KINETICS
OF
A ROTATING
RIGID BODY
315
369. Two
strings pass
over
a smooth
drum. On one side of
the
drum
the
strings
are attached
to a 50-lb.
weight;
on
the other side
one
string
is
attached
to a 40-lb.
weight
and
the other
string
to a
30-lb.
weight.
Find the accelera-
tion of the
weights
and the tension
in each of the
strings
during
motion.
Ans.
^30
=
25
lb.;
7
1
40
=
33.3
lb.;
a
=
5.37
ft./sec.
2
360. Steam is
shut off when
a train
running
at a
speed
of 30 miles
per
hour
reaches
a
0.4
per
cent
down-grade.
What
will be the
velocity
of the
train
after
100 sec.
if the train
resistance is 10
lb.
per
ton?
361. A small
car
(Fig.
338)
with its load
weighs
800 lb. and the center of
gravity, G,
of
the total
weight
is
5 ft.
from
the
track.
A
force
P of
120 lb. is
applied
to the
car
as shown.
Neglecting
the
friction
on the
track,
find the acceleration of
the car and the reactions
of the
track
on
each
pair
of wheels.
What
would be the reactions
on
the wheels if the force
P
acted
through
the
point
(7?
362.
A
door is
hung
on
a
track as shown
in
Fig.
339.
The
coefficient of friction
for
each
of
the shoes
(A
and
B)
and
the
track is
i
The door
weighs
FlG-
339
-
300
lb. What
force P is
required
to
give
the door an acceleration
of
4 ft.
per
sec.
2
? Find the
reactions of
the
shoes
on
the
track. How
far
will
the door
travel
in
2
sec.?
Ans.
P
=
112
lb.
ROTATION
146. Kinetics of a
Rotating
Rigid
Body.
If
a
rigid
body
is
acted
on
by
an unbalanced
force
system
that
produces
a
motion
of
rotation of the
body,
the
resulting
linear
accelerations
of
the
various
particles
of the
body
are
not
the
same,
but
vary directly
as
the distances of the
particles
from
the
axis of rotation
(Art. 133).
The
angular
velocities and accelerations of all the
particles,
how-
ever,
are the
same,
at
any
instant,
and
the
linear
acceleration
of
any
(and
every) particle
in
the
body
may
be
expressed
in
terms
of the common
angular
velocity,
,
and the
angular
acceleration,
a.
Thus,
in
Fig.
340
is
represented
a
physical
body
acted on
by
the
external
forces
P,
W,
and the reaction
(not
shown)
of the
axis at
0,
which
cause
the
body
to
rotate
with
an
angular
acceleration,
a,
about
an axis
through
0. Each
particle
of the
body
moves
on
a
cir-
cular
path
and the
linear
acceleration
of
any
particle
in the
body