Edexcel M5 2013 June — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM5 (Mechanics 5)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicMoments

6. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{90c52724-f7db-481f-acef-95a24f75b16a-09_951_305_212_808} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} A light inextensible string has a particle of mass \(m\) attached to one end and a particle of mass \(4 m\) attached to the other end. The string passes over a rough pulley which is modelled as a uniform circular disc of radius \(a\) and mass \(2 m\), as shown in Figure 2. The pulley can rotate in a vertical plane about a fixed horizontal axis which passes through the centre of the pulley and is perpendicular to the plane of the pulley. As the pulley rotates, a frictional couple of constant magnitude \(2 m g a\) acts on it. The system is held with the string vertical and taut on each side of the pulley and released from rest. Given that the string does not slip on the pulley, find the initial angular acceleration of the pulley.