
If the system is released, then the acceleration of the centre of mass of the system:




Important Questions on Rotational Motion

A small mass is attached to a massless string whose other end is fixed at as shown in the figure. The mass is undergoing circular motion is the plane with centre at and constant angular speed . If the angular momentum of the system, calculated about and are denoted by and , respectively, then

A uniform rod of length cross-sectional area and relative density is free to rotate about in vertical plane. The rod is held with a horizontal string which can withstand a maximum tension of The rod and string system is kept in water as shown in figure. The maximum value of angle which the rod can make with vertical without breaking the string is



Four thin rods of same mass and same length form a square as shown in the figure. Moment of inertia of this system about an axis through centre and perpendicular to its plane is


A slender uniform rod of mass and length is pivoted at one end so that it can rotate in a vertical plane (see figure). There is negligible friction at the pivot. The free end is held vertically above the pivot and then released. The angular acceleration of the rod when it makes an angle with the vertical is.
