CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    The moment of inertia of a flywheel having kinetic energy 360 J and angular speed of 20 rad/s is

    A)  \[18\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]                        

    B)  \[1.8\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]

    C)  \[2.5\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]                      

    D)  \[9\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]

    E)  \[0.9\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Rotational kinetic energy of flywheel, \[K=360\,J\] Angular speed of flywheel,  \[\omega =20\text{ }rad\text{/}s\] Rotational kinetic energy, \[k=\frac{1}{2}I{{\omega }^{2}}\] \[\therefore \] Moment of inertia, \[I=\frac{2K}{{{\omega }^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{2\times 360}{{{(20)}^{2}}}\] \[=1.8\,kg\text{-}{{m}^{2}}\]


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