
Moment of inertia of a uniform quarter disc of radius and mass about an axis through its centre of mass and perpendicular to its plane is:


Important Questions on Rotational Mechanics
In figure the uniform gate weighs and is wide and high. It is supported by a hinge at the bottom left corner and a horizontal cable at the top left corner, as shown, the tension in the cable and the force that the hinge exerts on the gate (magnitude & direction.



A uniform rod AB of mass and length at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. An impulse is applied to the end . The time taken by the rod to turn through a right angle is

Determine the acceleration of the supporting surface required to keep the centre of the circular pipe in a fixed position w.r.t. ground during the motion. No slipping takes place between the pipe and its support.

A bar of mass and length is in pure translatory motion with its centre of mass velocity . It collides with and sticks to a second identical bar which is initially at rest. (Assume that it becomes one composite bar of length ). The angular velocity of the composite bar will be:


