An irregularly shaped plastic plate with uniform thickness and density (mass per unit volume) is to be rotated around an axle that is perpendicular to the plate face and through point O. The rotational inertia of the plate about that axle is measured with the following method. A circular disk of mass 0.500 kg and radius 2.00 cm is glued to the plate, with its center aligned with point O. A string is wrapped around the edge of the disk the way a string is wrapped around a top. Then the string is pulled for 5.00 s. As a result, the disk and plate are rotated by a constant force of 0.400 N that is applied by the string tangentially to the edge of the disk. The resulting angular speed is 114 rad/s. What is the rotational inertia of the plate about the axle?
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Since this is an irregularly shaped object which equation for inertia would I use? I = 1/2*M*R^2???
Would I start out with T = r*F*sin theta, with theta = 90 so sin theta = 1.
T = r*F, so T = (0.02)(0.400) = 0.008. Then what do I do?
You write the equation of motion:
NetTorque= momentinertia*angular acceleration
to solve for momentinertia. angular acceleration= change in angular velocity/time.
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To find the rotational inertia of the plate about the axle, we can use the equation for rotational inertia of a system composed of multiple objects. In this case, we have both the plastic plate and the circular disk.
The rotational inertia of the combined system can be calculated as the sum of the rotational inertia of the plate and the rotational inertia of the disk. We can denote the rotational inertia of the plate as Ip and the rotational inertia of the disk as Id.
Since the plate is irregularly shaped, we cannot simply use the formula I = 1/2 * M * R^2. Instead, we need to use the parallel-axis theorem to calculate the rotational inertia.
The parallel-axis theorem states that the rotational inertia of an object about an axis parallel to and a distance d away from an axis through its center of mass is equal to the rotational inertia about the center of mass plus the mass of the object times the square of the distance between the two axes.
So, the rotational inertia of the plate about the axle can be expressed as Ip = Ic + mp * d^2, where Ic is the rotational inertia of the plate about its center of mass, mp is the mass of the plate, and d is the distance between the axle and the center of mass of the plate.
Now let's use the given values to find the rotational inertia of the plate:
Given:
Mass of the disk, md = 0.500 kg
Radius of the disk, rd = 0.02 m (2 cm)
Force applied tangentially, F = 0.400 N
Time, t = 5.00 s
Angular speed, ω = 114 rad/s
Since the force applied tangentially to the disk causes it to rotate, we can apply the torque equation:
Torque (T) = Moment of Inertia (I) * Angular Acceleration (α)
The torque, T, can be calculated as the product of force and the radius of the disk, T = rd * F. We can then calculate the angular acceleration, α, as the change in angular velocity divided by time, α = Δω / t.
Let's plug in the values and solve for T and α:
T = rd * F = (0.02 m) * (0.400 N) = 0.008 N·m
Δω = final angular speed - initial angular speed = 114 rad/s
α = Δω / t = (114 rad/s) / (5.00 s) = 22.8 rad/s^2
Now we have the torque, T, and the angular acceleration, α.
Using the equation Torque = Moment of Inertia * Angular Acceleration, we can rearrange it to solve for the rotational inertia:
Moment of Inertia, I = T / α
Substituting the values, we have:
I = 0.008 N·m / 22.8 rad/s^2 = 0.0003508 kg·m^2
So, the rotational inertia of the plate about the axle is approximately 0.0003508 kg·m^2.