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Chapter 17 Problem 17.1

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The rotor of an electric motor has an angular velocity of 3600 rpm when the load and power are cut off. The 50-kg rotor then coasts to rest after 5000 revolutions. Knowing that the kinetic friction of the rotor produces a couple of magnitude \(4 N \cdot m\), determine the centroidal radius of gyration of the rotor.

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From the textbook chapter Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies: Energy and Momentum Methods you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics 10 
Author Ferdinand P. Beer
ISBN 9780073398136

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