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L-11 Rotational Inertia Rotational Inertia Æ Symbol I

L-11 Rotational Inertia Rotational Inertia Æ Symbol I

L-11 Rotational Rotational inertia Æ symbol I

• Rotational (angular) • Rotational inertia is a parameter that is • Conservation of used to quantify how much it takes to get a particular object rotating Why is a bicycle • it depends not only on the of the stable (it doesn’t object, but where the mass is relative to the hinge or axis of fall over) only when • the rotational inertia is bigger, if more it is moving? mass is located farther from the axis.

Rotational inertia and torque rotational inertia examples • To start an object spinning, a torque must be applied to it 2 objects have identical mass and length • The amount of torque required R depends on the rotational T inertia (I) of the object M Larger rotational inertia • The rotational inertia (I) depends on the mass of the object, its shape, and on how the mass is distributed W= mg •Solid disk: I = ½M R2

• The higher the rotation inertia, Torque = T ⋅ R Smaller rotational inertia the more torque that is required to make an object spin

Same torque, different How fast does it spin? rotational inertia • For spinning or rotational , the rotational inertia of an object plays the same role as ordinary mass for simple Big rotational motion inertia • For a given amount of torque applied to an object, its rotational inertia determines its Small rotational rotational Æ the smaller the rotational inertia, the bigger the rotational inertia acceleration spins spins slow fast

1 Rolling down the incline of rotation

Which one • For motion in a straight line we tell how fast you reaches the go by the meters per second, miles per bottom first, the hour, etc. solid disk or the • How do we indicate how fast something rotates? hoop? They • We use a parameter called rotational velocity, have the same (symbol Omega Ω) simply the number of for example -- the number mass and of something spins say in a second or diameter. minute (rpm’s- revs per min) • for example the rotational speed of the earth solid disk spinning on it axis is 1 revolution per day or 1 The solid disk has the smaller revolution per 24 hours. wins! rotational inertia.

Ordinary (linear) speed and Ice Capades rotational speed • the rod is rotating around the circle in the counterclockwise direction • ALL points on the rod have the SAME rotational speed • The red point in the middle has only half the linear speed as the blue point on the every point on the line moves end. Skaters farther from center must skate faster through the same

Hurricanes Conservation of linear momentum

• If an object is moving with velocity v, it has linear momentum: p = m v • If no outside disturb the object, it its linear momentum is conserved • If 2 objects interact (e.g., collide) the forces are equal and opposite and cancel each other so the linear momentum of the pair is conserved.

(pA + pB)before = (pA + pB)after Most dangerous winds are at edges of hurricane

2 Rotational (angular) momentum J Conservation of rotational momentum

• If no outside disturb a spinning • A spinning object has rotational momentum object, it rotational momentum is conserved • The rotating on the rod keep Æ symbol J spinning until the in the bearing • rotational momentum (J) = slows it down. Without friction, it would rotational inertia (I) x rotational velocity (Ω) keep spinning. • J = I × Ω • Note that the total linear momentum is zero so that does not come into play.

Rotational momentum Rotational momentum demonstrations • J = rotational inertia (I)× (Ω) • since the rotational momentum can’t change VIDEO • spinning ice skater then if the rotational inertia changes, the Ω Ω2 rotational velocity must also change to keep •divers 1

the rotational momentum constant • Hobermann sphere I1

•Or, I1Ω1 = I2 Ω2 • bicycle wheel I • If the rotational inertia increases, then the •top 2 rotational velocity must decrease • gyroscope Conservation of J:

• if the rotational inertia decreases, then the I2 < I1 Æ Ω2 > Ω1 rotational velocity must increases Objects that have rotational momentum (SPIN) tend not to loose it easily Æ Bicycles

You can change your rotational inertia Spinning faster or slower • When your arms are extended you have a big rotational inertia • When you pull your arms in you make your rotational inertia smaller • If you were spinning with your arms out, when you pull your arms in you will spin faster to keep your rotational momentum constant Big rotational small rotational • This works in figure skating and diving inertia inertia

3 Example Divers use rotational momentum conservation to spin • A figure skater has a rotational inertia I when her 1 • the diver starts spinning arms are stretched out, and I2 when her arms are pulled in close to her body. If her angular velocity when she jumps off the board is Ω1 when she spins with her arms stretched out, what is her angular velocity when she pulls hers • when she pulls her arms and legs in she makes her arms in, so that I2 = ½ I1 = 0.5 I1 • Solution: Angular momentum is conserved, so rotational inertia smaller I Ω = I Ω • this makes her spin even 1 1 2 2 faster! since I /I = 1 / 0.5 = 2, Ω = 2 Ω 1 2 2 1 • Her CG follows the same Î She doubles her angular speed. path as a projectile

Big Earthquakes can change the Tornadoes length of a day

• The length of the day is determined by the it takes the Earth to complete one full spin about its axis. • Big earthquakes can alter the distribution of mass in the earth/s crust • The distribution of mass determines the rotational inertia of the earth

Spinning wheel defies ! Don’t fall off the stool! Gyroscope- an object that can spin and rotate about three axes Once it starts spinning its axle wants to keep spinning in the same direction. It resists forces that try to change the direction of its spin axis.

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