Lecture Power Point Physics for Scientists and Engineers

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Chapter 9 Rotations of Rigid Bodies

Main Points of Chapter 9 • Rotation of a rigid body – angular velocity, angular acceleration • Rotational kinetic energy • Rotational inertia • Torque • Angular momentum • Conservation of angular momentum • Rolling

9 -1 Simple Rotations of a Rigid Body • When a rigid body rotates around a single axis, all points on it move through the same angle in the same time. • Distance of the point from the axis doesn’t change

9 -1 Simple Rotations of a Rigid Body Angular Velocity • Simple rotations are onedimensional – the only variable needed is the angle θ • If the angular velocity ω is constant, the angle increases linearly with time (9 -2) (9 -3)

9 -1 Simple Rotations of a Rigid Body Right-hand rule for finding direction of angular velocity:

9 -1 Simple Rotations of a Rigid Body For simple rotations, the equations of motion are analogous to those for onedimensional linear motion: (9 -7) (9 -8) (9 -9) (9 -10)

9 -1 Simple Rotations of a Rigid Body Acceleration of a Point in a Rotating Rigid Body If the angular velocity is increasing, there is a tangential component to the acceleration as well as the radial component. (9 -11) (9 -12)

9 -2 Rotational Kinetic Energy The kinetic energy of rotation can be found by adding up the kinetic energy of each piece of the object: Kinetic energy of rotation: (9 -14) This is made simpler by defining the rotational inertia: Rotational inertia: (9 -15)

9 -3 Evaluation of Rotational Inertia Rotational inertia of a continuous object is found by integrating: (9 -19) These integrals have been done for many standard geometries.

9 -3 Evaluation of Rotational Inertia

9 -3 Evaluation of Rotational Inertia Parallel-Axis Theorem The parallel-axis theorem lets us calculate the rotational inertia around any axis once we know it around a parallel axis passing through the center of mass. (9 -27) Ipa is the rotational inertia around the parallel axis, Icm the rotational inertia around the center of mass, M the total mass, and d the distance from the parallel axis to the center of mass.

9 -3 Evaluation of Rotational Inertia This shows an example of axes used in the parallel-axis theorem:

9 -4 Torque What causes rotation? • Force • Lever arm – how far is force from axis of rotation? • Angle – does force have components toward or away from the axis of rotation?

9 -4 Torque The torque depends on the force, the lever arm, and the angle: (9 -28) The torque causes angular acceleration; just how much depends on the rotational inertia: (9 -29)

9 -4 Torque A right-hand rule gives the direction of the torque.

9 -4 Torque Gravity and Extended Objects Gravitational torque acts at the center of mass, as if all mass were concentrated there:

9 -5 Angular Momentum and Its Conservation Angular momentum is analogous to linear momentum: Torque is given by the change in angular momentum: (9 -37) (9 -38) Rotational kinetic energy can also be written in terms of angular momentum: (9 -39)

9 -6 Rolling Connection between speed angular velocity: (9 -40) This assumes rolling without slipping.

9 -6 Rolling Motion is rotation around contact point (with respect to that point), giving the kinetic energy: (9 -41) We can use the parallel-axis theorem to find Icontact: (9 -42)

9 -6 Rolling Equivalently, we can write the kinetic energy of a rolling object as the sum of: • the kinetic energy of rotation about its center of mass, and • the kinetic energy of the linear motion of the object as if all the mass were at the center of mass. (9 -43)

9 -6 Rolling Therefore, the rate at which a rolling object accelerates depends on its rotational inertia – this determines how much of its kinetic energy will be rotational and how much translational.

Summary of Chapter 9 • Rotations of a rigid body are one-dimensional • Equations parallel those of linear motion • If angular velocity is increasing, acceleration has a transverse component • Kinetic energy of rotation depends on rotational inertia • Parallel-axis theorem – once rotational inertia is known about any axis, the rotational inertia around any parallel axis can be found easily

Summary of Chapter 9, cont. • Torque depends on force, lever arm, and angle • Angular acceleration depends on torque and on rotational inertia • Torque is change in angular momentum • Rolling without slipping: combination of rotation and translation • Rotational inertia determines how much potential energy becomes translational kinetic energy and how much rotational