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Identifytheproblemandsolvetheappropriateequationorequationsforthequantity
tobedetermined.
LEARNINGOBJECTIVE [edit]
Developandapplyastrongproblemsolvingstrategyforrotationalkinematics

KEYPOINTS [edit]
Examinethesituationtodeterminethatrotationalkinematics(rotationalmotion)isinvolved,and
identifyexactlywhatneedstobedetermined.
Makealistofwhatisgivenorcanbeinferredfromtheproblemasstatedandsolvetheappropriate
equations.
Substitutetheknownvaluesalongwiththeirunitsintotheappropriateequation,andobtain
numericalsolutionscompletewithunits.

TERM [edit]

kinematics
Thebranchofmechanicsconcernedwithobjectsinmotion,butnotwiththeforcesinvolved.

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ProblemSolvingStrategyFor
RotationalKinematics
Whensolvingproblemsonrotationalkinematics:
Examinethesituationtodeterminethat
rotationalkinematics(rotationalmotion)is
involved.Rotationmustbeinvolved,but
withouttheneedtoconsiderforcesormasses
thataffectthemotion.
Identifyexactlywhatneedstobedeterminedin
theproblem(identifytheunknowns).Asketch
ofthesituationisuseful.

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Makealistofwhatisgivenorcanbeinferredfromtheproblemasstated(identifytheknowns).
Solvetheappropriateequationorequationsforthequantitytobedetermined(theunknown).Itcanbe
usefultothinkintermsofatranslationalanalogbecausebynowyouarefamiliarwithsuchmotion.
Substitutetheknownvaluesalongwiththeirunitsintotheappropriateequation,andobtainnumerical
solutionscompletewithunits.Besuretouseunitsofradiansforangles.
Checkyouranswertoseeifitisreasonable:Doesyouranswermakesense?

Example
Supposealargefreighttrainacceleratesfromrest,givingits0.350mradiuswheelsanangularaccelerationof
0.250rad/s2 .Afterthewheelshavemade200revolutions(assumenoslippage):(a)Howfarhasthetrain
moveddownthetrack?(b)Whatarethefinalangularvelocityofthewheelsandthelinearvelocityofthe
train?
Inpart(a),weareaskedtofindx,andin(b)weareaskedtofindandv.Wearegiventhenumberof

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revolutions,theradiusofthewheelsr,andtheangularacceleration.
Thedistancexisveryeasilyfoundfromtherelationshipbetweendistanceandrotationangle:
.
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Solvingthisequationforxyields
.
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Beforeusingthisequation,wemustconvertthenumberofrevolutionsintoradians,becausewearedealing

witharelationshipbetweenlinearandrotationalquantities:
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.
Substitutetheknownvaluesinto

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tofindthedistancethetrainmoveddownthetrack:
.

Wecannotuseanyequationthatincorporatesttofind,becausetheequationwouldhaveatleasttwo
unknownvalues.Theequation

willwork,becauseweknowthevaluesforallvariablesexcept.

Takingthesquarerootofthisequationandenteringtheknownvaluesgives

Onemayfindthelinearvelocityofthetrain,v,throughitsrelationshipto:

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Rotationalmotion
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Equationlist
Rotationalandtranslationalkinematicequations.

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Whataretheradianspersecondgiventhatthesamefreighttrainhadafinal
velocityof10m/s?
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Whatisthefinalstepwhensolvingrotationalkinematicproblems?

KEYTERMREFERENCE

acceleration

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:Position,Displacement,Velocity,and

AccelerationasVectors,ScientificApplicationsofQuadraticFunctions,andCentripetialAcceleration

angular

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:Wavelength,FreqencyinRelationtoSpeed,

DampedHarmonicMotion,andConstantAngularAcceleration

angularacceleration

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:RelationshipBetweenTorqueand

AngularAcceleration,AngularAcceleration,Alpha,andConservationofAngularMomentum

angularvelocity

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:AngularQuantitiesasVectors,Angular

vs.LinearQuantities,andAngularVelocity,Omega

equation

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:EquationsandInequalities,Graphsof

EquationsasGraphsofSolutions,andWhatisanEquation?

force

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:ForceofMuscleContraction,Force,andFirst

Condition

mass

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:MassSpectrometer,PopArt,andMass

motion

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:MotionDiagrams,TwoComponentForces,and

MovingSource

radians

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:CentripetalForce,RotationalAngleandAngular

Velocity,andPosition,Velocity,andAccelerationasaFunctionofTime

rotation

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:RotationalCollisions,LeverSystems,and

TransformationsofFunctions

velocity

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:DistributionofMolecularSpeedsandCollision

Frequency,RootMeanSquareSpeed,andRollingWithoutSlipping

work

Appearsintheserelatedconcepts:HeatandWork,EnergyTransportation,andThe

FirstLawofThermodynamics

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