What is the tangential acceleration of a rotating crankshaft?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the tangential acceleration of a crankshaft with a diameter of 3.0 cm, rotating at 2300 rpm, which comes to a stop in 1.30 seconds. Participants highlight the importance of correct unit conversions, specifically converting rpm to radians per second and centimeters to meters. The initial calculations presented were incorrect due to improper conversions, leading to confusion about the resulting values. Clarifications were made regarding the definitions of variables such as angular velocity, tangential velocity, and angular acceleration. The conversation emphasizes the need for careful unit handling in physics problems to achieve accurate results.
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Homework Statement


A crankshaft with a diameter of 3.0 cm , rotating at 2300 rpm comes to a halt in 1.30 s . What is the tangential acceleration of a point on the surface of the crankshaft?

Homework Equations


W=v/r
Wf=Wi+@t
@=At/r

The Attempt at a Solution


-2300 rpm=138000r/s=13006.19m/s

-v=13006.19m/s
-r=.015m
-t=1.3

-W=867079

-@=666983

-@10004.7

the answer is completely wrong.
 
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darko21 said:
A crankshaft with a diameter of 3.0 , rotating at 2300 comes to a halt in 1.30 . What is the tangential acceleration of a point on the surface of the crankshaft?

What are the units on those numbers?
 
sylas said:
What are the units on those numbers?

sorry, edited
 
did you convert the units, cm to m and rpm to rps?

edit: you did, but:

-2300 rpm=138000r/s=...?


2300 rpm=2300r/m=2300r/(60 sec)=2300/60 r/s
 
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yes, if you see i said the radius = 1.5cm=.015m and 2300rpm=13006.19m/s
 
darko21 said:

Homework Statement


A crankshaft with a diameter of 3.0 cm , rotating at 2300 rpm comes to a halt in 1.30 s . What is the tangential acceleration of a point on the surface of the crankshaft?

Homework Equations


W=v/r
Wf=Wi+@t
@=At/r

Giving names the variables so we know what is being discussed.

W (angular velocity in radians per second)
v (tangent velocity in meters per second)
r (radius in meters)
@ (angular acceleration in radians per sec per sec)
A (tangential acceleration in meters per sec per sec)
t (time in seconds)

Wf is final and Wi is initial; but since it is going to zero, we can just use W = @t

Drizzle is right. You've done the unit conversions in step 3 incorrectly.
 
ahh finally! I am clumsy.. thank you
 
darko21 said:
ahh finally! I am clumsy.. thank you

no you’re not, just think logically next time after you did the conversion of units, i.e. could the number of rounds in a second be greater than the number of rounds in min of the same system or should it be less? just a bit of advice :wink:
 
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