a
rotating object. In this case, the rope is causing the tangential acceleration
of the cylinder and we know that the acceleration of the rope is the same as
that of the bucket,
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This is a kinematics problem,
First, consider only F1 force, then will it create any rotational effect? The
screw will not rotate, thus the force F1 will not create any torque.
Now, if only force F2 is applied, then again the screw will not rotate.
Forces F3 and F4 will rotate the screw, thus they will create some torque or
turning effect.
However, which one will easily rotate the screw? The force F3 is far off the
axis of rotation and easily rotate the screw as compared to F4.
F1 and F3 are acting at the same point, but their angle is
different. F1 and F3 have different turning effects. Thus, on what factors
does the turning effect depend upon?
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different angles, thus the torque depends on the orientation of force.
Torque also depends on the magnitude of the force. The greater the
magnitude of force greater is the turning effect. Suppose you want to open a
jammed screw, then you have to apply greater force to produce greater
torque.
Here r⃗ is the position vector of the point of application of force with respect
to the point about which torque is to be calculated,
T is the torque.
⃗
Consider the above diagram in which the angle between ⃗r and ⃗ F is θ. In this
case if the line of action of the force is extended and a perpendicular is
dropped on it from the point of calculation of torque then this perpendicular
is called as moment arm.
Therefore, torque can also be written as the product of force and moment
arm.
NOTE
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If torque is to be calculated about a point on the line of action of force, then
the torque comes out to be zero. This is because in this case the angle
between the position vector 'r' and force 'F' will be zero.
Example A
What is the torque of the force about at the point
Torque r⃗ × ⃗
F if r⃗ =3 i^ + 2 ^j + 3 k^ m
⃗F = 2 i^ + 3 ^j + 4 k^ N
i^ ^j k^
Then r⃗ × F
⃗ = 3 2 3 = (8-(-9)i^ – (12-6) ^j + (-9-4)k^
2 −2 4
Or
Example B.
When a force of 6.0 N is exerted at 30∘ to a wrench at a distance of 8 cm
from the nut, it is just able to loosen the nut. What force F would be
sufficient to loosen it, if it acts perpendicularly to the wrench at 16 cm from
the nut?
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Where T = Torque, r = distance from nut, F is magnitude of force applied to
nut, and sin(x) is the angle of the axis of orientation to the nut by the lever
or wrench.
So, given: F = 6 N, angle = 30 degrees, and r = 8 cm: T = 8 cm * 6.0 N *
sin(30) T = 23.99 N. Which is equal to approximately 24 N
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Consider the diagram shown above, in which force 'F' is acting on a body at
point 'P', perpendicular to the plane of the figure. Thus 'r' is perpendicular
to the force and torque about point 'O' is in x-y plane at an angle θ to y-axis.
To calculate the torque about the y-axis, take the component of torque
about y-axis.
Thus,
τyaxis=rFcosθ
The perpendicular (AF) drawn on y-axis from the line of action of the force is
equal to AF=rcosθ, Thus, the torque about an axis can be calculated as the
product of force and the perpendicular distance between the line of action of
the force and axis about which torque is to be calculated.
NOTE:
For the above formula to be correct the line of action of
the force and the axis about which torque is to be
calculated has to be skew symmetric line. Skew
symmetric lines are those which are neither parallel
nor intersecting.
If the line of action of the force and axis about which
torque is to be calculated are parallel, then the torque
about the axis will be zero.
The perpendicular distance from the point of rotation when cross producted
with Force given us Torque
So τSurface=F×r.
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SO τCD = F×0 = 0
The velocity also oscillates, but it is 90◦ out of phase with the displacement.
When the displacement is a maximum or minimum, velocity is zero and vice
versa. The maximum value (amplitude) of velocity is Aω
(when sin(πf t) = 1). We can also derive an expression for the acceleration
The acceleration is also sinusoidal and 180◦ out of phase with the
displacement. When the displacement is a maximum, acceleration is a
minimum and vice versa. The maximum acceleration (amplitude) is Aω2 .
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When an object is subjected to a torque, it undergoes an angular
acceleration. We can derive a law similar to Newton’s second law for the
effect of a torque. Suppose we have an object of mass m connected to a very
light rod of length r. The rod is pivoted about the end opposite the mass and
its movement is confined to a horizontal frictionless table. Suppose a
tangential force F t acts on the mass. This will cause a tangential
acceleration,
and substituting for the at=rα for the tangential acceleration gives
This tells us that the torque is proportional to the angular acceleration. The
constant of proportionality is m r 2 and is called the moment of inertia of the
object. Moment of inertia has units of kg · m 2 and is denoted by I. So we can
write,
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Picture A. Angular position for a particle moving around the z axis (out of
the page), along a circle of radius R with a center at the origin.
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where the radius of the circle, RR, is a constant that can be taken out of the
time derivatives. For motion along a circle, the velocity vector, v⃗ v→, of the
particle is always tangent to the circle , so vs corresponds to the speed of
the particle. The acceleration vector, a⃗ , is in general not tangent to the
circle; as represents the component of the acceleration vector that is
tangent to the circle. If as=0, then α=0, and the particle is moving with a
constant speed (uniform circular motion), and the acceleration vector points
towards the center of the circle.
The angular velocity vector is perpendicular to both the velocity vector and
the vector r⃗ , since it is defined as their cross-product. Thus, the angular
velocity vector is co-linear with the axis of rotation. By using the
angular velocity vector, we can specify the direction of the axis of
rotation as well as the direction in which the particle is rotating about
that axis. The direction of rotation is given by the right hand rule for axial
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vectors: when you point your thumb in the same direction as the angular
velocity vector, the direction of rotation is the direction that your fingers
point when you curl them as shown in the picture below.
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Picture D. Angular position for a particle moving in a straight line.
The angular velocity describes the motion of the particle as if it
were instantaneously moving along a circle of radius rr centered about
the origin. The angular velocity is related to the component of v⃗ , v⊥, that is
perpendicular to r⃗ (which is the component tangent to the circle of radius r,
in Picture D.
where a⃗ is the particle’s acceleration vector, and r⃗ is the vector from the
axis of rotation to the particle. The direction of the angular acceleration is
co-linear with the axis of rotation and the right-hand rule gives the
rotational direction of the angular acceleration. We can also define the
angular acceleration about a point; in that case, the direction of the vector
will define an instantaneous axis of rotation about a circle of
radius r centered at the point as well as the direction of the angular
acceleration about that axis.
Finally, we can define an angular displacement vector, θ⃗ , relative to an axis
of rotation. The direction of the angular displacement vector will be co-linear
with the axis of rotation, its direction will indicate the direction of rotation
about that axis, and its magnitude (in radians) will correspond to the
angular displacement (as shown in Picture B). We can only relate the
angular displacement vector to an infinitesimal linear displacement
vector, ds⃗ , since the position vector r⃗ from the axis of rotation will be
different at each end of the displacement vector if the displacement is large.
The infinitesimal angular displacement vector that corresponds to an
infinitesimal displacement vector, ds⃗ , is defined as:
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The instantaneous angular velocity vector is the rate of change of the
angular displacement vector:
where v⃗s is the (instantaneous) tangential velocity around the circle (i.e. the
component of the velocity v⃗ that is perpendicular to r⃗ ). The angular
acceleration vector is the rate of change of the angular velocity vector:
Activities
Guided Practice 1
Calculate the following problems and show your solution in a separate sheet
of paper.
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1. (a) Calculate the torque produced by a 75N perpendicular force at
the end of 0.2m long wrench.
b. Calculate the torque produced by the same 75-N force when a
pipe extends the length of the wrench to 0.5 m.
Guided Practice 2
Calculate the following problems and show your solution in a separate sheet
of paper.
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2. What is the mass of the meterstick shown in the figure ?
Independent Practice
Direction: Choose the correct answer and show your solution in a separate
sheet of paper.
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directions of the velocity and the acceleration at the instant it is at the
highest position?
A) The velocity is towards the right of the page and the acceleration is
towards the top of the page.
B) The velocity is towards the right of the page and the acceleration is
towards the bottom of the page.
C) The velocity is towards the right of the page and the acceleration is
towards the bottom right of the page.
D) The velocity is towards the right of the page and the acceleration is
towards the top right of the page.
E) The velocity is towards the top right of the page and the
acceleration is towards the bottom right of the page.
4. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration at the bottom of
the swing)?
A) 2 m/s² D) 12 m/s²
B) 4 m/s² E) 22 m/s²
C) 10 m/s²
5. What is the speed of the object at the bottom of the swing?
A) 0.6 m/s D) 2.4 m/s
B) 1.2 m/s E) 7.2 m/s
C) 2.0 m/s
6. How far from the left end of the rod should the force be placed to
maintain equilibrium?
A) 10 cm D) 40 cm
B) 20 cm E) 50 cm
C) 25 cm
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M
B) (E) 2M
3
M
C)
2
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Assessment
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Reflection
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References
2020. Mustangps.Org. http://www.mustangps.org/Downloads/torque
%20and%20rotational%20inertia%20WS.pdf.
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Axis_Rotation__Introduction/10.03%3A_Rotation_with_Constant_Angula
r_Acceleration.
2020. Personal.Tcu.Edu.
http://personal.tcu.edu/hdobrovolny/GenPhys_notes.pdf.
https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/1481
9/P%20Torque%20Worksheet%20Answers.pdf
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Key to Corrections
Guided Practice 1
Independent Practice
1. (a) 15N
1. D
(b) 37.5N 2. B
2. r=1.8m 3. B
3. f = 15N 4. A
5. A
6. C
Guided Practice 2 7. B
1. 1.33 kg 8. D
2. 1.0 kg 9. B
10. E
3. 133.3 N Assessment
4. 531 N and 219 N 1. Ia 2 /t
2. 10 m/s
3. 64 kg•m2 /s
4. 4 m/s
5. 1:2
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