Question

A flywheel with radius of 0.400 mm starts from rest and accelerates with a constant angular acceleration of 0.600 rad/s2rad/s2. For related problem-solving tips and strategies, you may want to view a Video Tutor Solution of Throwing a discus. Part A For a point on the rim of the flywheel, what is the magnitude of the tangential acceleration after 2.00 ss of acceleration

Answer 1

Answer: $0.00024\ m/s^2$

Explanation:

Given

Radius of flywheel is $r=0.4\ mm$

Angular acceleration $\alpha=0.6\ rad/s^2$

For no change in radius, tangential acceleration is  given as

$\Rightarrow a_t=a\lpha \times r$

Insert the values

$\Rightarrow a_t=0.6\times 0.4\times 10^{-3}\ m/s^2\\\Rightarrow a_t=2.4\times 10^{-4}\ m/s^2\ \text{or}\ 0.00024\ m/s^2$