Non Uniform Circular Motion If the speed of the particle in a horizontal circular motion changes with respect to time, then its motion is said to be non-uniform circular motion. Consider a particle describing a circular path of radius r with centre at O. Let at an instant the particle be at P and \[\overrightarrow{\upsilon }\] be its linear velocity and \[\overrightarrow{\omega }\] be its angular velocity. Then, \[\vec{\upsilon }=\vec{\omega }\times \vec{r}\] ?.. (i) Differentiating both sides of w.r.t. time t we have
\[\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{d\upsilon }}\,}{dt}=\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{d\omega }}\,}{dt}\,\times \vec{r}\,+\,\vec{\omega }\,\times \,\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{dr}}\,}{dt}\] ?.. (ii) Here, \[\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{dv}}\,}{dt}=\vec{a},\,\,\] (Resultant acceleration) \[\vec{a}=\vec{\alpha }\,\times \,\vec{r}\,\,\,\,\,+\,\,\,\,\vec{\omega }\,\times \,\vec{\upsilon }\] \[\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{d\omega }}\,}{dt}=\vec{\alpha }\,\,\] (Angular acceleration) \[\vec{a}=\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{{\vec{a}}_{t}}\,\,\,\,\,+\,\,\,\,\,{{\vec{a}}_{c}}\] .?. (iii) \[\frac{\overset{\to }{\mathop{dr}}\,}{dt}=\vec{\upsilon }\,\] (Linear velocity) Thus the resultant acceleration of the particle at P has two component accelerations (1) Tangential acceleration: \[\overrightarrow{{{a}_{t}}}=\overrightarrow{\alpha }\times \overrightarrow{\,r}\] It acts along the tangent to the circular path at P in the plane of circular path. According to right hand rule since \[\vec{\alpha }\] and \[\vec{r}\] are perpendicular to each other, therefore, the magnitude of tangential acceleration is given by \[|{{\overrightarrow{a}}_{t}}|\,=\,|\overrightarrow{\alpha }\,\times \,\overrightarrow{r}|\,=\,\alpha \,r\,\sin \,{{90}^{o}}\,=\alpha \,r.\] (2) Centripetal (Radial) acceleration: \[\overrightarrow{{{a}_{c}}}=\overrightarrow{\omega }\times \overrightarrow{v}\] It is also called centripetal acceleration of the particle at P. It acts along the radius of the particle at P. According to right hand rule since \[\overrightarrow{\omega }\] and \[\overrightarrow{\upsilon }\] are perpendicular to each other, therefore, the magnitude of centripetal acceleration is given by \[|{{\vec{a}}_{c}}|\,=\,|\vec{\omega }\,\times \,\vec{\upsilon }|\,=\,\omega \,\upsilon \,\sin \,{{90}^{o}}=\omega \,\upsilon \,=\,\omega (\omega \,r)\,=\,{{\omega }^{2}}r={{\upsilon }^{2}}/r\] (3) Tangential and centripetal acceleration in different motions
Centripetal acceleration | Tangential acceleration | Net acceleration | Type of motion |
ac = 0 | at = 0 | a = 0 | Uniform translatory motion |
ac = 0 | at ¹ 0 | a = at | Accelerated translatory motion |
ac ¹ 0 | at = 0 | |
For accelerated motion | For retarded motion |
\[{{\omega }_{2}}={{\omega }_{1}}+\alpha \,t\] | \[{{\omega }_{2}}={{\omega }_{1}}-\alpha \,t\] |
\[\theta ={{\omega }_{1}}t+\frac{1}{2}\alpha \,{{t}^{2}}\] | \[\theta ={{\omega }_{1}}t-\frac{1}{2}\alpha \,{{t}^{2}}\] |
\[\omega _{_{2}}^{2}=\omega _{_{1}}^{2}+2\alpha \,\theta \] | \[\omega _{_{2}}^{2}=\omega _{_{1}}^{2}-2\alpha \,\theta \] |
\[{{\theta }_{n}}={{\omega }_{1}}+\frac{\alpha }{2}(2n-1)\] | \[{{\theta }_{n}}={{\omega }_{1}}-\frac{\alpha }{2}(2n-1)\] |
Sample problems based on equation of circular motion Where \[{{\omega }_{1}}= Initial angular velocity of particle\] \[{{\omega }_{2}}= Final angular velocity of particle\] \[\alpha ~=\text{ }Angular\text{ }acceleration\text{ }of\text{ }particle\] \[\theta = Angle covered by the particle in time t\] \[{{\theta }_{n}}= Angle covered by the particle in {{n}^{th}}second\] Problem 150. The angular velocity of a particle is given by \[\omega =1.5\ t-3{{t}^{2}}+2\], the time when its angular acceleration ceases to be zero will be (a) \[25\ \sec \] (b) \[0.25\ \sec \] (c) \[12\ \sec \] (d) \[1.2\ \sec \] Solution: (b) \[\omega =1.5\,t-3{{t}^{2}}+2\] and \[\alpha =\frac{d\omega }{dt}=1.5-6t\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,0=1.5-6t\] \[\therefore \,\,t=\frac{1.5}{6}=0.25\,\sec \] Problem 151. A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular velocity is zero. In the first \[2\sec \], it rotates through an angle \[{{\theta }_{1}}\]. In the next \[2\sec \], it rotates through an additional angle \[{{\theta }_{2}}\]. The ratio of \[{{\theta }_{1}}/{{\theta }_{2}}\] is [AIIMS 1982] (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 Solution: (c) From equation of motion \[\theta ={{\omega }_{1}}t+\frac{1}{2}\alpha \,{{t}^{2}}\] \[{{\theta }_{1}}=0+\frac{1}{2}\alpha \,{{(2)}^{2}}=2\alpha \] ?.. (i) [As \[{{\omega }_{1}}=0,\] \[t=2\,\sec ,\] \[\theta ={{\theta }_{1}}\]] For second condition \[{{\theta }_{1}}+{{\theta }_{2}}=0+\frac{1}{2}\alpha \,{{(4)}^{2}}\] [As \[{{\omega }_{1}}=0,\] \[t=2+2=4\,\sec ,\] \[\theta ={{\theta }_{1}}+{{\theta }_{2}}\]] \[{{\theta }_{1}}+{{\theta }_{2}}=8\alpha \] ?. (ii) From (i) and (ii) \[{{\theta }_{1}}=2\alpha ,\]\[{{\theta }_{2}}=6\alpha \]\[\therefore \,\,\frac{{{\theta }_{2}}}{{{\theta }_{1}}}=3\] Problem 152. If the equation for the displacement of a particle moving on a circular path is given by\[(\theta )=2{{t}^{3}}+0.5\], where \[\theta \] is in radians and \[t\]in seconds, then the angular velocity of the particle after \[2\sec \] from its start is [AIIMS 1998] (a) \[8\ rad/\sec \] (b) \[12\ rad/\sec \] (c) \[24\ rad/\sec \] (d) \[36\ rad/\sec \] Solution: (c) \[\theta =2{{t}^{3}}+0.5\] and \[\omega =\frac{d\theta }{dt}=6{{t}^{2}}\] at t = 2
more...