It Will Thus Be Noted That The Formula For The Kinetic Energy of A

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Suppose a rigid object is rotating about a fixed


axis 0, and a particle A of the object makes an
angle(} with a fixed line OY in space at some instant,
Fig. 3.1. The angular velocity, d8/dt or m,
of every particle about 0 is the same, since we
are dealing with a rigid body, and the velocity v1
of A at this instant is given by r 1 m, where r 1 =
-OA. Thus the kinetic energy of A= !m1v/ =
!m1r/m2. Similarly, the kinetic energy of another
particle of the body = !m2r/m2, where r2 is Y
its distance from 0 and m2 is its mass. In this FIG. 3.1
way we see that the kinetic energy, K.E., of the Rotating rigid body
whole object is given by
K.E. = !m1r12m2 +!m2r2m2 +!m3r32m2 + ...
= !m2(m1r12 +m2r22 +m3r32 + ... )
= !m2(I:mr2),
where I:mr represents the sum. of the magnitudes of 'mr2' for all the
particles of the object. We shall see .shortly how the quantity I:mr2
can be calculated for a particular object. The magnitude of I:mr is
known as the moment of inertia of the object about the axis concerned,
and we shall denote it by the symbol I. Thus
Kinetic energy, K.E., = !Im2. . (1)
The units of I are kg metre2 (kg m2). The unit of m is 'radian s- 1'
(rad s- 1). Thus if I = 2 kg m2 and m = 3 rad s-1, then
K.E. = !Im2 =! x 2 x 32 joule= 9 J.
The kinetic energy of a particle of mass m moving with a velocity v
is !mv2
It will thus be noted that the formula for the kinetic energy of a
rotating object is similar to that of a moving particle, the mass m being

replaced by the moment of inertia I and the velocity v J>eitlg replaced


by the angular velocity m. As we shall require values of I, the moment
of inertia' of several objects about a particular axis will first be calculated.
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76 ADVANCED LEVEL PHYSICS
Moment of Inertia of Uniform Rod
( 1) About axis through middle. The moment of inertia of a small
element 6x about an axis PQ through its centre 0 perpendicular to the
length= (J;M~2, where I is the length of the rod, M is its mass, and x
is the distance of the small element from 0, Fig. 3.2.
A
FIG. 3.2
p'I' o IZI I
Moment of inertia-uniform rod
:. moment of inertia, I, = 2 r2
(d; M)x2
= 2Mf.''2 x2dx = Ml2 (1)
I o 12
Thus if the mass of the rod is 60 g and its length is 20 cm, M = 6 x lO- 2
kg, I= 02 m, and I= 6 x 10-2 x 022/12 = 2-x 10-4 1,cg m2

(2) About the axis through one end, A. In this case, measuring distances
x from A instead of 0,
f.
'(dx ) Ml
2
moment of inertia, J, = o TM x x 2 = 3
- (2)
Moment of Inertia of Ring

Every element of the ring is the same distance from the centre.
Hence the moment of inertia about an axis through the centre perpendicular
to the plane of the ring = M a2
, where M is the mass of the
ring and a is its radius.

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