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    Angular acceleration of off balance wheel starting from rest

    Homework Statement A 30 kg wheel has a center of mass 0.1 m left from the center of the wheel and radius of gyration KG = 0.15 m. Find the angular acceleration if the wheel is originally at rest. The radius of the wheel is 0.25m. Homework Equations I=mk^2 T=f*d M=I*a Fn acting bottom in Y...
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    Max speed and tension of bungee jump?

    I figured it out, thread closed!
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    Max speed and tension of bungee jump?

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    Meet the New Alaskan Engineering Student on the Forum!

    Hi everyone! Just signed up. I'm a junior mechanical engineering student from Alaska. Just posted my first thread! Cool forums!
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    Max speed and tension of bungee jump?

    Just signed up, hi everyone! 1. Homework Statement A man weighs 150 lb, and attaches a bungee cord having a stiffness of k = 500 lb/ft, to his feet. If he jumps from rest off the side of a bridge, determine the required unstretched length of the cord so that he can just touch the surface of...