1. Chapter 10:Rotation of a rigid object about a fixed axis
Reading assignment: Chapter 10.1 to10.4, 10.5 (know concept of moment of inertia, don’t worry about integral calculation), 10.6 to 10.9
Homework 10.1 (due Thursday, Nov. 1): CQ9, CQ10, AE1, 2, 6, 12
Homework 10.2 (due Thursday, Nov. 1): 15, 21
Homework 10.3 (due Thursday, Nov. 1): 27, 28
Rotational motion
Angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration
Torque
Rotational energy
Moment of Inertia

2. Rotational motion Look at one point P: Arc length s:
Thus the angle (angular position) is:
Planar, rigid object rotating about origin O.
q is measured in degrees or radians (SI unit: radian)
Full circle has an angle of 2p radians.
Thus, one radian is 360°/2p = 57.3
Radian degrees
2p 360°
p 180°
p/2 90°
1 57.3°

3. Define quantities for circular motion
(note analogies to linear motion!!)
Angular displacement:
Average angular speed:
Instantaneous angular speed:
Average angular acceleration:
Instantaneous angular acceleration:

4. Angular velocity is a vector
Right-hand rule for determining the direction of this vector.
Every particle (of a rigid object):
rotates through the same angle,
has the same angular velocity,
has the same angular acceleration.
q, w, a characterize rotational motion of entire object

5. Exactly the same equations, just different symbols!!
Linear motion with constant linear acceleration, a.
Rotational motion with constant rotational acceleration, a.
Exactly the same equations, just different symbols!!

6. Black board example 10.1
A wheel starts from rest and rotates with constant angular acceleration and reaches an angular speed of 12.0 rad/s in 3.00 s.
1. What is the magnitude of the angular acceleration of the wheel (in rad/s2)?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
2. Through what angle does the wheel rotate in these 3 sec (in rad)?
A. 18
B. 24
C. 30
D. 36
E. 48
3. Through what angle does the wheel rotate between 2 and 3 sec (in rad)?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
E. 25

7. Relation between angular and linear quantities
Arc length s:
Tangential speed of a point P:
Tangential acceleration of a point P:
Note: This is not the centripetal acceleration ar
This is the tangential acceleration at

8. Black board example 10.2 vt
A fly is sitting at the end of a ceiling fan blade. The length of the blade is 0.50 m and it spins with 40.0 rev/min.
Calculate the (tangential) speed of the fly.
What are the tangential and angular speeds of another fly sitting half way in?
Starting from rest it takes the motor 20 seconds to reach this speed. What is the angular acceleration?
At the final speed, with what force does the fly (m = 0.01 kg, r = 0.50 m) need to hold on, so that it won’t fall off?
(Note difference between angular and centripetal acceleration).

9. Torque f
A force F is acting at an angle f on a lever that is rotating around a pivot point. r is the distance between the pivot point and F.
This force-lever pair results in a torque t on the lever

10. Black board example 10.7 i-clicker
Two mechanics are trying to open a rusty screw on a ship with a big ol’ wrench.
One pulls at the end of the wrench (r = 1 m) with a force F = 500 N at an angle F1 = 80°; the other pulls at the middle of wrench with the same force and at an angle F2 = 90°.
What is the net torque the two mechanics are applying to the screw?
A. 742 Nm B. 750 Nm C. 900 Nm D Nm E Nm

11. Extra Slides
The following slides are extra slides; unless they also appeared in the previous slides, they are no not needed for exam or MCAT

12. Both sticks have the same weight.
Demo:
Both sticks have the same weight.
Why is it so much more difficult to rotate the blue stick?

13. Rotational kinetic energy
A rotating object (collection of i points with mass mi) has a rotational kinetic energy of
Where:
Moment of inertia or rotational inertia

14. Black board example 10.3 i-clicker 2
Four small spheres are mounted on the corners of a weightless frame as shown.
M = 5 kg; m = 2 kg;
a = 1.5 m; b = 1 m 3 1 4
What is the rotational energy of the system if it is rotated about the z-axis (out of page) with an angular velocity of 5 rad/s
What is the rotational energy if the system is rotated about the y-axis?
i-clicker for question b):
A) 281 J B) 291 J C) 331 J D) 491 J E) 582 J

15. Moment of inertia (rotational inertia) of an object depends on:
the axis about which the object is rotated.
the mass of the object.
the distance between the mass(es) and the axis of rotation.

16. Calculation of Moments of inertia for continuous extended objects
Refer to Table10.2
Note that the moments of inertia are different for different axes of rotation (even for the same object)

17. Moment of inertia for some objects
Page 287

18. Black board example 10.4 Rotational energy earth.
The earth has a mass M = 6.0×1024 kg and a radius of R = 6.4×106 m. Its distance from the sun is d = 1.5×1011 m What is the rotational kinetic energy of
its motion around the sun?
its rotation about its own axis?

19. Parallel axis theorem h
 Rotational inertia for a rotation about an axis that is parallel to an axis through the center of mass h
Blackboard example 10.5
What is the rotational energy of a sphere (mass m = 1 kg, radius R = 1m) that is rotating about an axis 0.5 away from the center with w = 2 rad/sec?

20. Conservation of energy (including rotational energy):
Again:
If there are no non-conservative forces energy is conserved.
Rotational kinetic energy must be included in energy considerations!

21. Connected cylinders. Black board example 10.6
Two masses m1 (5.0 kg) and m2 (10 kg) are hanging from a pulley of mass M (3.0 kg) and radius R (0.10 m), as shown. There is no slip between the rope and the pulleys.
What will happen when the masses are released?
Find the velocity of the masses after they have fallen a distance of 0.5 m.
What is the angular velocity of the pulley at that moment?

22. Torque f
A force F is acting at an angle f on a lever that is rotating around a pivot point. r is the distance between the pivot point and F.
This force-lever pair results in a torque t on the lever

23. Black board example 10.7 i-clicker
Two mechanics are trying to open a rusty screw on a ship with a big ol’ wrench.
One pulls at the end of the wrench (r = 1 m) with a force F = 500 N at an angle F1 = 80°; the other pulls at the middle of wrench with the same force and at an angle F2 = 90°.
What is the net torque the two mechanics are applying to the screw?
A. 742 Nm B. 750 Nm C. 900 Nm D Nm E Nm

24. angular acceleration a.
Torque t and
angular acceleration a.
Particle of mass m rotating in a circle with radius r.
Radial force Fr to keep particle on circular path.
Tangential force Ft accelerates particle along tangent.
Torque acting on particle is proportional to angular acceleration a:

25. Work in rotational motion:
Definition of work:
Work in linear motion:
Component of force F along displacement s. Angle g between F and s.
Work in rotational motion:
Torque t and angular displacement q.

26. Linear motion with constant linear acceleration, a.
Rotational motion with constant rotational acceleration, a.

27. Summary: Angular and linear quantities
Linear motion
Rotational motion
Kinetic Energy:
Kinetic Energy:
Force:
Torque:
Momentum:
Angular Momentum:
Work:
Work:

28. Superposition principle:
Rolling motion
Superposition principle:
Rolling motion = Pure translation Pure rotation
Kinetic energy
of rolling motion:

29. Black board example 10.8 Demo
A ring, a disk and a sphere (equal mass and diameter) are rolling down an incline.
All three start at the same position; which one will be the fastest at the end of the incline?
All the same
The disk
The ring
The sphere