The wheel is made from a thin ring of mass m_ring and two slender rods each of mass m_rod. If the torsional spring attached to the wheel’s center has stiffness k, so that the torque on the center of the wheel is M = −kθ, determine the maximum angular velocity of the wheel if it is rotated two revolutions and then released from rest.

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Given: mring = 5 kg 2 kg mrod N-m rad r = 0.5 m k = 2