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PROBLEM 19.159
An automobile wheel-and-tire assembly of total weight 47 lb is attached to a mounting
plate of negligible weight which is suspended from a steel wire. The torsional spring
constant of the wire is known to be 0.40 lb in./rad.K
⋅ The wheel is rotated through
90° about the vertical and then released. Knowing that the period of oscillation is
observed to be 30 s, determine the centroidal mass moment of inertia and the
centroidal radius of gyration of the wheel-and-tire assembly.
SOLUTION
Torsional spring constant: 3
0.40 lb in/rad 33.333 10 lb ft/radK−
=⋅=×⋅
Let the wheel-and-tire assembly be rotated through the small angle .
The moment that the wire exerts on the
assembly is
K
−
eff :
0
MI KII
K
θαθ
θθ
Σ=Σ = − = =
+=
2
n
K
ω
(1)
Frequency: 110.033333 H
30 s z
f
τ
== =
2 (2 )(0.033333) 0.20944 rad/s
nf
ωπ π
== =
From Eq. (1),
3
22
33.333 10 lb ft/rad
(0.20944 rad/s)
n
K
I
ω
−
×⋅
==
Centroidal mass moment of inertia: 2
0.75990 lb s ftI
⋅⋅
2
0.760 lb s ftI=⋅⋅
Mass: 2
2
47 lb 1.4596 lb s /ft
32.2 ft/s
W
mg
== = ⋅
Centroidal radius of gyration:
2
22
2
0.75990 lb s ft 0.52061 ft
1.4596 lb s /ft
I
km
⋅⋅
== =
⋅
0.7215 ftk= 8.66 in.k=