Question: C 1 0 - 4 9 : A wind turbine is rotating counterclockwise at 0 . 5 0 0 rev / s and slows to

C10-49: A wind turbine is rotating counterclockwise at 0.500 rev/s and slows
to a stop in 10.0 s. Its blades are 20.0 m in length.
(a) What is the angular acceleration of the turbine? (b) What is the centripetal
acceleration of the tip of the blades at t =0 s?(c) What is the magnitude and
direction of the total linear acceleration of the tip of the blade relative to the
radially inward direction?
Answers: (a)-0.314 rad/s2(b)197.4 m/s2(c)197.5 m/s2 @ 1.82 CCW from ac

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