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A rotating flywheel has moment of inertia 18.0 kg⋅m^2 for an axis along the axle about which the wheel is rotating. Initially the flywheel has 30.0 J of kinetic energy. It is slowing down with an angular acceleration of magnitude 0.200 rev/s^2. How long does it take for the rotational kinetic energy to become half its initial value, so it is 15.0 J?
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Answer from: insomniacnana2

The time taken for the rotational kinetic energy to become half its initial value is 0.426 seconds.

Given the data in the question;

Moment of inertia of the wheel; I = 18.0kg.m^2

Initial kinetic energy; K_1 = 30.0J

Final kinetic energy; K_2 = 15.0J

Since it is slowing down, angular acceleration becomes negative

Angular acceleration; a_a = -0.200 rev/s^2 = -1.2566 rad/s^2

First we need to determine initial and final angular velocity. From the expression for Rotational kinetic energy:

$K_R = \frac{1}{2}Iw^2$

Where ω is the angular velocity and I is the moment of inertia around the axis of rotation.

We substitute our given values into the equation

$K_{R1} = \frac{1}{2}Iw_1^2\\\\ 30J = \frac{1}{2} * 18.0kg.m^2 * w_1^2\\\\30kg.m^2/s^2 = \frac{1}{2} * 18.0kg.m^2 * w_1^2\\\\30kg.m^2/s^2 = 9.0kg.m^2 * w_1^2\\\\w_1^2 = \frac{30kg.m^2/s^2}{9.0kg.m^2}\\\\ w_1^2 = \frac{30kg.m^2/s^2}{9.0kg.m^2}\\\\ w_1 = \sqrt{\frac{30kg.m^2/s^2}{9.0kg.m^2}} \\\\w_1 = 1.8257 rad/s$

$K_{R2} = \frac{1}{2}Iw_2^2\\\\15.0J = \frac{1}{2} * 18.0kg.m^2 * w_2^2\\\\15.0kg.m^2/s^2 = \frac{1}{2} * 18.0kg.m^2 * w_2^2\\\\15.0kg.m^2/s^2 = 9.0kg.m^2 * w_2^2\\\\w_2 = \sqrt{\frac{15.0kg.m^2/s^2}{9.0kg.m^2} } \\\\w_2 = 1.29099 rad/s$

Now, From the equation of rotational motion:

w_2 = w_1 + a_at

Where w_2 is the final angular velocity, w_1 is the initial angular velocity, a_a is the angular acceleration and is the time taken.

We substitute our values into the equation and solve for "t"

$1.29099rad/s = 1.8257rad/s + [ - 1.2566rad/s^2\ *\ t ]\\\\1.29099rad/s - 1.8257rad/s = - 1.2566rad/s^2\ *\ t \\\\-0.53471rad/s = - 1.2566rad/s^2\ *\ t \\\\t = \frac{-0.53471rad/s}{- 1.2566rad/s^2}\\\\t = 0.4255s\\\\t = 0.426s$

Therefore, the time taken for the rotational kinetic energy to become half its initial value is 0.426 seconds.

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Answer from: garrettcameron12

The rotational kinetic energy takes 0.430 seconds to become half its initial value.

Explanation:

By the Principle of Energy Conservation and the Work-Energy Theorem we know that flywheel slow down due to the action of non-conservative forces (i.e. friction), the energy losses are equal to the change in the rotational kinetic energy. That is:

$\Delta E = K_{1}-K_{2}$ (1)

Where:

$\Delta E$ - Energy losses, measured in joules.

$K_{1}$ , $K_{2}$ - Initial and final rotational kinetic energies, measured in joules.

By definition of rotational kinetic energy, we expand the equation above:

$\Delta E = \frac{1}{2}\cdot I\cdot (\omega_{1}^{2}-\omega_{2}^{2})$ (2)

Where:

- Moment of inertia of the flywheel, measured in kilograms per square meter.

$\omega_{1}$ , $\omega_{2}$ - Initial and final angular speed, measured in radians per second.

If we know that $K_{1} = 30\,J$ , $K_{2} = 15\,J$ and $I = 18\,kg\cdot m^{2}$ , then the initial angular speed is:

$K_{1} = \frac{1}{2}\cdot I \cdot \omega_{1}^{2}$ (3)

$\omega_{1}=\sqrt{\frac{2\cdot K_{1}}{I} }$

$\omega_{1} = \sqrt{\frac{2\cdot (30\,J)}{18\,kg\cdot m^{2}} }$

$\omega_{1} \approx 1.825\,\frac{rad}{s}$

$\omega_{1}\approx 0.291\,\frac{rev}{s}$

$K_{2} = \frac{1}{2}\cdot I \cdot \omega_{2}^{2}$ (4)

$\omega_{2}=\sqrt{\frac{2\cdot K_{2}}{I} }$

$\omega_{2} = \sqrt{\frac{2\cdot (15\,J)}{18\,kg\cdot m^{2}} }$

$\omega_{2} \approx 1.291\,\frac{rad}{s}$

$\omega_{2} \approx 0.205\,\frac{rev}{s}$

Under the assumption that flywheel is decelerating uniformly, we get that the time taken for the flywheel to slowdown is:

$t = \frac{\omega_{2}-\omega_{1}}{\alpha}$ (5)

If we know that $\omega_{1}\approx 0.291\,\frac{rev}{s}$ , $\omega_{2} \approx 0.205\,\frac{rev}{s}$ and $\alpha = -0.200\,\frac{rev}{s^{2}}$ , then the time needed is:

$t = \frac{0.205\,\frac{rev}{s}-0.291\,\frac{rev}{s}}{-0.200\,\frac{rev}{s^{2}} }$

$t = 0.43\,s$

The rotational kinetic energy takes 0.430 seconds to become half its initial value.

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