1. Rotational Mechanics and the Atwood's Machine. Consider an Atwood's machine, with two different masses, m1=1.0 kg and m2=2.0 kg suspended from a uniform solid disk pulley with mass = 1.0 kg, by a string passing over the pulley. The pulley has radius r = 10cm and a moment of inertia about its axis of rotation. The string does not slip on the pulley when the masses are released from rest. a) Find the acceleration of the system. b) How does the mass of the pulley impact the acceleration of the system (i.e. would the acceleration be more, less, or equal if ignored)? %3D

1. Rotational Mechanics and the Atwood's Machine. Consider an Atwood's machine, with two different masses, m1=1.0 kg and m2=2.0 kg suspended from a uniform solid disk pulley with mass = 1.0 kg, by a string passing over the pulley. The pulley has radius r = 10cm and a moment of inertia about its axis of rotation. The string does not slip on the pulley when the masses are released from rest. a) Find the acceleration of the system. b) How does the mass of the pulley impact the acceleration of the system (i.e. would the acceleration be more, less, or equal if ignored)? %3D

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Chapter10: Rotation Of A Rigid Object About A Fixed Axis

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