Question

A fan blade is rotating with a constant angular acceleration of 11.5 rad/s2. At what point on the blade, as measured from the axis of rotation, does the magnitude of the tangential acceleration equal that of the acceleration due to gravity

Answer 1

Answer:

Alpha = ω^2 R    where R is radius of blade

g = w^2 r      where r is distance from center

ω^2 R = 11.5 ω^2 r

R / r = 11.5 / 9.8 = 1.17

Or r = .852 R

Since the angular acceleration depends on both R and ω it seems that one can only get r as it depends on R