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The wheels of an airplane are set into rotation just before landing so that wheels do not slip on the ground. If the airplane is travelling in the east. Direction, what should be the direction, what should be the direction of angular velocity vector of the wheels ?

Answer» <html><body><p>east<br/>west<br/>south<br/>north</p>Solution :<img src="https://d10lpgp6xz60nq.cloudfront.net/physics_images/NG_PHY_MEC_V01_C03_E01_052_S01.png" width="80%"/> <br/> to have pure rolling <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/point-1157106" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POINT">POINT</a> of contact must be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rest-11386" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REST">REST</a>. So <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/rotation-11281" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ROTATION">ROTATION</a> should be clockwise. Therefore <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/angular-11524" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANGULAR">ANGULAR</a> velocity should be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/along-1974109" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALONG">ALONG</a> north.</body></html>


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