If the ball is 0.60 mm from her shoulder, what is the tangential acceleration of the ball? This is the key quantity here--it's a
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In a softball windmill pitch, the pitcher rotates her arm through just over half a circle, bringing the ball from a point above her shoulder and slightly forward to a release point below her shoulder and slightly forward. (Figure 1) shows smoothed data for the angular velocity of the upper arm of a college softball pitcher doing a windmill pitch; at time t = 0 her arm is vertical and already in motion. For the first 0.15 s there is a steady increase in speed, leading to a final push with a greater acceleration during the final 0.05 s before the release. In each part of the problem, determine the corresponding quantity during the first 0.15 s of the pitch.
Angular Velocity at time 0s = 12 rad/s
Angular Velocity at time 0.15s = 24 rad/s
a) What is the angular acceleration?
b) If the ball is 0.60 m from her shoulder, what is the tangential acceleration of the ball? This is the key quantity here--it's a measure of how much the ball is speeding up. Express your answer in m/s2 and in units of g
Answer:
a) the angular acceleration is 80 rad/s²
b) the tangential acceleration of the ball is;
- a = 48 m/s²
- a = 4.9 g
Explanation:
Given the data in the question;
from the graph below;
Angular Velocity at time 0s = 12 rad/s
Angular Velocity at time 0.15s = 24 rad/s
a) What is the angular acceleration;
Angular acceleration ∝ = ( -
) / dt
we substitute
Angular acceleration ∝ = ( 24 - 12 ) / 0.15
Angular acceleration ∝ = 12 / 0.15
Angular acceleration ∝ = 80 rad/s²
Therefore, the angular acceleration is 80 rad/s²
b)
If the ball is 0.60 m from her shoulder, i.e s = 0.6 m
the tangential acceleration of the ball will be;
a = ∝ × s
we substitute
a = 80 × 0.6
a = 48 m/s²
a = ( 48 / 9.8 )g
a = 4.9 g
Therefore, the tangential acceleration of the ball is;
- a = 48 m/s²
- a = 4.9 g
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<h2>Answer:</h2>
(a) v(t) = [10.0t - 12.0t²] m/s and a(t) = [10.0 - 24.0t ] m/s² respectively
(b) -28.0m/s and -38.0m/s² respectively
(c) 0.83s
(d) 0.83s
(e) x(t) = 1.1573 m [where t = 0.83s]
<h2>Explanation:</h2>The position equation is given by;
x(t) = 5.0t² - 4.0t³ m --------------------(i)
(a) Since velocity is the time rate of change of position, the velocity, v(t), of the particle as a function of time is calculated by finding the derivative of equation (i) as follows;
v(t) = dx(t) / dt = =
[ 5.0t² - 4.0t³ ]
v(t) = 10.0t - 12.0t² --------------------------------(ii)
Therefore, the velocity as a function of time is v(t) = 10.0t - 12.0t² m/s
Also, since acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity, the acceleration, a(t), of the particle as a function of time is calculated by finding the derivative of equation (ii) as follows;
a(t) = dx(t) / dt = =
[ 10.0t - 12.0t² ]
a(t) = 10.0 - 24.0t --------------------------------(iii)
Therefore, the acceleration as a function of time is a(t) = 10.0 - 24.0t m/s²
(b) To calculate the velocity at time t = 2.0s, substitute the value of t = 2.0 into equation (ii) as follows;
=> v(t) = 10.0t - 12.0t²
=> v(2.0) = 10.0(2) - 12.0(2)²
=> v(2.0) = 20.0 - 48.0
=> v(2.0) = -28.0m/s
Also, to calculate the acceleration at time t = 2.0s, substitute the value of t = 2.0 into equation (iii) as follows;
=> a(t) = 10.0 - 24.0t
=> a(2.0) = 10.0 - 24.0(2)
=> a(2.0) = 10.0 - 48.0
=> a(2.0) = -38.0 m/s²
Therefore, the velocity and acceleration at t = 2.0s are respectively -28.0m/s and -38.0m/s²
(c) The time at which the position is maximum is the time at which there is no change in position or the change in position is zero. i.e dx / dt = 0. It also means the time at which the velocity is zero. (since velocity is dx / dt)
Therefore, substitute v = 0 into equation (ii) and solve for t as follows;
=> v(t) = 10.0t - 12.0t²
=> 0 = 10.0t - 12.0t²
=> 0 = ( 10.0 - 12.0t ) t
=> t = 0 or 10.0 - 12.0t = 0
=> t = 0 or 10.0 = 12.0t
=> t = 0 or t = 10.0 / 12.0
=> t = 0 or t = 0.83s
At t=0 or t = 0.83s, the position of the particle will be maximum.
To get the more correct answer, substitute t = 0 and t = 0.83 into equation (i) as follows;
<em>Substitute t = 0 into equation (i)</em>
x(t) = 5.0(0)² - 4.0(0)³ = 0
At t = 0; x = 0
<em>Substitute t = 0.83s into equation (i)</em>
x(t) = 5.0(0.83)² - 4.0(0.83)³
x(t) = 5.0(0.6889) - 4.0(0.5718)
x(t) = 3.4445 - 2.2872
x(t) = 1.1573 m
At t = 0.83; x = 1.1573 m
Therefore, since the value of x at t = 0.83s is 1.1573m is greater than the value of x at t = 0 which is 0m, then the time at which the position is at maximum is 0.83s
(d) The velocity will be zero when the position is maximum. That means that, it will take the same time calculated in (c) above for the velocity to be zero. i.e t = 0.83s
(e) The maximum position function is found when t = 0.83s as shown in (c) above;
Substitute t = 0.83s into equation (i)
x(t) = 5.0(0.83)² - 4.0(0.83)³
x(t) = 5.0(0.6889) - 4.0(0.5718)
x(t) = 3.4445 - 2.2872
x(t) = 1.1573 m [where t = 0.83s]
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<h3>PROOF:</h3>rotational inertia for cylinders is given as:
-----(1)
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------ (5)
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---- (6)
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--- (9)
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----- (10)
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<h3 /><h3>B) Time Period</h3>Time period is related to angular frequency as:
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b.0.45cm
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