Consider a disc of mass
and radius
touching a rough wall of coefficient of friction
and a rough floor of coefficient of friction
as shown in figure. The ring has an initial angular velocity of
.
Find the time taken by the ring to come to a halt.
Details and Assumptions
The disc neither translates on the floor nor on the wall
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The first assumption tells us that the disc does not translate on either the wall or floor. We can hence consider translational equilibrium first.
∑ F x = ∑ F y = 0
Here I am denoting the frictional force and the normal contact force exerted by the wall as f 1 and N 1 respectively , frictional force and the normal contact force exerted by the floor as f 2 and N 2 respectively.
∑ F x = N 1 − f 2 = 0
∑ F y = f 1 + N 2 − m g = 0
f 1 = μ N 1 and f 2 = μ N 2
Analyzing the rotational motion ,
The frictional forces f 1 and f 2 will provide retarding torque, and hence angular retardation (say α ) about the center of the disc.
Writing torque about the center,
f 1 R + f 2 R = 2 m R 2 α
To find time taken to retard to 0 r a d / s ,
0 − ω 0 = − α t ⇒ t = α ω 0
Solving these equations, we get
f 1 = μ 2 + 1 μ 2 m g
f 2 = μ 2 + 1 μ m g
α = ( μ 2 + 1 ) R 2 ( μ 2 + μ ) g
t = 2 ( μ 2 + μ ) g ω 0 ( μ 2 + 1 ) R = 3