As shown in figure mass of the block resting on the floor is while that of hanging block is . The floor is frictionless and horizontal and all pulleys are ideal. The system is initially held stationary with the inclined thread making an angle with the horizontal. The blocks are now released from rest and allowed to move. The hanging block falls through a height before hitting the floor and at this time the value of becomes . The speed with which the hanging block hits the floor is
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Call the speed of the hanging mass V h and the speed of the mass on the ground V g .
As you can see from the picture, when the hanging mass moves down by a distance d h the rope gets shorter by an amount 2 d h . This extra length can only come from the length L getting shorter. Therefore:
∣ d t d L ∣ = 2 ∣ d t d h ∣ .
You can see that the component of V g in the direction of L ^ is:
V g ⋅ L ^ = V g cos ( θ ) = ∣ d t d L ∣
It is also obvious that V h = d t d h .
Therefore we have the following relationship between V g and V h
V g = cos ( θ ) 2 V h
Now we can apply conservation of energy:
m g h = 0 . 5 ( m V h 2 + 3 m V g 2 ) = 0 . 5 m V h 2 ( 1 + 3 ( cos ( θ ) 2 ) 2 ) ⇒ V h = 1 + 1 2 sec ( θ ) 2 2 g h
Now just plug in θ = 6 0 ° and you will get V h = 7 2 g h