
" There is going to be a lot of changing of positions in the lifts. " They are going to rotate a lot faster than the pairs," Bosley said. That said, the lifts in dance have become "much more acrobatic" over the years, she noted.

This distance is called the radius of gyration and is defined as given above.Bosley said that you won't see the height in the ice dancers' lifts as you will in pairs figure skating, because the lifts can't be supported above the man's shoulder. These two factors can be separated by expressing the MI as the product of the mass (M) and the square of a particular distance (k) from the axis of rotation. the distribution of mass about the axis of rotation.The moment of inertia (MI) of a body about a given rotation axis depends upon On what factors does it depend and it does not depend? Can you locate some similarity between the centre of mass and radius of gyration? What can you infer if a uniform ring and a uniform disc have the same radius of gyration?ĭefinition : The radius of gyration of a body rotating about an axis is defined as the distance between the axis of rotation and the point at which the entire mass of the body can be supposed to be concentrated so as to give the same moment of inertia as that of the body about the given axis. However, in a controlled vertical circular motion, e.g., those of a small body attached to a rod or the giant wheel (Ferris wheel) ride, the body or the passenger seat can have zero speed at the top, i.e., the motion can be brought to a stop.ĭiscuss the necessity of radius of gyration. In this case, the motion is controlled only by gravity and zero speed at the top is not possible. In a non uniform vertical circular motion, e.g., those of a small body attached to a string or the loop-the-loop manoeuvers of an aircraft or motorcycle or skateboard, the body must have some minimum speed to reach the top and complete the circle. Is zero speed possible at the uppermost point? Under what condition/s? Also prove that the difference between the extreme tensions (or normal forces) depends only upon the weight of the object. Using the energy conservation, derive the expressions for the minimum speeds at different locations along a vertical circular motion controlled by gravity. So, when the inner wheels just get lifted above the ground, it can be counterbalanced by a restoring torque of the couple formed by the normal reaction (on the outer wheels) and the weight. But a car is an extended object with four wheels. When a car takes a turn along a level road, apart from the risk of skidding off outward, it also has a tendency to roll outward due to an outward torque about the centre of gravity due to the friction force. Iv) In a certain unit, the radius of gyration of a uniform disc about its central and transverse axis is \(\sqrt\right)\) of a rod and that of a plane sheet is the same about a transverse axis.

for a parallelepiped rotating about the transverse axis passing through its centre includes its depth. (B) When rotating about their central axis, a hollow right circular cone and a disc have the same expression for the M.I. (A) Different objects must have different expressions for their M.I.

Iii) Select correct statement about the formula (expression) of moment of inertia (M.I.) in terms of mass M of the object and some of its distance parameter/s, such as R, L, etc.

Q) Difference between maximum and minimum tensions along the string is 60 N. Ii) A particle of mass 1 kg, tied to a 1.2 m long string is whirled to perform vertical circular motion, under gravity. (D) Both, angular velocity and angular acceleration, downwards. (C) Both, angular velocity and angular acceleration, upwards. (B) Angular velocity downwards, angular acceleration upwards. (A) Angular velocity upwards, angular acceleration downwards. Select correct statement about the directions of its angular velocity and angular acceleration. I) When seen from below, the blades of a ceiling fan are seen to be revolving anticlockwise and their speed is decreasing.
