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You are the technical consultant for an action-adventure film in which a stunt calls for the hero to drop off a 23.7-m tall building and land on the ground safely at a final vertical speed of 3.93 m/s. At the edge of the building's roof, there is a 121-kg drum that is wound with a sufficiently long rope (of negligible mass), has a radius of 0.435 m, and is free to rotate about its cylindrical axis with a moment of inertia I0. The script calls for the 60.5-kg stuntman to tie the rope around his waist and walk off the roof.

a) Determine the required value of the stuntman's acceleration if he is to land safely at a speed of 3.93 m/s, and use this value to calculate the moment of inertia of the drum about its axis.

b) What is the angular acceleration of the drum?

c) How many revolutions does the drum make during the fall?

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To solve this problem, we need to use principles of rotational dynamics and conservation of energy. I'll guide you through the steps to find the answers to each part of the problem.

a)
The first step is to determine the required value of the stuntman's acceleration in order to land safely at a speed of 3.93 m/s. We can use the principle of conservation of energy, which states that total energy remains constant in a system. At the top of the building, the energy is all in the form of potential energy (mgh), and at the ground, it is all in the form of kinetic energy (1/2mv^2).

The potential energy at the top is given by:
PE1 = mgh
PE1 = (60.5 kg)(9.8 m/s^2)(23.7 m)

The kinetic energy at the bottom is given by:
KE2 = (1/2)mv^2
KE2 = (1/2)(60.5 kg)(3.93 m/s)^2

Since energy is conserved, PE1 = KE2. Equating the two expressions and solving for v, we have:
mgh = (1/2)mv^2

Solving for h:
h = (1/2)v^2/g

With the given final velocity v = 3.93 m/s and acceleration due to gravity g = 9.8 m/s^2, we can substitute the values to calculate the required value of h.

Next, we need to determine the acceleration of the stuntman. Since the rope is tied around the stuntman's waist, the force causing the acceleration is the tension in the rope. From Newton's second law, F = ma, where F is the tension and a is the acceleration. The force causing the acceleration is the difference between the downward force due to gravity and the upward tension force.

The downward force due to gravity is given by:
mg

The upward tension force is given by:
Tension = m(a + g)

Setting the downward force equal to the upward tension force:
mg = m(a + g)

Solving for a, we have:
a = 0

Therefore, the required value of the stuntman's acceleration is 0 m/s^2. This means the stuntman falls freely without any acceleration.

To calculate the moment of inertia of the drum about its axis, we'll use the equation for rotational kinetic energy:

KE_rotational = (1/2)Iω^2

Where I is the moment of inertia and ω is the angular velocity. Since the drum is initially at rest, its initial angular velocity is 0.

Using the principle of conservation of energy again, the initial potential energy (PE1) is equal to the sum of the final potential energy (PE2) and the final rotational kinetic energy (KE_rotational):

PE1 = PE2 + KE_rotational

PE1 = mgh
PE2 = 0

mgh = (1/2)Iω^2

Solving for I, we have:
I = (2mgh) / ω^2

To find ω, we can use the relation between linear velocity (v) and the angular velocity (ω) for an object rolling without slipping:

v = ωr

Since v is the final velocity of the stuntman (3.93 m/s) and r is the radius of the drum (0.435 m), we can calculate the angular velocity.

Substituting the value of ω into the equation for I, we can calculate the moment of inertia of the drum about its axis.

b)
The angular acceleration of the drum is related to the linear acceleration of the stuntman by the equation:

a = αr

Where α is the angular acceleration and r is the radius of the drum. Since the linear acceleration of the stuntman is 0 m/s^2 (as calculated in part a), the angular acceleration will also be 0 rad/s^2.

Therefore, the angular acceleration of the drum is 0 rad/s^2.

c)
To determine the number of revolutions the drum makes during the fall, we need to calculate the angle (θ) through which the drum rotates. This can be found using the following equation:

θ = ωt

where ω is the angular velocity of the drum (as calculated in part a) and t is the time it takes for the stuntman to fall from the building.

To find the time (t), we can use the equation for free fall:

h = (1/2)gt^2

Solve the equation above for t by substituting the value of h that we calculated in part a.

Finally, we can substitute the values of ω and t into the equation for θ to determine the angle of rotation. Since one revolution is equal to 2π radians, we can divide the angle of rotation by 2π to find the number of revolutions the drum makes.

By following these steps, you should be able to find the answers to all parts of the problem. Remember to carefully substitute the given values into the equations and perform the necessary calculations to obtain the final results. I hope this explanation helps you understand the problem better and prepare for your exam.