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you are rebuilding a 1965 Chevrolet. To decide whether to replace the flywheel with a newer, lighter-weight one, you want to determine the moment of inertia of the original,35.6 cmdiameter flywheel. It is not a uniform disk, so you can’t useI=12MR2to calculate the moment of inertia. You remove the flywheel from the car and use low-friction bearings to mount it on a horizontal, stationary rod that passes through the center of the flywheel, which can then rotate freely (aboutabove the ground). After gluing one end of a long piece of flexible fishing line to the rim of the flywheel, you wrap the line a number of turns around the rim and suspend a5.60″¾metal block from the free end of the line. When you release the block from rest, it descends as the flywheel rotates. With high-speed photography, you measure the distance d the block has moved downward as a function of the time since it was released. The equation for the graph shown in the given figure that gives a good fit to the data point isd=(165 c³¾/²õ2)t2.

(a) Based on the graph, does the block fall with constant acceleration? Explain

(b) Use the graph to calculate the speed of the block when it has descended 1.50m

(c) Apply conservation of mechanical energy to the system of flywheel and block to calculate the moment of inertia of the flywheel

(d) You are relieved that the fishing line doesn’t break. Apply Newton’s second law to the block to find the tension in the line as the block descended.

Short Answer

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  1. Yes, acceleration is constant.
  2. The speed of the block when it has descended1.50″¾ is315 cm/s.
  3. The moment of inertia of the flywheel isI=0.348 k²µâ‹…m2
  4. The tension in the line isT=36.4 N

Step by step solution

01

Concepts and principles

(a) Conservation of energy principle:

The total of a system's final energies is equal to the sum of its initial energies plus any external forces' work on the system.

Ei+W=Ef (1)

(b) Transitional kinetic energy:

The transitional kinetic energy of an object is

K=12mv2 (2)

Whereis mass of object andis speed relative to given coordinate system.

(c) If a rigid object rotates about a fixed axis with angular speed , its rotational kinetic energy is given by,

KR=12IÓ¬2 (3)

(d) Gravitational potential energy:

The gravitational potential energy of an object system is,

Ug=mgy (4)

(e) Particle under a net force:

If a particle of massexperience a nonzero net force, its acceleration is related to the net force by Newton’s second law:

∑F=T−mg=ma (5)

02

Identification of given data

Here we have given that diameter of flywheel isD=35.6 c³¾

So, radius of wheel isr=0.178″¾

Mass of block is m=5.60 k²µ

The initial angular velocity isÓ¬i=0

The initial translational speed of the block isvi=0

Also, the equation for the graph shown in given figure that gives good fit to data point isd=165 c³¾/²õ2t2

03

Finding whether the acceleration is constant or not by the given graph.

Here we have, the equation for the graph shown in given figure that gives good fit to the data point isd=165 c³¾/²õ2t2

We know that acceleration is double derivative of distance .

⇒a=d2dt2d=d2dt2165 c³¾/²õ2t2⇒a=330 c³¾/²õ2

Hence, acceleration is constant

04

Finding speed of the block when it has descended  from the given graph

Here we have, the equation for the graph shown in given figure that gives good fit to the data point is

d=165 c³¾/²õ2t2 (6)

We know that speed is derivative of distance .

⇒v=ddtd=ddt165 c³¾/²õ2t2⇒v=330 c³¾/²õ2t6

Now,d=165 c³¾/²õ2t2⇒t=d165 c³¾/²õ2

Here block descended1.50″¾=150 c³¾

⇒t=150 c³¾165 c³¾/²õ2⇒t=0.954 s

Now, substitute value of in equation (6)

⇒v=330 c³¾/²õ20.954 s⇒v=315 cm/s

Hence, speed of the block when it has descended 1.50″¾ is315cm/s .

05

 Finding the moment of inertia of the flywheel by conservation of mechanical energy to the system of flywheel and block.

In given system there are no external force is apply. So, equation (1) reduces to

Ei=Ef

Now, by mechanical energy equation

⇒Ki+Ugi=Kf+Ugf (7)

Here total initial kinetic energyKi=0

Also, the final potential energyUgf=0

Now, from equation (2), (3), (4), and (7),

⇒0+mgd=12IÓ¬2+12mv2+0⇒mgd=12IÓ¬2+12mv2⇒12IÓ¬2=mgd−12mv2⇒I=2mgd−mv2Ó¬2⇒I=2mgd−mv2vr2⇒I=25.60 k²µ9.8″¾/s21.50″¾âˆ’5.60 k²µ3.15″¾/s23.15″¾/s0.178″¾2⇒I=0.348 k²µâ‹…m2

Hence, the moment of inertia of the flywheel isI=0.348 k²µâ‹…m2

06

Finding the tension in the line as the block descended by Newton’s second law

Here by equation (5) we have,

∑F=ma=T−mg⇒T=mg−a

Substitute the values in above equation,

⇒T=5.60 k²µ9.8″¾/s2−3.30″¾/s2⇒T=36.4 N

Hence, the tension in the line isT=36.4 N

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