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The rotor (flywheel) of a toy gyroscope has mass 0.140 kg. Its moment of inertia about its axis is 1.20×10-4kg.m2.The mass of the frame is 0.0250 kg. The gyroscope is supported on a single pivot (Fig.E10.51) with its center of mass a horizontal distance of 4.00 cm from the pivot. The gyroscope is processingin a horizontal plane at the rate of one revolution in 2.20 s. (a) Find the upward force exerted by the pivot. (b) Find the angular speed with which the rotor is spinning about its axis, expressed in rev/min. (c) Copy thediagramand draw vectors to show the angular momentum of the rotor and the torque acting on it.

Short Answer

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a) The upward force exerted by the pivot is 1.62N.


b) The angular speed is 1.80×103rev/min .


c) The torque causes the angular momentum to presses around the pivot.

Step by step solution

01

Given data

Mass of the gyroscope M=0.140kgmoment of inertia about its axis I=1.20×10-4kg.m2

Mass of the frame m=0.250kg

The horizontal distance between the center of mass and the pivot is r=0.04m

02

(a) Find the upward force exerted by the pivot

The upward force exerted by the pivot is

FN=(M+m)g=(0.140kg+0.0250kg)(9.80m/s2)=1.62N

Hence, the force is1.62N.

03

(b) Find the angular speed

Let us take the angular speed of the rotor as Ó¬.

Then the precession angular speed of the axis,

localid="1667989962728" Ω=1rev/2.20s=2πrad2.20s=2.856rad/s

The precession angular speed of the gyroscope is

localid="1667990061937" Ω=(M+m)gr1Ӭ

Therefore the required angular speed of the gyroscope

localid="1667990356475" Ӭ=(M+m)gr1Ω=(0.140kg+0.025kg)(9.80m/s2)(0.04m)(1.20×10(-4)kg.m2)(2.856rad/s)=188.92rad/s=(188.92rad/s)(60.0s/min)2π=1.80×103rev/min

Hence, the angular speed is 1.80×103rev/min.

04

(c) The diagram is given below

When the rotor is rotating, the initial angular momentum L1is pointed toward positive x. The torque due to weight is pointed toward positive y.

Thus the torque causes the angular momentum to presses around the pivot.

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