A uniform rod of length L lies on a smooth horizontal table. A particle moving on the table strikes the rod perpendicularly at an end and stops. Find the distance travelled by the center of the rod by the time it turns through a right angle. Show that if the mass of the rod is four times that of the particle, the collision is elastic.

A uniform wheel of radius R is set into rotation about its axis at an angular speed ω. This rotating wheel is now placed on a rough horizontal surface with its axis horizontal. Because of friction at the contact, the wheel accelerates forward and its rotation decelerates till the wheel starts pure rolling on the surface. Find the linear speed of the wheel after it starts pure rolling.

A solid sphere is set into motion on a rough horizontal surface with a linear speed u in the forward direction and an angular speed u/R in the anticlockwise direction as shown in figure (10-E 16). Find the linear speed of the sphere (a) when it stops rotating and (b) when slipping finally ceases and pure rolling starts.

A hollow sphere of radius R lies on a smooth horizontal surface. It is pulled by a horizontal force acting tangentially from the highest point. Find the distance travelled by the sphere during the time it makes one full rotation.

A uniform rod of mass m and length l is struck at an end by a force F perpendicular to the rod for a short time interval. Calculate

(a) the speed of the center of mass, (b) the angular speed of the rod about the center of mass, (c) the kinetic energy of the rod and (d) the angular momentum of the rod about the center of mass after the force has stopped to act. Assume that t is so small that the rod does not appreciably change its direction while the force acts.

A uniform rod pivoted at its upper end hangs vertically. It is displaced through an angle of 60⁰ and then released. Find the magnitude of the force acting on a particle of mass dm at the tip of the rod when the rod makes an angle of 37⁰ with the vertical.

Suppose the particle of the previous problem has a mass m and a speed u before the collision and it sticks to the rod after the collision. The rod has a mass M. (a) Find the velocity of the center of mass C of the system constituting “the rod plus the particle”. (b) Find the velocity of the particle with respect to C before the collision. (c) Find the velocity of the rod with respect to C before the collision. (d) Find the angular momentum of the particle and of the rod about the center of mass C before the collision. (e) Find the moment of inertia of the system about the vertical axis through the center of mass C after the collision. (f) Find the velocity of the center of mass C and the angular velocity of the system about the center of mass after the collision.

A small disc is set rolling with a speed u on the horizontal part of the track of the previous problem from right to left. To what height will it climb up the curved part?

A sphere of mass m rolls on a plane surface. Find its kinetic energy at an instant when its center moves with speed u.

A small spherical ball is released from a point at a height h on a rough track shown in figure (10-E13). Assuming that it does not slip anywhere, find its linear speed when it rolls on the horizontal part of the track.

The variation of angular position θ, of a point on a rotating rigid body, with time t is shown in Fig. 7.7. Is the body rotating clock-wise or anti-clockwise?