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Any net force causing uniform circular motion is called a tangential force.

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Important Questions on Circular Motion

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A conical pendulum of length l makes an angle θ=45° with respect to Z-axis and moves in a circle in the XY plane. The radius of the circle is 0.4 m and its center is vertically below O. The speed of the pendulum, in its circular path, will be - Take g=10 m s-2
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A particle of mass m is suspended from a ceiling through a string of length L. The particle moves in a horizontal circle of radius r such that r=L2. The speed of particle will be :
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A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m s-1. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0 m. The angle made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian)
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A car is moving in a circular path of radius 450 m with a speed of 30 m s-1. If the speed of the car is increased at a rate of 2 m s-2, the resultant acceleration will be,
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A spherical bob hangs from a light inextensible string and moves in a horizontal circle with string making angle θ with the vertical. The length l of the string is then very slowly increased so that the motion is circular at all times to a good approximation. If h is the height from center of the circle to the pivot and r is the radius of the circle then hra. The value of a is
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A disc of radius 0.4 m and mass 1 kg rotates about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane. The angular acceleration is 10 rad/s2. The tangential force applied to the rim of the disc is
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A 70 kg man stands in contact against the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of radius 3 m rotating about its vertical axis with 200 rev/min. The coefficient of friction between the wall and his clothing is 0.15. What is the minimum rotational speed of the cylinder to enable the man to remain stuck to the wall (without falling) when the floor is suddenly removed?
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A disc of radius R has a light pole fixed perpendicular to the disc at the circumference which in turn has a pendulum of length R attached to its other end as shown in figure. The disc is rotated with a constant angular velocity ω . The string is making an angle 45° with the rod. Then the angular velocity ω of disc is


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A particle of mass m is rotating in a horizontal circle of radius R and is attached to a hanging mass M, as shown in the figure. The speed of rotation required by the mass m to keep M steady is

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A heavy small-sized sphere is suspended by a string of length L. The sphere is rotated uniformly in a horizontal circle with the string making an angle θ with the vertical. The time period of this conical pendulum is,
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A particle rests on the top of a hemisphere of radius R. Find the smallest horizontal velocity that must be imparted to the particle, if it is to leave the hemisphere without sliding down it.
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Two particles of equal mass are revolving in circular paths of radii r1 and r2 respectively with the same angular velocity. The ratio of their centripetal forces will be

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A block is rotating in a circular track and angular speed of the block is given by, ω=at2. Where, ω is in rad s-1 and t is in seconds, a is a constant and equal to 2 rad s-3. Mass of the block is 1 kg and radius of circular track is 1 m. Net force acting on the block at t=2 s is -
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ABCD is a smooth horizontal fixed plane on which mass m1=0.1 kg is moving in a circular path of radius 1 m. It is connected by an ideal string which is passing through a smooth hole and connects mass m2=12 kg at the other end as shown. m2 also moves in a horizontal circle of same radius of 1 m with a speed of 10 m s-1. If g=10 m s-2, then the speed of m1 is–

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A stone of mass 0.3 kg, attached to a 1.5 m long string, is whirled around in a horizontal circle on a frictionless table, at a speed of 6 m s-1. The tension in the string is

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A ball of mass m=0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string having length L=0.5 m. The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about the vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is 324 N. The maximum possible value of the angular velocity of ball (in rad s-1) is

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ABCD is a smooth horizontal fixed plane on which mass m1=0.1 kg is moving in a circular path of radius 1 m. It is connected by an ideal string which is passing through a smooth hole and connects mass m2 =12kg at the other end as shown. m2 also moves in a horizontal circle of same radius of 1 m with a speed of 10 m/s. If g=10 m/s2, then the speed of m1 is-

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A heavy small-sized sphere is suspended by a string of length l. The sphere is rotated uniformly in a horizontal circle with the string making an angle θ with the vertical. The time period of this conical pendulum is
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A string of length L is fixed at one end and carries a mass M at the other end. The string makes 2/π revolutions per second around the vertical axis through the fixed end as shown in the figure, then tension in the string is-

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A stone of mass 0.25 kg tied to the end of a string is whirled round in a circle of radius 1.5 m with a speed of 40 rev/min in a horizontal plane. What is the tension in the string? What is the maximum speed with which the stone can be whirled around if the string can withstand a maximum tension of 200 N?