An object with a mass of $2 kg$ is traveling in a circular path of a radius of $4 m$ . If the object's angular velocity changes from $1 Hz$ to $5 Hz$ in $3 s$ , what torque was applied to the object?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-07T07:24:08

The torque is $=268.1Nm$

The torque is the rate of change of angular momentum

$tau=(dL)/dt=(d(Iomega))/dt=I(domega)/dt$

For the object, $I=mr^2$

So, $I=2*(4)^2=32kgm^2$

The rate of change of angular velocity is

$(Deltaomega)/(Deltat)=((5-1)*2pi)/(3)=8/3pirads^-2$

So,

The torque is

$tau=32*8/3pi=268.1Nm$

An object with a mass of 2 kg 2 kg is traveling in a circular path of a radius of 4 m4 m. If the object's angular velocity changes from 1 Hz 1 Hz to 5 Hz 5 Hz in 3 s 3 s, what torque was applied to the object?