A disk-shaped mass, rotating about a central perpendicular axis, has 1.0 m in diameter and an initial velocity of 500 rpm. It rotates at 1000 rpm after 20 s. Assuming constant angular acceleration find: (a) the angular acceleration; (b) the angle through which it rotates between 500 and 1000 rpm, and (c) the tangential acceleration of a point on the rim.
Rigid Body
A rigid body is an object which does not change its shape or undergo any significant deformation due to an external force or movement. Mathematically speaking, the distance between any two points inside the body doesn't change in any situation.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are defined as inelastic shapes with negligible deformation, giving them an unchanging center of mass. It is also generally assumed that the mass of a rigid body is uniformly distributed. This property of rigid bodies comes in handy when we deal with concepts like momentum, angular momentum, force and torque. The study of these properties – viz., force, torque, momentum, and angular momentum – of a rigid body, is collectively known as rigid body dynamics (RBD).
A disk-shaped mass, rotating about a central perpendicular axis, has 1.0 m in diameter and an initial velocity of 500 rpm. It rotates at 1000 rpm after 20 s. Assuming constant
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