Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body — Prelims Questions
A solid cylinder of mass and radius rolls without slipping down an inclined plane of angle . The acceleration of its center of mass is:
A uniform rod of mass and length is pivoted at one end and allowed to swing freely. Its moment of inertia about the pivot is:
An ice skater is spinning with an angular velocity of with her arms outstretched, having a moment of inertia . She then pulls her arms in, reducing her moment of inertia to . What is her new angular velocity ?
A particle of mass is moving in a circular path of radius with a constant speed . The magnitude of its angular momentum about the center of the circle is:
A uniform circular disc of mass and radius is rotating about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its plane with angular velocity . If another identical disc is gently placed on the first disc, and they rotate together, what is the new angular velocity of the combined system?
Three particles, each of mass , are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length . The moment of inertia of this system about an axis passing through one vertex and perpendicular to the plane of the triangle is: