
A wheel of radius and mass is placed at the bottom of a fixed step of height as shown in the figure. A constant force is continuously applied on the surface of the wheel so that it just climbs the step without slipping. Consider the torque about an axis normal to the plane of the paper passing through the point . Which of the following options is/are correct?



Important Questions on Rotational Motion
Two thin circular discs of mass and , having radii of and , respectively, are rigidly fixed by a massless, right rod of length through their center. This assembly is laid on a firm and flat surface, and set rolling without slipping on the surface so that the angular speed about the axis of the rod is . The angular momentum of the entire assembly about the point is (see the figure). Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?

A horizontal force is applied at the centre of mass of a cylindrical object of mass and radius , perpendicular to its axis as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction between the object and the ground is . The centre of mass of the object has an acceleration . The acceleration due to gravity is . Given that the object rolls without slipping, which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?


A thin rod of mass and length is free to rotate in horizontal plane about a fixed vertical axis passing through point . A thin circular disc of mass and of radius is pivoted on this rod with its centre at a distance from the free end so that it can rotate freely about its vertical axis, as shown in the figure. Assume that both the rod and the disc have uniform density and they remain horizontal during the motion. An outside stationary observer finds the rod rotating with an angular velocity and the disc rotating about its vertical axis with angular velocity . The total angular momentum of the system about the point is .
The value of is _________ .

A football of radius is kept on a hole of radius made on a plank kept horizontally. One end of the plank is now lifted so that it gets tilted making an angle from the horizontal as shown in the figure below. The maximum value of so that the football does not start rolling down the plank satisfies (figure is schematic and not drawn to scale)

A small roller of diameter has an axle of diameter (see figure below on the left). It is on a horizontal floor and a meter scale is positioned horizontally on its axle with one edge of the scale on top of the axle (see figure on the right). The scale is now pushed slowly on the axle so that it moves without slipping on the axle, and the roller starts rolling without slipping. After the roller has moved the position of the scale will look like (figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)


