Classical mechanics problem

There is a uniform disc of mass $m$ and radius $r$ placed on a rough horizontal ground, A rod of same mass and length $r$ is pivoted to the centre of the disc at its end and is initially vertical, the rod being above the centre(unstable eq)...now the rod is disturbed slightly. Find the acceleration of the disc when the rod gas rotated by an angle $\theta$. The floor is rough enough to prevent slipping.

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Can anyone give a try to this question ?

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 6 months ago

Would you mind if I posted a problem on this one? I will also provide a solution there

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

Yeah it would be very great sir

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – Also sir I have two more problems , can u pls try those also ??

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – Sure, I can look at those too

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – {https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c164h1757258_thermodynamics} question is in this link sir

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – Also can u prove it sir in case of a situation when in a ring a rod (same mass ) is attached with its one end attached to one point on ring , and it does pure rolling . And length of rod is equal to radius , that the angular velocity w by which the the ring rotates about its centre is same with respect to net COM which is at R/4 above the COM of ring ?? Some say that as(rod) its welded so it will have same w ,but i can't understand , can u prove it sir pls ??

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – The black dot is the center of the circle. The red dot is the center of mass. The green dot is a point on the circle. To track the rotation of the green point about the other two points, first draw vectors from the black and red points to the green point. Then rotate the circle to simulate a bit of rolling. Draw new vectors as before, but keep the old vectors as well (for reference). You can see that the angle difference between the two red vectors and the two green vectors is the same. This could probably be made rigorous, but I'll just leave it at this.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Sir I can't see how those angles same relate with the w to be same ? Can u explain a bit more sir ??

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – If one point is rotating around another point, you can measure the rate of rotation by drawing a vectors between the two points at different times, taking the angle difference, and dividing by the elapsed time. That's what I'm doing here, and I'm doing it for the green point with respect to the black point, and for the green point with respect to the red point. Over some period of time, the elapsed angle between the green vectors is the same as the elapsed angle between the red vectors. Hence, the rate of rotation is the same (at least approximately). You would need some more rigorous analysis to really prove it.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Sir I got that , but any rigorous proof u know about in any site ?? In brilliant ?? Or any book page number ?? Sir

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – {https://goiit.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/9/89a40c214e7d3e3ae85fa9d2ee57e83b0e2e97fc.jpg} sir can u pls try the two questions in this page ???

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – Thermodynamics is really not a good subject for me, so I won't generally answer those. But, in this case, I will start with the ideal gas equation:

$P V = n R T \\ n = \frac{P V}{R T}$

Assume that the individual chambers are kept at their original temperatures even after the valve opens (this may or may not be allowed). After the valve opens, both sides are at the same pressure. The total number of moles of gas remain the same:

$\frac{P_{P0} V_P}{R \, T_P} + \frac{P_{Q0} \, 4 V_P}{R \, T_Q} = \frac{P_{F} V_P}{R \, T_P} + \frac{P_{F} \, 4 V_P}{R \, T_Q} \\ P_F = \frac{\frac{P_{P0} V_P}{R \, T_P} + \frac{P_{Q0} \, 4 V_P}{R \, T_Q}}{\frac{ V_P}{R \, T_P} + \frac{ \, 4 V_P}{R \, T_Q}} \\ P_F = \frac{\frac{P_{P0}}{ T_P} + \frac{P_{Q0} \, 4}{ T_Q}}{\frac{ 1}{T_P} + \frac{ 4 }{ T_Q}} \\ = \frac{\frac{5 \times 10^5}{ 300} + \frac{2 \times 10^5 \, 4}{ 400}}{\frac{ 1}{300} + \frac{ 4 }{ 400}} = 2.75 \times 10^5$

If this disagrees with the expected answer, I suppose it is because the assumption that the chambers are kept at their original temperatures is incorrect. But I don't know how to determine the final temperature otherwise. Maybe you can think of a way.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Sir can't we get final temperature by conserving internal energy ??

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – Perhaps so. How would you do it? Like I said, thermo is not a good subject for me.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – n1CvT1 + n2CvT2 = (n1+n2)CvT sir , just by this I can't get any of the options . I am getting 2.6 by this

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

you must be from Physics Stack exchange? $ $ is used there

Md Zuhair - 2 years, 3 months ago

Nope bro just habit of typing that

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 3 months ago

I got the answer as $a = \dfrac{12mr^2}{5}$ but don't whether it is correct or not. @Steven Chase what answer did you get ?

Ram Mohith - 2 years, 5 months ago

Answer is likely very complex as said by my friend . between can anyone try this question and tell me why hinge will cause horizontal velocity component to be zero?? And does hinge always cause the horizontal component velocity to get zero ?? @Steven Chase sir can u check {https://goiit.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8c02dac9e872d37113e90bd480c1119829ba456.jpg}

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase sir pls aware me when u post the problem sir , also pls check the question I posted before pls sir .

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – It's up now. If nobody posts a solution within the next day, I'll post one.
https://brilliant.org/problems/rod-disk-combo-dynamics/

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Very very thx sir

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – @Steven Chase Sir can u pls check this one too :, {https://goiit.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8c02dac9e872d37113e90bd480c1119829ba456.jpg}

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – with what is it colliding ? with ground ?

Ram Mohith - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Ram Mohith – Yeah ground bro . and me 12th

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – For this one, we can figure out the angular velocity of the rod right before the collision by converting the change in gravitational potential energy into rotational kinetic energy:

$m g \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{2} (\frac{1}{3} m L^2) \omega^2 \\ g = \frac{1}{3} L^2 \omega^2 \\ \omega = \sqrt{\frac{3 g}{L^2}} = \sqrt{\frac{3 g}{4}} = \frac{\sqrt{3g}}{2} = \frac{4 \sqrt{3g}}{8}$

If we assume that $e = 1$ means that the kinetic energy of the rod is the same before and after the collision, this is also the angular speed after the collision.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – But @Steven Chase sir , the answer given for this problem is 3root3/8 option A.. My doubt is can we say the horizontal component of velocity at the moment of the strike , will get reduced to zero , due to hinge reaction sir ?? , then we can get the option A easily. And does hinge always cause the horizontal component velocity to get zero ??

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – At that particular angle, the horizontal velocity of the rod end cannot be zero without the vertical velocity of the rod end also being zero. Suppose $\vec{u}$ is a unit vector perpendicular to the rod.

$v_x = L \omega \, u_x \\ v_y = L \omega \, u_y \\ u_x \neq 0 \\ u_y \neq 0$

If the angular speed is non-zero, and the rod is not purely horizontal, the x-component of the rod end's velocity cannot be zero. Have I misunderstood what you said?

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Sir I mean before striking it will have both(vertical and horizontal) ,but after striking can't hinge reaction cause the horizontal component to get reduced to zero ?? Sir also can u pls try this one too , I dijt know any method to find accelaration of pulley P1 , pls suggest : https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c164h1758204nlmproblem

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – I think it is impossible for only one component to be zero, if the rod isn't either horizontal or vertical.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Ok thx sir likely answer key us wrong given . pls try the problem I posted sir above

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – https://i.imgur.com/EVydoX0.jpg pls see this , should nt the answer be b ???

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – I agree with you. Because $v_1$ and $v_2$ are stated as being relative to the the large block, their magnitudes should be equal. If instead, $v_1$ and $v_2$ were given as being relative to the observer, the relationship would be $v_1 - v_0 = v_2$ .

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Yeah thx a lot sir

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – @Azimuddin Sheikh, which standard you are, 11 or 12 ? And also, in which branch of fitjee are you studying ?

Ram Mohith - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Kudo Shinichi – I have posted a solution to yesterday's problem

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

@Steven Chase – Thx a lot sir !!!!!

Kudo Shinichi - 2 years, 5 months ago

My solution resulted in a coupled set of differential equations, with no particularly simple solution. I'm going to derive it again to check my work, and then post a problem on it.

Steven Chase - 2 years, 5 months ago

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