Last problem of the year!

A A is a fixed point at a height H H above a perfectly inelastic smooth horizontal plane. A light string of length L L ( L > H L>H ) has one end attached to A A and other to a heavy particle. The particle is held at the level of A A with string just taut and released from rest. Find the height of the particle above the plane when it is next instantaneously at rest.

This question is from the book DC Pandey .

Also try this . :)

H 4 L 3 \frac { { H }^{ 4 } }{ { L }^{ 3 } } H 3 L 2 \frac { { H }^{ 3 } }{ { L }^{ 2 } } H 5 L 4 \frac { { H }^{ 5 } }{ { L }^{ 4 } } H 2 L 1 \frac { { H }^{ 2 } }{ { L }^{ 1 } }

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2 solutions

Nathanael Case
Dec 31, 2014

Just before the particle collides with the ground, it will have a speed 2 g H \sqrt{2gH} and the string will make an angle

θ = arcsin ( H L ) \theta = \arcsin(\frac{H}{L})

Since the ground is inelastic and horizontal, the vertical component of that speed will be lost, and the particle will then be traveling along the ground with a speed of

V g r o u n d = 2 g H sin ( θ ) = H 2 g H L V_{ground}=\sqrt{2gH}\sin(\theta)=\frac{H\sqrt{2gH}}{L}

The particle will travel along the ground to the other side of A and eventually the string will again make an angle θ \theta with the ground. Since the string is presumably inextensible, the particle will lose all of it's speed in the direction parallel to the string. Therefore immediately after the string becomes taut and the particle begins to leave the ground, it will have a speed of

V g r o u n d sin ( θ ) = ( H L ) 2 2 g H V_{ground}\sin(\theta)=\left(\frac{H}{L}\right)^2\sqrt{2gH}

From now on, the string only applies a force perpendicular to the particle's motion, so energy is conserved and we can write the equation

m 2 ( ( H L ) 2 2 g H ) 2 = m g x \frac{m}{2}\left(\left(\frac{H}{L}\right)^2\sqrt{2gH}\right)^2=mgx

Which means

x = H 5 L 4 x=\frac{H^5}{L^4}

Nice solution! Happy new year bro. :)

satvik pandey - 6 years, 5 months ago

Very nice solution man easily done!

Mardokay Mosazghi - 6 years, 5 months ago
Mvs Saketh
Dec 31, 2014

Bro please change the choices,, one can simply use dimensional analsys to solve this,

I Changed The Choices Accordingly Can You Please Check This @SATVIK PANDEY Are They are Suitable or not ?

Deepanshu Gupta - 6 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks for changing it, bro. I was not able to edit options but you did it for me. Thanks! Happy new year to you. :)

satvik pandey - 6 years, 5 months ago

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Your welcome ! And Same To You : "Happy New Year" Best of Luck for Your Bright Future ! :)

Deepanshu Gupta - 6 years, 5 months ago

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@Deepanshu Gupta Thanks bro. :)

satvik pandey - 6 years, 5 months ago

Oh!. I didn't think about that while making options. I made other options randomly. Thanks for pointing bro. Happy new year bro! :D

satvik pandey - 6 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks , same to you, best of luck !

Mvs Saketh - 6 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks bro! :)

satvik pandey - 6 years, 5 months ago

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