Essential University Physics Volume 1, Loose Leaf Edition (4th Edition)

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780135264669

Author: Richard Wolfson

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 10, Problem 45P

You rev your car’s engine and watch the tachometer climb steadily from 1200 rpm to 5500 rpm in 2.7 s. What are (a) the engine’s angular acceleration and (b) the tangential acceleration of a point on the edge of the engine’s 3.5-cm-diameter crank-shaft? (c) How many revolutions does the engine make during this time?

Definition Definition Rate of change of angular velocity. Angular acceleration indicates how fast the angular velocity changes over time. It is a vector quantity and has both magnitude and direction. Magnitude is represented by the length of the vector and direction is represented by the right-hand thumb rule. An angular acceleration vector will be always perpendicular to the plane of rotation. Angular acceleration is generally denoted by the Greek letter α and its SI unit is rad/s 2 .

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Essential University Physics Volume 1, Loose Leaf Edition (4th Edition)

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