Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion
 

Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion problem 20


  • Define the radian.


  • A stone of weight is fixed, using glue, to one end P of a rigid rod CP, as shown in the figure below.




    The rod is rotated about end C so that the stone moves in a vertical circle of radius . The angular speed of the rod and stone is gradually increased from zero until the glue snaps. The glue fixing the stone snaps when the tension in it is . For the position of the stone at which the glue snaps


    • on the dotted circle of the figure, mark with the letter S the position of the stone


    • calculate the angular speed of the stone.


 

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