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Engineering Dynamics · Planar rigid-body kinematics

A uniform disk of mass 8 kg and radius 140 mm is pinned at a point O on its…

Problem

A uniform disk of mass 8 kg and radius 140 mm is pinned at a point O on its circumference to a fixed horizontal axis and is released from rest with its mass center G at the same height as O (so OG is horizontal). Compute I_O using the parallel-axis theorem, then apply the moment equation about the fixed axis and the force–acceleration equations at G to determine the angular acceleration immediately after release and the pin reactions at O.

Hint

Parallel-axis: \(I_O=I_G+mr^2=\frac32 mr^2\) for a uniform disk pinned on the rim.

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