Rotation

A uniform ring of mass m m and radius R R is performing uniform pure rolling motion on a horizontal surface. The velocity of the center of the ring is V 0 V_0 . If the kinetic energy of the semicircular arc A O B AOB is m v 0 2 ( 1 α β π ) mv_0^2 \left(\frac{1}{\alpha} - \frac{\beta}{\pi} \right) , then find the value of α + β \alpha + \beta .


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Steven Chase
Apr 23, 2017

Translation and rotation together yield the following velocity profile, with θ \theta as the angle with the positive horizontal (counter-clockwise angle convention):

v x = v 0 + v 0 s i n θ v y = v 0 c o s θ \large{v_x = v_0 + v_0 sin\theta \hspace{1cm} v_y = -v_0 cos\theta}

The differential mass is:

d m = d θ 2 π m \large{dm = \frac{d\theta}{2\pi}m}

The differential kinetic energy is:

d E = 1 2 d m v 2 = 1 2 d θ 2 π m ( v x 2 + v y 2 ) = 1 2 d θ 2 π m ( 2 v 0 2 ) ( 1 + s i n θ ) = m v 0 2 2 π ( 1 + s i n θ ) d θ \large{dE = \frac{1}{2} dm \, v^2 = \frac{1}{2} \frac{d\theta}{2\pi}m (v_x^2 + v_y^2) = \frac{1}{2} \frac{d\theta}{2\pi}m (2v_0^2)(1 + sin\theta) = \frac{mv_0^2}{2\pi} (1 + sin\theta)d\theta}

Integrating d E dE from θ = π \theta = \pi to θ = 2 π \theta = 2\pi gives:

E = m v 0 2 2 π π 2 π ( 1 + s i n θ ) d θ = m v 0 2 2 π ( π 2 ) = m v 0 2 ( 1 2 1 π ) = m v 0 2 ( 1 α β π ) α + β = 2 + 1 = 3 \large{E = \frac{mv_0^2}{2\pi} \int_\pi^{2\pi} (1 + sin\theta)d\theta = \frac{mv_0^2}{2\pi} (\pi -2) = mv_0^2(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{\pi}) = mv_0^2(\frac{1}{\alpha} - \frac{\beta}{\pi}) \\ \alpha + \beta = 2 + 1 = \boxed{3} }

Perfect solution! :p

Sumanth R Hegde - 4 years, 1 month ago

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