What torque would have to be applied to a rod with a length of $5 m$ $5 m$ and a mass of $2 k g$ $2 kg$ to change its horizontal spin by a frequency $8 H z$ $8 Hz$ over $8 s$ $8 s$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-05T07:33:21

The torque is $= 26.2 N m$ $=26.2Nm$

The torque is the rate of change of angular momentum

$τ = \frac{d L}{d t} = \frac{d (I ω)}{d t} = I \frac{d ω}{d t}$ $tau=(dL)/dt=(d(Iomega))/dt=I(domega)/dt$

The moment of inertia of a rod is $I = \frac{1}{12} \cdot m L^{2}$ $I=1/12*mL^2$

$= \frac{1}{12} \cdot 2 \cdot 5^{2} = \frac{25}{6} k g m^{2}$ $=1/12*2*5^2= 25/6 kgm^2$

The rate of change of angular velocity is

$\frac{d ω}{d t} = \frac{8}{8} \cdot 2 π$ $(domega)/dt=(8)/8*2pi$

$= (2 π) r a d s^{- 2}$ $=(2pi) rads^(-2)$

So the torque is $τ = \frac{25}{6} \cdot (2 π) N m = \frac{25}{3} π N m = 26.2 N m$ $tau=25/6*(2pi) Nm=25/3piNm=26.2Nm$

What torque would have to be applied to a rod with a length of 5m5 m and a mass of 2kg2 kg to change its horizontal spin by a frequency 8Hz8 Hz over 8s8 s?