The ratio of the radii of gyration of a circular disc about a tangential axis in the plane of the disc and of a circular ring of the same radius about a tangential axis in the plane of the ring is
- 2 : 3
- 2 : 1
- 5 : 6
- 1 : 2
Answer
(3) 5 : 6
Solution
Disc: Idiameter = 14MR2; by the parallel axes theorem,
Itangent = 14MR2 + MR2 = 54MR2
k1 = 54R
Ring: Idiameter = 12MR2
Itangent = 12MR2 + MR2 = 32MR2
k2 = 32R
k1k2 = 54 23 = 56, i.e. 5 : 6
Answer: (3)