A uniform rod is placed on two spinning wheels ( ) with the fixed axes separated by a distance as shown. The coefficient of friction between rod and wheel is . If rod perform SHM then find time period if not then answer 0.
Details and asumptions
All the values above are in SI units.
Approximate answer to nearest integer.
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Let x be the distance of the rod's center of mass from the left wheel, M be the mass of the rod, and N 1 and N 2 be the magnitude of normal force of the rod on the left wheel and right wheel, respectively. Then, we know that
N 1 + N 2 = M g and N 2 x = N 1 ( l − x ) and M x ¨ = μ ( N 2 − N 1 )
From the first two equations we get N 1 = M g l x and N 2 = M g ( 1 − l x ) . Hence,
x ¨ = − l 2 μ g x + μ g , implying that
ω = l 2 μ g ≈ π
Since ω = T 2 π , thus T ≈ 2 .