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devanlevin
as seen in the following diagram,
a small ball is placed inside a larger hollow ball, which is spun at a frequency of "f" around an axis passing through the centre(axis from 12 oclock position to 6) there is no notable friction. what is the height "h" that the small ball will rise to inside the large one.
use r,f,g to define the height
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excuse my artwork
what i did was:
defined the height==> h=r-rcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=r(1-cos[tex]\alpha[/tex])
define the velocity==>v=2[tex]\Pi[/tex]r*f
broke the vectors into radial and tangential components, then said
[tex]\sum[/tex]F(radial)=N-mgcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=m[tex]\frac{v^{2}}{r}[/tex]
N-mgcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=mr(2[tex]\Pi[/tex]f)[tex]^{2}[/tex]
cos(alpha)=N/mg - (r/g)(2pi*f)^2
h=r(1-=(N-mr(2[tex]\Pi[/tex]f)^2)/mg)
is this correct up to here?
now the part I am not sure of at all,
how to get rid of N?
the correct answer is
h=r(1-g/(r(2pi*f)^2)
when f>(1/2pi)*sqrt(g/r)
and h=0
when f<(1/2pi)*sqrt(g/r)
how do i get these conditions, and where have i gone wrong finding the expression for h
a small ball is placed inside a larger hollow ball, which is spun at a frequency of "f" around an axis passing through the centre(axis from 12 oclock position to 6) there is no notable friction. what is the height "h" that the small ball will rise to inside the large one.
use r,f,g to define the height
http://picasaweb.google.com/devanlevin/DropBox?authkey=sbH95pBl_D8#5273423507587078018
excuse my artwork
what i did was:
defined the height==> h=r-rcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=r(1-cos[tex]\alpha[/tex])
define the velocity==>v=2[tex]\Pi[/tex]r*f
broke the vectors into radial and tangential components, then said
[tex]\sum[/tex]F(radial)=N-mgcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=m[tex]\frac{v^{2}}{r}[/tex]
N-mgcos[tex]\alpha[/tex]=mr(2[tex]\Pi[/tex]f)[tex]^{2}[/tex]
cos(alpha)=N/mg - (r/g)(2pi*f)^2
h=r(1-=(N-mr(2[tex]\Pi[/tex]f)^2)/mg)
is this correct up to here?
now the part I am not sure of at all,
how to get rid of N?
the correct answer is
h=r(1-g/(r(2pi*f)^2)
when f>(1/2pi)*sqrt(g/r)
and h=0
when f<(1/2pi)*sqrt(g/r)
how do i get these conditions, and where have i gone wrong finding the expression for h
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