14-04-09

A Sphere of mass M and radius R is compressed to a disc..

The radius of the disc remains the same as R..

Mass also falls down to the same level. .(means there is no sideways movement of mass during compression)

What is the Moment of inertia of this disc..

(Trust me it is very easy.. )

Yesterday someone asked me this case :)

22 Answers

1
Rohan Ghosh ·

that answer was for the solid one ..

1
noone ·

can anyone point out the err in sky's soln .. ? coz i cudn get anything out of rohan's method ....

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Celestine preetham ·

kk now got the q

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Lokesh Verma ·

celestine what will happen here is that the disc will have a different mass distributio nwith radius..

because the mass at the center will be higher than at the edge..

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Celestine preetham ·

i am not able to understand the question and discussions

MOI of disc is MR2/2 always abt the standard axes

1
skygirl ·

btw, final ans i got as 2/5MR2 instead of 1/5MR2.....

but wats the error in my process ?

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skygirl ·

i wanted to know here the mistake in my method bhaiya ........ [2]

no replies? [2]

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skygirl ·

another method ..

tell me if wrong..

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Rohan Ghosh ·

yes it indeed was very easy ...

but of a differen type .. :)

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Lokesh Verma ·

Yes rohan .. :)

Wasnt this easy :)

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Rohan Ghosh ·

one typo

dM=ρπ(R2-x2)dx in solid case

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Rohan Ghosh ·

and further a solid or a hollow sphere?

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Rohan Ghosh ·

for the hollow one ..

only difference

dM=ρ(2πR2sinθdθ)

where cosθ=x/R

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Rohan Ghosh ·

here is my method point out whether i have understood the problem clearly or not..

let us take the mass piece dM at a distance x and thickness dx

we have the mass of that part =

ρπ(R2-x2)

further moi contribution due to that element = (let its length be L)

dML2/12 + dMx2

further we have

L=2√(R2-x2

we get

dI = dM(R2/3 - 2x2/3)

integrating from -R to R we get the answer ..

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tapanmast Vora ·

Oh!! then ther is no Q of Maass Density remainin Const.

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Lokesh Verma ·

no tapan... I think you have not understood the question..

We are just pressing it.. Like if you have seen a "Foam" ball.. or the one which is very soft.. if you press it with your palm.. it will become like a disc..

Thus, what happens is that the disc gets formed..

Rohan is this the answer to the hollow one or the solid one?

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Rohan Ghosh ·

tapan how can ou consider mass density constant ?

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Rohan Ghosh ·

is answer MR2/5

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tapanmast Vora ·

This ^^^^^ ones 4 Hollow!!!

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tapanmast Vora ·

So v consider mass density remains Konstant ne,....
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Area down to pi R2 instead of earlier 4 pi R2

So v get mass factor reduction of 4

MOI Sphere : 2/3MR2 ............
MOI disc : 1/2(M/4)R2

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Lokesh Verma ·

I intended a solid sphere..

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Lokesh Verma ·

Lets do both cases :)

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