Kinetic Energy of Rotating Square Metal Sheet

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Homework Statement

A thin square (4 ft side) metal sheet of homogeneous density (\sigma = M/Ais rotating around one of its diagonals at 10 rev/s. Develop a definite integral to express its kinetic energy.

Homework Equations

dK = \frac{1}{2}(r\omega)^{2}\sigma dA

The Attempt at a Solution

I am using one side of the sheet, and plotting it as the area enclosed between:

y_{1}=x
y_{2}=-x + 4\sqrt{2}

0\leq x \leq 2\sqrt{2}

Then:

v^{2}=(20\pi x)^{2}

and my integral will be:

200 \pi^{2}\sigma\int_{0}^{2\sqrt{2}} x^{2}(-x + 4\sqrt{2}-x) \text{d}x

This is half the total kinetic energy, by symmetry, so double the above should be the total.

Is this correct?

Thanks!

 

[Redbelly98]

It looks pretty good, but I have 2 minor objections:

1. The term (-x + 4√2 -x) can be simplified.

2. The units in your expression,

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would be lb-ft^2, which is not a unit of energy.