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Cord pulled on disk, m = 20 kg, F = 250 N
Short answer
I=½(20)(0.5²)=2.5 kg·m²; T−mg gives a = (250−196.2)/20 = 2.69 m/s² up. Tr = Iα gives α = 250×0.5/2.5 = 50.00 rad/s² CCW; cord a_c = a + αr = 27.69 m/s² up.
A cord is wrapped around a homogenous disk of radius m and mass 20 kg. If the cord is pulled upward with a force of magnitude N, determine (a) the angular acceleration of the disk, (b) the acceleration of the disk and (c) the acceleration of the cord. [Figure: disk with centre G, radius 0.5 m, cord wrapped on the rim and pulled up at A with force F.]
Take upward as positive for translation. The disk is homogeneous, so . The forces on the disk are its weight (down, at ) and the pull (the given force ), acting up at the rim, a distance from . The cord leaves the rim tangentially, so has moment about .
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Data
kg, m, N (the force called in the question), m/s²
Equations of motion
Centre of the disk
Angular acceleration
Acceleration of the cord
The cord has the same acceleration as the rim point to which it is attached: the acceleration of plus the tangential acceleration of relative to (upward, since is counter-clockwise and is on the right):
Answer: (a) angular acceleration rad/s² counter-clockwise; (b) acceleration of the disk m/s² upward; (c) acceleration of the cord m/s² upward.
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