Robotics

Torque to angularly accelerate a link

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Practice question

A uniform rod of mass 2.0 kg and length 0.90 m rotates about one end. What torque (in N·m) is needed to give it an angular acceleration of 3.0 rad/s²? (The moment of inertia of a rod about its end is (1/3)mL².)

N·m