The spring's mass isn't negligible?

Suppose you have a regular spring-mass setup, with the spring's fixed end at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system and the free end is connected to a point-mass M M free to move along the x x -axis.

Let the total stretched length of the spring at any time be L L .

The point-mass moves at a velocity v v at an instant in time.

The spring is of mass lowercase m m and of uniform density.

If there is a mass element d m dm of length d x dx that is x x units away from the fixed end of the spring, d m = m L d x \displaystyle dm = \frac{m}{L} dx .

The velocity of the same small mass element d m dm will be u = x L v \displaystyle u = \frac{x}{L} v

Find the total kinetic energy of the system when the velocity of the point-mass is v v .

The answer comes in the form T ( v ) = a b ( M + c d m ) v 2 \displaystyle T(v) = \frac{a}{b} \left(M+ \frac{c}{d}m \right)v^2

Where a , b , c , d a,b,c,d are coprime positive integers.

Type your answer as a + b + c + d a+b+c+d .


The answer is 7.

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2 solutions

Krishna Karthik
Jan 1, 2021

Since the spring has mass and a uniform density, integrating each differential kinetic energy d T dT is the best approach.

d T = 1 2 u 2 d m \displaystyle dT = \frac{1}{2}u^2 dm

T s = m 1 2 u 2 d m \displaystyle T_s = \int_{m} \frac{1}{2}u^2 dm

Where d m = m L d x \displaystyle dm = \frac{m}{L} dx , and u = x L v \displaystyle u = \frac{x}{L} v

T s = 1 2 m L 0 L ( v x L ) 2 d x \displaystyle T_s = \frac{1}{2} \frac{m}{L} \int_{0}^{L} \left(\frac{vx}{L}\right)^2 dx

T s = 1 2 m L 3 v 2 L 3 3 \displaystyle T_s = \frac{1}{2} \frac{m}{L^3} v^2 \frac{L^3}{3}

This leaves the kinetic energy of the spring as m v 2 6 \displaystyle \boxed{\frac{mv^2}{6}} . The rest is pretty straightforward, adding the kinetic energy of the mass to the expression.

The resultant expression is T ( v ) = 1 2 ( M + 1 3 m ) v 2 \displaystyle T(v) = \frac{1}{2} \left(M + \frac{1}{3}m \right)v^2

Ömer Ertürk
Jan 15, 2021

( WOW ) I did a solution, it turned out wrong, then I had 1 chance and I shook it and it turned out to be correct.

Haha mate. Keep up the good shit👌🏽

Krishna Karthik - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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