What torque would have to be applied to a rod with a length of 4 m4m and a mass of 3 kg3kg to change its horizontal spin by a frequency of 13 Hz13Hz over 2 s2s?

1 Answer
Mar 24, 2018

The torque for the rod rotating about the center is =163.4Nm=163.4Nm
The torque for the rod rotating about one end is =653.5Nm=653.5Nm

Explanation:

The torque is the rate of change of angular momentum

tau=(dL)/dt=(d(Iomega))/dt=I(domega)/dt=I alphaτ=dLdt=d(Iω)dt=Idωdt=Iα

The mass of the rod is m=3kgm=3kg

The length of the rod is L=4mL=4m

The moment of inertia of a rod, rotating about the center is

I=1/12*mL^2I=112mL2

=1/12*3*4^2= 4 kgm^2=112342=4kgm2

The rate of change of angular velocity is

(domega)/dt=(13)/2*2pidωdt=1322π

=(13pi) rads^(-2)=(13π)rads2

So the torque is tau=4*(13pi) Nm=52piNm=163.4Nmτ=4(13π)Nm=52πNm=163.4Nm

The moment of inertia of a rod, rotating about one end is

I=1/3*mL^2I=13mL2

=1/3*3*4^2=16kgm^2=13342=16kgm2

So,

The torque is tau=16*(13pi)=208pi=653.5Nmτ=16(13π)=208π=653.5Nm