An electric motor turns a flywheel through a drive belt that joins a pulley on the motor and a pulley that is rigidly attached to the flywheel. The flywheel is a solid disk with a mass of 70.5 kg and a diameter of 1.25 m. It turns on a frictionless axle. Its pulley has much smaller mass and a radius of 0.230 m. If the tension in the upper (taut) segment of the belt is 165 N, and the flywheel has a clockwise angular acceleration of 1.67 rad/s2, find the tension in the lower (slack) segment of the belt.

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Answer:

The tension on the slack segment of the belt is 65 N

Explanation:

The given parameters are;

The mass of the solid disk = 70.5 kg

The diameter of the flywheel disk, D = 1.25 m

The radius of the pulley = 0.230 m

If the tension in the upper segment of the belt = 165 N

The angular acceleration of the flywheel = 1.67 rad/s²

The moment of inertia of a circular disc, I = 1/2·M·r²

The radius of the flywheel, r = D/2 = (1.25 m)/2 = 0.625 m

The moment of inertia of the flywheel, I = 1/2 × 70.5 kg × (0.625 m)² = 13.7695312 m²·kg

The moment of inertia, I = 13.7695312 m²·kg

Torque, τ = Moment of Inertia, I × Angular acceleration, α

Torque, τ = I × α

τ = 13.7695312 m²·kg × 1.67 rad/s² = 22.9951171 N·m ≈ 23 N·m

The torque applied from the pulley side is given as follows;

Let [tex]T_{slk}[/tex] represent the tension on the slack segment of the belts, we have;

23 N·m = (165 N - [tex]T_{slk}[/tex]) × 0.230 m

∴ 165 N - [tex]T_{slk}[/tex] = 23 N·m/0.230 m = 100 N

[tex]T_{slk}[/tex] = 165 N - 100 N = 65 N

The tension on the slack segment of the belt, [tex]T_{slk}[/tex] = 65 N

The tension on the slack segment of the belt is 65 N

What is flywheel?

flywheel, heavy wheel attached to a rotating shaft so as to smooth out delivery of power from a motor to a machine. The inertia of the flywheel opposes and moderates fluctuations in the speed of the engine and stores the excess energy for intermittent use.

The given parameters are;

The mass of the solid disk = 70.5 kg

The diameter of the flywheel disk, D = 1.25 m

The radius of the pulley = 0.230 m

If the tension in the upper segment of the belt = 165 N

The angular acceleration of the flywheel = 1.67 rad/s²

The moment of inertia of a circular disc, I = 1/2·M·r²

The radius of the flywheel, r = D/2 = (1.25 m)/2 = 0.625 m

Now we will  calculate tension on the slack side

The moment of inertia of the flywheel,

[tex]I = \dfrac{1}{2} \times 70.5 kg \times (0.625 m)^2 = 13.7695312 \ m^2 \ kg[/tex]

The moment of inertia, I = 13.7695312 m²·kg

Torque, τ = Moment of Inertia, I × Angular acceleration, α

Torque, τ = I × α

τ = [tex]13.7695312 \times 1.67 = 22.9951171 Nm = 23 Nm[/tex]

The torque applied from the pulley side is given as follows;

Let  represent the tension on the slack segment of the belts, we have;

23 N·m = (165 N - ) × 0.230 m

∴ 165 N -  = 23 N·m/0.230 m = 100 N

= 165 N - 100 N = 65 N

The tension on the slack segment of the belt,  = 65 N

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