Recent content by wyiyn

Yeah, I guess the problem is determining the force. I know that the total force (centripetal) has to equal the ag, but I can't quite seem to get a handle on how to define this other force. I have a sneaking suspicion that an integral over theta will be involved, setting that equal to ag...

Ok, so just like a rope, this is held together with tension. But I'm just confused about how to relate tension to this elastic limit stuff.

I've been staring at this problem for quite a while now, and I don't really know how to approach it. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. What we have is a rotating cylinder to create artificial gravity (equivalent gravitation acceleration of ag where a is a constant). We are asked to...