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Chapter 8: Rotational Motion (from Lecture Slide) Flashcards

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When an object turns about an internal axis, it is undergoing

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Circular motion or rotation

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Circular motion is characterized by two kinds of speeds

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1) Tangential (linear) speed
2) Rotational (angular) speed

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Rotational speed is

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The number of rotations or revolutions per unit of time

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All parts of a rigid turntable turn about the axis of rotation in

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The same amount of time

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All points have the same

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Angular/rotational speed

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Tangential speed

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The linear speed of something moving along a circular path

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At different radii, the tangential speeds

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Can be vary

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Rotational inertia

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The property of an object to resist changes in its rotational state of motion

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An object rotating about an axis tends to remain rotating about

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The same axis at the same rotational speed unless interfered with by some external influence

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Bodies that are rotating tend to remain what?

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Rotating

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Non-rotating bodies tends to remain what?

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Non-rotating

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Like linear rotation, rotational inertia depends on

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Mass: Distribution of the mass about the axis of rotation

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The greater the distance between an object’s mass concentration and the axis

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The greater the rotational inertia

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The greater the rotational inertia of an object

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The greater the difficulty in changing its rotational state

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Much of the mass of the pole is far from

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The axis of rotation (its midpoint)

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  1. Depends upon the axis around which it rotates
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a. Easier: to rotate around an axis passing through it (mass is evenly distributed around axis)

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  1. Depends upon the axis around which it rotates
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b. Harder: to rotate it around vertical axis passing through center (half of its mass is distributed on both sides of the axis)

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  1. Depends upon the axis around which it rotates
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c. Hardest: to rotate it around vertical axis passing through the end (all mass is on one side of the axis)

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Torque is

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The rotational counterpart of force

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Force tends to

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Change the motion of things

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Torque depends upon three factors:

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1) Magnitude of the force
2) The direction in which the force acts
3) The point at which the force is applied on the object

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Torque (like rotational inertia) involves distance from the rotational axis. This distance is called the

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Lever arm

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The tendency of a force to cause rotation is called

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Torque

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Lever arm is less than

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Length of handle because of direction of force

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Lever arm is equal to

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Length of handle

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Lever arm is longer than

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Length of handle

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If the force is applied in the same direction as the perpendicular distance or at the axis of rotation, which force produces no torque?

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It does not rotating anything

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If the seesaw doesn’t rotate, does that mean that there’s no torque?

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Like Newton 1st law, you can still have force but have zero net force

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Similarly, you can still have torques, produces but having what?

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Zero net torque

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30
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Center of mass

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The average position of all the mass that makes up the object

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Symmetric object, the mass is located at

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The geometric center

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Asymmetric (irregular) object depends on

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The position, bat, were thicker end

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Center of gravity

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The average position of weight distribution and located at the same point as the CM

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Two types of motion

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1) Straight line motion along its CM
2) Rotation about its CM

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Locating the center of gravity

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1) Is at geometric midpoint
2) Balancing objects provides a way to find CG
3) All points produce a resultant weight vector at the CG
4) Supporting the midpoint supports the entire stick

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Stability

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The location of the center of gravity is important for stability

37
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If we draw a line straight down from the center of gravity and it falls

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Inside the base of support of the object, it is in stable equilibrium and it will balance.

38
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If it falls outside the base, it is

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Unstable

39
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Both L-shaped objects have the same weight. Are they in equilibrium?

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A torque exists in both and their line of gravity falls outside the base of support, so they tend to rotate, both are unstable and both fall over

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Centripetal force

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Any force directed toward a fixed center

41
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Centripetal means

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Center-seeking or toward the center

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Centripetal force depends upon

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1) Mass of object
2) Tangential speed of the object
3) Radius of the circle

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Centripetal force deals with any force that is

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Directed towards the center

44
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If the motion is circular and at constant speed, this force is

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At right angle, to the path of the moving object

45
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Greater speed and greater mass require

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Greater centripetal force

46
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Traveling in a circular path with a smaller radius of curvature requires

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A greater centripetal force

47
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When a car rounds a curve, the centripetal force prevents it from

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Skidding off the road (friction force)

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If the road is wet, or if the car is going too fast, the centripetal force is

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Insufficient to prevent skidding off the road

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Only two forces act on the bob

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1) mg, the force due to gravity
2) T, tension in the string

50
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Net force in the vertical direction of the centripetal force is

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Zero

51
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Vertical direction must be

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Equal and opposite to mg

52
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Horizontal force is the net force on the bob that contributes to the

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Centripetal force

53
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Although centripetal force is center directed, an occupant inside a rotating system seems to

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Experience an outward force

54
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This apparent outward force on a rotating or revolving body is called

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Centrifugal force

55
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Centrifugal means

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Center-fleeing or away from the center

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It is misconception that a centrifugal force pulls

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Outward on an object

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If the string break, the object doesn’t move

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Radially outward

58
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If the string break, It continues along its tangent straight-line path, because what?

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No force acts on it (Newton’s First Law of Inertia)

59
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Centrifugal force sometimes called what?

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1) Fictitious force
2) Apparent force
3) Inertial force

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Centrifugal force is not a real force like gravity, but

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In a rotating frame, the centrifugal force feels like a real force

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Centrifugal force with free fall

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They don’t feel gravity anymore but they feel simulated gravity.

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Simulated gravity: Stationary frame (outside)

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1) Action-reaction pair between floor and person
2) If the system is defined on, the reaction froce of the floor contributes to the centripetal force

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Simulated force: Rotating frame (inside)

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1) No action-reaction pair exist
2) Centrifugal force acts at the center of gravity of it
3) Nothing that pulls back on it

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Linear momentum

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Motion along a straight line path, and called: “Inertia of motion”

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Angular momentum

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The “inertia of motion” of rotating objects

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Angular momentum (point-like masses)

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Object that is small compared with the radial distance to its axis of rotation

67
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Rotational version of Newton’s first law: An object or system of objects will:

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Maintain its angular momentum unless acted upon by an external net torque

68
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An external net torque is required to

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Change the angular momentum of an object

69
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Our solar system has angular momentum that includes the Sun:

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The spinning and orbiting planets and other smaller bodies

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The angular momentum of the solar system is

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Conserved unless an external torque outside the solar system changes it

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In the absence of net external torques, angular momentum is

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Conserved

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In the absence of net external forces, linear momentum is

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Conserved

73
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If no external net torque acts on a rotating system,

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The angular momentum of that system remains constant

74
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When the man pulls the weights inward, his rotational speed

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Increases

75
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Suppose by pulling the weight inwards, the rotational inertia of the man reduces to

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Half its value and the factor that would angular velocity change is double!

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