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A cylinder of mass 14.0 kg rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface. At a certain instant its center of mass has a speed of 7.0 m/s. (a) Determine the translational kinetic energy of its center of mass. J (b) Determine the rotational kinetic energy about its center of mass. J (c) Determine its total energy.

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Answer:

(a) [tex]KE_\text{translational} \approx 3.4 \times 10^2 \; \rm J[/tex].

(b) [tex]KE_\text{rotational} \approx 1.7 \times 10^2 \; \rm J[/tex].

(c) [tex]KE_\text{translational} + KE_\text{rotational} \approx 5.1 \times 10^2\; \rm J[/tex].

Explanation:

(a)

The translational kinetic energy of an object with mass [tex]m[/tex] and velocity [tex]v[/tex] is

[tex]\displaystyle \text{KE}_\text{translational} = \frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot v^2[/tex].

In this question, [tex]m = 14.0\; \rm kg[/tex] and [tex]v = 7.0\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}[/tex].

[tex]\begin{aligned}&\text{KE}_\text{translational}\\ &= \frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot v^2 \\&= \frac{1}{2}\times 14.0 \times 7.0^2 \approx 3.4\times 10^{2}\; \rm J\end{aligned}[/tex].

(b)

Let [tex]r[/tex] be the radius of this cylinder. Since this cylinder is rolling without slipping, its angular velocity would be [tex]\displaystyle \omega = \frac{v}{r}[/tex].

The moment of inertia of a cylinder along its central axis is [tex]\displaystyle I = \frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot r^2[/tex].

The rotational kinetic energy of that cylinder would be

[tex]\begin{aligned} & KE_\text{rotational} \\ &= \frac{1}{2}\, I \cdot \omega^2 \\ &= \frac{1}{2} \, \left(\frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot r^2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{v}{r}\right)^2 \end{aligned}[/tex].

Note that the radius of the cylinder, [tex]r[/tex], can be eliminated from this expression.

[tex]\begin{aligned} & KE_\text{rotational} \\\ &= \frac{1}{2} \times \left(\frac{1}{2} \cdot m \cdot v^2\right) \\ &\approx 1.7\times 10^2\; \rm J \end{aligned}[/tex].

(c)

The sum of the translational and rotational kinetic energy of this cylinder would be approximately [tex]5.1\times 10^2\; \rm J[/tex].