A wheel of mass 'm' and radius 'R' is rolling on a level road at a linear speed 'V'. The kinetic energy of the upper right quarter part of the wheel will be:
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Consider the center of disc to be the origin of a Cartesian plane with x-axis parallel to the ground.
Now, taking a small element of mass d m at a distance of r from the center with width d r and making an angle of θ from the x-axis and subtending an angle d θ at the center.
Thus area covered by the element = length * width = r d θ ⋅ d r
(Since radius times the angle gives us the arc length)
Now using unitary method we get: d m = ( r d θ ⋅ d r ) ⋅ ( π R 2 M )
Now, we can calculate the resultant velocity of his small element by considering two of its velocities: V and ω R .
Thus the resultant velocity of the element will be:
v n e t = v 2 + ω 2 r 2 + 2 v ω r s i n θ
(Since angle between the two velocities will be ( 9 0 − θ ) )
Thus the final kinetic energy of the quarter of the wheel using proper limits will be:
K E n e t = 0 ∫ π / 2 0 ∫ R ( 2 1 ) ⋅ d m ⋅ v n e t 2
Thus, by solving the above expression, we get:
K E n e t = ( 4 8 π 9 π + 1 6 ) m V 2