Consider a system composed of two plane disks, which we will designate
asD and d. Their radii are R and r respectively (R>r). The
disk d is fixed over the disk D and a distance b from the
center, as in the figure. The disk D can spin and move freely in a
friction-free platform, while the other disk d is fixed on a point
of disk D, but can spin freely without friction. No external forces
act on the system. The masses of the disks are M and m
respectively.
Demonstrate that the angular velocity of both disks is a constant, in
other words:
dt2d2θ=dt2d2φ=0. Both
angles are defined in the figure.
![Two Disks] (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38822094/TwoDisks.JPG)
Attempted solution:
I will start by writing the conservation laws of both disks, in linear
momentum by components we have:
px=(M+m)x˙D−mbsinθ˙θ˙
py=(M+m)y˙D+mbcosθ˙θ˙
Then the equation for the conservation of energy:
E=21M(x˙D2+y˙D2)+21m((x˙D−mbsinθθ˙)2+(y˙D+mbcosθθ˙)2)+21(21MR2)θ˙2+21(21mr2)φ˙2
The longest one is the conservation of momentum... (with respect the
origin of the coordinate systems)
L=(xDy˙D−yDx˙D)Mk^+21MR2θ˙k^+k^(21mr2)φ˙2+m[(xDy˙D+y˙Dbcosθ+xDbcosθθ˙+b2cos2θ˙)−(yDx˙D−byDsinθθ˙+bx˙Dsinθ−b2sin2θθ˙)]k^
Could you tell me if these equations are correct? As a next step I am thinking of deriving each of the equations above and joining them in some way using the fact that E˙=0,L˙=0,p˙=0.
Is there an easier way?
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