Rotational Kinetic Energy, Work & Power
A string is wrapped around the rim of a wheel of moment of inertia and radius . The wheel is free to rotate about its axis. Initially the wheel is at rest. The string is now pulled by a force of . The angular velocity of the wheel after is , where is __________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
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Answer: 100
- Torque N m
- rad/s
- From rest: rad/s
- So rad/s.