Recent content by JaJoMarston

No they don't, but I don't see the flaw either. I would expect to be able to express N in terms of something, not just leave it there. I feel like the problem is too general to be solved by Newton laws.

Oh I see. So in the X direction we only have the X component of the normal, which should be: ax=Nsinαcos(φ) where φ is a function of time. And in the Y component: ay=Nsin(α)sin(φ) My problem is with the normal now then, I made the assumption that the normal has the direction shown in the...

Hi, This a Classical Mechanics problem I've been trying to solve for a few days now. I cannot use Lagrangian or Hamiltonian formulation, it must be solved using classical Newtonian formulation. One must determine the equations of movement of the particle in cartesian, spherical and cylindrical...