A helicopter rotor blade is 3.40m long from the central shaft to the rotor tip. When rotating at 550rpm what is the radial acceleration of the blade tip expressed in multiples of g?

  a = 1.15 10³ g

Explanation:

For this exercise we will use the relations of the centripetal acceleration

     a = v² / r

where is the linear speed of the rotor and r is the radius of the rotor

let's use the relationships between the angular and linear variables

          v = w r

let's replace

          a = w² r

let's reduce the angular velocity to the SI system

        w = 550 rev / min (2pi rad / 1 rev) (1 min / 60 s)

         w = 57.6 rad / s

let's calculate

       a = 57.6²  3.4

       a = 1.13 10⁴ m / s²

To calculate this value in relation to g, let's find the related

       a / g = 1.13 10⁴ / 9.8

       a = 1.15 10³ g

probably not if net force is zero

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