Picture a flat disk of radius r with a radial vane. The disk is rotating at angular velocity w. Assume the vane is straight, starts at the center and ends at the perimeter of the disk.
A very small round mass ( of m grams) is dropped onto the disk very near the center. The vane contacts it and...
Hi. I'm an EE and run into classical physics questions occasionally. It's been way too long since I last took a physics course!
I hope to relearn the basics by viewing posts and asking questions.
John