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Cord pulled on disk, m = 30 kg, T = 200 N
Short answer
I=3.75 kg·m². T (200 N) < weight, so a = (200−294.3)/30 = −3.14 m/s² downward. α = 200×0.5/3.75 = 26.67 rad/s² CCW. Cord a_c = −3.14 + 13.33 = 10.19 m/s² upward.
A cord is wrapped around a homogeneous disk of radius m and mass kg as shown in figure below. If the cord is pulled upward with a force of magnitude 200 N, determine (a) the acceleration of the center of the disk (b) the angular acceleration of the disk (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 T.]
Take upward as positive for translation. The disk is homogeneous, so . The forces on the disk are its weight (down, at ) and the pull , 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, m/s²
Equations of motion
Centre of the disk
The pull is less than the weight, so the centre accelerates downward.
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) acceleration of the centre m/s² downward; (b) angular acceleration rad/s² counter-clockwise; (c) acceleration of the cord m/s² upward.
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