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Standard XII
Physics
Work Energy Theorem
Because of th...
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Because of the friction between the water in oceans with the earth's surface, the rotational kinetic energy of the earth is continuously decreasing. If the earth's angular speed decreases by 0⋅0016 rad/day in 100 years, find the average torque of the friction on the earth. Radius of the earth is 6400 km and its mass is 6⋅0 × 10
24
kg.
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Solution
Rate of change of angular velocity, i.e., angular acceleration,
α =
0
.
0016
100
rad
/
day
⇒
α
=
0
.
0016
86400
2
×
100
×
365
1
year
=
365
days
=
365
×
86400
sec
Torque produced by the ocean water in decreasing the Earth's angular velocity,
τ
=
I
α
=
2
5
m
r
2
α
=
2
5
×
6
×
10
24
×
64
×
10
5
2
×
0
.
0016
86400
2
×
100
×
365
=
5
.
8
×
10
20
N
-
m
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