[Model Hierarchy]
Description and Assumptions
This model applies to a rigid body which is executing pure rotation confined to the xy plane about the origin.
Problem Cues
Problems in rotational motion often feature an object which is constrained to rotate about some axle or pivot point. Additionally, the motion of any rigid body which can be treated using the [1-D Angular Momentum and Torque] model can be described as translation of the center of mass plus pure rotation about the center of mass.
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Prerequisite Knowledge
Prior Models
Vocabulary and Procedures
- centripetal acceleration
- tangential acceleration
- angular position
- angular frequency
- angular acceleration
System
A single rigid body.
Interactions
Relevant Types
The system will be subject to a position-dependent centripetal acceleration, and may also be subject to an angular (or equivalently, tangential) acceleration.
Interaction Variables
Angular acceleration (α), tangential acceleration (atan) and radial (or centripetal) acceleration (ac).
Model
Relevant Definitions
Relationships between angular and tangential quantities:
\begin
[ \vec
_
= \vec
\times \vec
= \omega r \;\hat
]
[ \vec
_
= \vec
\times \vec
= \alpha r \;\hat
]\end
Centripetal acceleration:
\begin
[ \vec
_
= -\frac{v_
^{2}}
\hat
= -\omega^
r\;\hat
]\end
Magnitude of total acceleration:
\begin
[ a = \sqrt{a_
^
+a_
{2}} = r\sqrt{\alpha
+\omega^{4}} ]\end
By definition, every point in an object undergoing pure rotation will have the same value for all angular quantities (θ, ω, α). The linear quantities (r, v, a), however, will vary with position in the object.
Laws of Change
Note the analogy between these Laws of Change and those of the One-Dimensional Motion (General) model. Thus, for the case of constant angular acceleration, the integral form of these Laws are equivalent to:
\begin
[ \omega_
= \omega_
+ \alpha(t_
-t_
)]
[ \theta_
= \theta_
+ \frac
(\omega_
+\omega_
)(t_
-t_
)]
[ \theta_
= \theta_
+ \omega_
(t_
-t_
) +\frac
\alpha(t_
-t_
)^
]
[ \omega_
^
=\omega_
^
+ 2\alpha(\theta_
-\theta_
)]\end
Diagrammatical Representations
- Angular position versus time graph.
- Angular velocity versus time graph.
Relevant Examples
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