What torque would have to be applied to a rod with a length of $8 m$ and a mass of $8 kg$ to change its horizontal spin by a frequency $16 Hz$ over $4 s$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-19T15:30:52

The torque is $=1072.3Nm$

The torque is the rate of change of angular momentum

$tau=(dL)/dt=(d(Iomega))/dt=I(domega)/dt$

The moment of inertia of a rod is $I=1/12*mL^2$

$=1/12*8*8^2=128/3 kgm^2$

The rate of change of angular velocity is

$(domega)/dt=(16)/4*2pi$

$=(8pi) rads^(-2)$

So the torque is $tau=128/3*(8pi) Nm=1072.3Nm$

What torque would have to be applied to a rod with a length of 8 m8 m and a mass of 8 kg8 kg to change its horizontal spin by a frequency 16 Hz16 Hz over 4 s4 s?