Question

A bucket of water of mass 15.7 kg is suspended by a rope wrapped around a windlass, that is a solid cylinder with diameter 0.280 m with mass 11.4 kg . The cylinder pivots on a frictionless axle through its center. The bucket is released from rest at the top of a well and falls a distance 10.6 m to the water. You can ignore the weight of the rope.

Part A What is the tension in the rope while the bucket is falling? Take the free fall acceleration to be g = 9.80 m/s2 . Part B With what speed does the bucket strike the water? Take the free fall acceleration to be g = 9.80 m/s2 . Part C What is the time of fall? Take the free fall acceleration to be g = 9.80 m/s2 . Part D While the bucket is falling, what is the force exerted on the cylinder by the axle? Take the free fall acceleration to be g = 9.80 m/s2 .

Answer 1