Constraint motion of Blocks!

As shown in figure mass of the block resting on the floor is 3 m 3m while that of hanging block is m m . The floor is frictionless and horizontal and all pulleys are ideal. The system is initially held stationary with the inclined thread making an angle θ = 30 ° θ = 30° with the horizontal. The blocks are now released from rest and allowed to move. The hanging block falls through a height h h before hitting the floor and at this time the value of θ θ becomes 60 ° 60° . The speed with which the hanging block hits the floor is

None of These 2 g h 4 \frac{\sqrt{2gh}}{4} 2 g h 7 \frac{\sqrt{2gh}}{7} 3 g h 4 \frac{\sqrt{3gh}}{4} 2 g h \sqrt{2gh}

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Nathanael Case
May 29, 2015

Call the speed of the hanging mass V h V_h and the speed of the mass on the ground V g V_g .

As you can see from the picture, when the hanging mass moves down by a distance d h dh the rope gets shorter by an amount 2 d h 2dh . This extra length can only come from the length L L getting shorter. Therefore:

d L d t = 2 d h d t |\frac{dL}{dt}|=2|\frac{dh}{dt}| .

You can see that the component of V g \vec V_g in the direction of L ^ \hat L is:

V g L ^ = V g cos ( θ ) = d L d t \vec V_g\cdot \hat L=V_g\cos(\theta)=|\frac{dL}{dt}|

It is also obvious that V h = d h d t V_h=\frac{dh}{dt} .

Therefore we have the following relationship between V g V_g and V h V_h

V g = 2 cos ( θ ) V h V_g=\frac{2}{\cos(\theta)}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 ( 2 cos ( θ ) ) 2 ) V h = 2 g h 1 + 12 sec ( θ ) 2 mgh=0.5(mV_h^2+3mV_g^2)=0.5mV_h^2(1+3(\frac{2}{\cos(\theta)})^2)\Rightarrow V_h=\sqrt{\frac{2gh}{1+12\sec(\theta)^2}}

Now just plug in θ = 60 ° \theta=60° and you will get V h = 2 g h 7 V_h=\frac{\sqrt{2gh}}{7}

it can easily be solved by applying work - energy equation for multiple particles , keeping the work done by tension as zero for the system selected ,,

rudraksh singh - 3 years, 11 months ago

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