A uniform ring of mass and radius is performing uniform pure rolling motion on a horizontal surface. The velocity of the center of the ring is . If the kinetic energy of the semicircular arc is , then find the value of .
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Translation and rotation together yield the following velocity profile, with θ 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
The differential mass is:
d m = 2 π d θ m
The differential kinetic energy is:
d E = 2 1 d m v 2 = 2 1 2 π d θ m ( v x 2 + v y 2 ) = 2 1 2 π d θ m ( 2 v 0 2 ) ( 1 + s i n θ ) = 2 π m v 0 2 ( 1 + s i n θ ) d θ
Integrating d E from θ = π to θ = 2 π gives:
E = 2 π m v 0 2 ∫ π 2 π ( 1 + s i n θ ) d θ = 2 π m v 0 2 ( π − 2 ) = m v 0 2 ( 2 1 − π 1 ) = m v 0 2 ( α 1 − π β ) α + β = 2 + 1 = 3