Non-uniform Circular Motion

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Non-uniform Circular Motion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Angular Acceleration, Tangential Acceleration, Relation between Angular Acceleration and Tangential Acceleration and, Circular Motion with Increasing Speed

Important Questions on Non-uniform Circular Motion

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The angular speed of a car increases from 600 rpm to 1200 rpm in 10 s. What is the angular acceleration of the car?

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An object is moving around a circular path of radius R with speed of v m/s. The value of tangential acceleration in Uniform circular motion is 

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Which one is the correct relation between angular acceleration α and tangential acceleration at when a particle is moving along a circular path of radius R.

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A particle is moving along a circular path of radius 2 m with a tangential acceleration of 10 m s-2. Calculate its angular acceleration.

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Which one is the correct relation between angular acceleration α and tangential acceleration at when a particle is moving along a circular path of radius R.

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A solid body rotates with deceleration about a stationary axis with an angular deceleration βω, where ω is its angular velocity.The mean angular velocity of the body averaged over the whole time of rotation is ω0n if at the initial moment of time its angular velocity was equal to ω0. Find n.

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In the diagram a block of mass m is connected to a spool of mass 3m, inner radius R and outer radius 2R as shown. The pulley is light and surface is sufficiently rough such that no sliding takes place. Let, the moment of inertia of spool is mRabout the axis passing through centre of mass and perpendicular to the plane of rotation.

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The system is released from rest, answer the following

The angular acceleration of spool is

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The length of hour hand of a wrist watch is 1.5 cm. Find magnitude of tangential acceleration.

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A block of mass 1 kg is released from P on a frictionless track which ends in quarter circular track of radius 2 m at the bottom. What is the magnitude of radial acceleration and total acceleration of the block when it arrives at Q.

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A particle is moving in a circle with constant tangential acceleration. Which one of the following is constant?

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A rotating flywheel about a fixed axis slows down from 300 rpm to 100 rpm in 2 min. What is angular retardation of flywheel (in SI unit)

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A ball tied to the end of the string swings in a vertical circle under the influence of gravity.

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When a particle is moving in a verticle circle, which of the following statement is true-

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The figure shows a rod of mass m and length L attached on one end to a massless string of length l the other end of which is fixed to the ceiling. At this instant the string and rod make an angle θ with the vertical and the velocity of the lowest point of the rod is given to be ‘v’. The rod and string form a straight line at all times.
Find the angular acceleration of the rod at this instant?

 

 

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The kinetic energy k of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the distance covered. It is given as KE=as2 , where a is a constant. The force acting on the particle is

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In the given figure, a=15 m s-2 represents the total acceleration of a particle moving in the clockwise direction in a circle of radius R=2.5 m at a given instant of time. The speed of the particle is

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For a hollow cylinder (of mass m and radius r) rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface, acceleration of the bottom-most point is equal to a (constant). Kinetic energy of the cylinder is

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A Particle is moving in a circle of radius R in such a way that at any instant the normal and tangential component of the acceleration are equal. If its speed at t=0 is u0 , the time taken to complete the first revolution is

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A body is moving with a constant speed v in a circle of radius r. Its angular acceleration is

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What happens to the centripetal acceleration of a revolving body if you double the orbital speed v and halved the angular velocity ω ?