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Circular motion dynamics
- Advanced 2019PhysicsSingle correct
Consider a spherical gaseous cloud of mass density in free space where is the radial distance from its center. The gaseous cloud is made of particles of equal mass moving in circular orbits about the common center with the same kinetic energy . The force acting on the particles is their mutual gravitational force. If is constant in time, the particle number density is
[ is universal gravitational constant]
- Advanced 2018PhysicsMultiple correct
The potential energy of a particle of mass at a distance from a fixed point is given by , where is a positive constant of appropriate dimensions. This particle is moving in a circular orbit of radius about the point . If is the speed of the particle and is the magnitude of its angular momentum about , which of the following statements is (are) true?
- Advanced 2017PhysicsSingle correct
The minimum value of below which the ring will drop down is
- Main 2017PhysicsSingle correct
A conical pendulum of length 1 m makes an angle θ = 45° w.r.t. Z-axis and moves in a circle in the XY plane. The radius of the circle is 0.4 m and its center is vertically below O. The speed of the pendulum, in its circular path, will be : (Take g = 10 ms)
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
A particle of mass M is moving in a circle of fixed radius R in such a way that its centripetal acceleration at time t is given by where n is a constant. The power delivered to the particle by the force acting on it, is :
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
Concrete mixture is made by mixing cement, stone and sand in a rotating cylindrical drum. If the drum rotates too fast, the ingredients remain stuck to the wall of the drum and proper mixing of ingredients does not take place. The maximum rotational speed of the drum in revolutions per minute(rpm) to ensure proper mixing is close to :
(Take the radius of the drum to be 1.25 m and its axle to be horizontal) :
- Main 2015PhysicsSingle correct
A particle is moving in a circle of radius r under the action of a force which is directed towards centre of the circle. Total mechanical energy (kinetic energy + potential energy) of the particle is (take potential energy = 0 for r = 0) :
- Advanced 2014PhysicsSingle correct
A wire, which passes through the hole in a small bead, is bent in the form of quarter of a circle. The wire is fixed vertically on ground as shown in the figure. The bead is released from near the top of the wire and it slides along the wire without friction. As the bead moves from A to B, the force it applies on the wire is
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
A bob of mass m attached to an inextensible string of length is suspended from a vertical support. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle with an angular speed rad/s about the vertical. About the point of suspension :
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
Four particles, each of mass M and equidistant from each other, move along a circle of radius R under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle is :
- Advanced 2013PhysicsSingle correct
The magnitude of the normal reaction that acts on the block at the point is
- Advanced 2012PhysicsSingle correct
A small mass is attached to a massless string whose other end is fixed at as shown in the figure. The mass is undergoing circular motion in the - plane with centre at and constant angular speed . If the angular momentum of the system, calculated about and are denoted by and respectively, then
- Advanced 2011PhysicsSingle correct
A ball of mass (m) 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string having length (L) 0.5 m. The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is 324 N. The maximum possible value of angular velocity of ball (in radian/s) is