Friction plays its role

Upper portion of an inclined plane of inclination α \alpha is smooth and the lower portion is rough. A particle slides down from rest from the top and just comes to rest at the foot. If it is given that the ratio of smooth portion's length to rough portion's length is m : n m:n , then find the coefficient of friction.

[ m n n ] cot α \left[\frac{m-n}{n} \right]\cot \alpha [ m + n n ] tan α \left[\frac{m+n}{n} \right]\tan \alpha [ m + n n ] cot α \left[\frac{m+n}{n} \right]\cot \alpha [ m n n ] tan α \left[\frac{m-n}{n} \right]\tan \alpha

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2 solutions

Rishabh Jain
Jun 30, 2016

See Third equation of motion

Use s = v 2 u 2 2 a \small{s=\dfrac{v^2-u^2}{2a}} .

m n = v 2 2 g sin α v 2 2 g ( sin α μ cos α ) \dfrac mn=\dfrac{\frac{v^2}{2g\sin \alpha}}{\frac{-v^2}{2g(\sin \alpha-\mu \cos\alpha)}}

( Note:- Final velocity on smooth portion is same as initial velocity on rough portion)

m n = μ cos α sin α sin α = μ cot α 1 \implies \dfrac mn=\dfrac{\mu \cos \alpha-\sin \alpha}{\sin \alpha}=\mu\cot \alpha-1

μ = ( m + n n ) tan α \mu=\boxed{\left(\dfrac{m+n}{n}\right)\tan \alpha} .

Akash Shukla
Jul 3, 2016

The potential energy of particle at top of plane is M g ( m + n ) k s i n α Mg{\space}(m+n)k{\space}sin\alpha

Now this potential energy is totally used into frictional energy for distance n k nk .

So frictional energy is μ M g n k c o s α \mu {\space}Mg{\space}nk{\space}cos\alpha = M g ( m + n ) k s i n α =Mg{\space}(m+n)k{\space}sin\alpha

Therefore we got μ = [ m + n ] t a n α n \mu=\dfrac{[m+n]*tan\alpha}{n}

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