A uniform wheel of mass 10.0 kg and radius 0.400 m is mounted rigidly on an axle
Question:
A uniform wheel of mass 10.0 kg and radius 0.400 m is mounted rigidly on an axle through its center (Figure). The radius of the axle is 0.200 m, and the rotational inertia of the wheel - axle combination about its central axis is 0.600 kg ?? m2. The wheel is initially at rest at the top of a surface that is inclined at angle 0 = 30.0? with the horizontal; the axle rests on the surface while the wheel extends into a groove in the surface without touching the surface. Once released, the axle rolls down along the surface smoothly and without slipping. When the wheel-axle combination has moved down the surface by 2.00 m, what are?
(a) Its rotational kinetic energy and
(b) Its translational kineticenergy?
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick