Rotating cylinder against rough walls

A uniform cylinder of radius R R is rotated about an axis passing through its center, with an angular velocity of ω \omega . It's then placed on the floor and against the wall. Both the wall and the floor have the coefficient of friction k k .

If the number of rotations accomplished by the cylinder before coming to rest can be expressed as ( w a ) R ( 1 + ( k b ) ) c ( π ) ( k d ) ( 1 + ( k e ) ) g , \frac{(w^a)R(1+\big(k^b)\big)}{c(\pi)(k^d)\big(1+(k^e)\big)g}, where a , b , c , d , e a,b,c,d,e are positive integers and g g is the acceleration due to gravity, find a + b + c + d + e a+b+c+d+e .


The answer is 14.

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1 solution

Rahul Singh
Apr 18, 2017

Relevant wiki: Torque - Dynamical Behavior

Let the mass of cylinder be M M and let the normal reaction with wall be N N and with the floor be N N' .

For horizontal and vertical equilibrium, we can write, N + k N = M g N'+kN = Mg and N = k N N = kN'

Solving these two equations we get N = M g ( k 2 ) + 1 . N' = \dfrac{Mg}{(k^2)+1}.

Now, using the torque equations -

k ( N + N ) R = M ( R 2 ) 2 α k(N+N')R = \dfrac{M(R^2)}{2} \alpha Here, α \alpha is the angular acceleration.

Substituting the values of N N and N N' , we get, α = 2 k ( k + 1 ) g R ( ( k 2 ) + 1 ) . \alpha = \dfrac{2k(k+1)g}{R((k^2)+1)}.

Now, using ω 2 = 2 α θ \omega^2 = 2 \alpha \theta , where θ \theta is the angular displacement. If the number of rotations are n n then θ = n × ( 2 ( π ) ) . \theta = n \times (2(\pi)).

On solving, we get, n = ( ω 2 ) R ( k 2 + 1 ) 8 ( π ) k ( k + 1 ) g . n = \dfrac{(\omega^2)R(k^2+1)}{8(\pi)k(k+1)g}.

Hence, the answer is 14 \boxed{14} .

Hmm.. nice solution bro

Md Junaid - 3 years, 5 months ago

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thanks bro

rahul singh - 3 years, 5 months ago

Thanks bro

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