Sliding Definition and 716 Threads

Homework Statement A bead of mass m slides in a frictionless hollow open-ended tube of length L which is held at an angle of β to the vertical and rotated by a motor at an angular velocity ω. The apparatus is in a vertical gravitational field. a) Find the bead's equations of motion b) Find...

Homework Statement I saw this problem from a few years ago here on Physics Forum (https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/work-energy-theorem-problem.823990/) and wanted some clarification. Here is the problem: A curved plate of mass M is placed on the horizontal, frictionless plane as shown...

Homework Statement A fireman of mass m slides a distance d down a pole. He starts from rest. He moves as fast at the bottom as if he had stepped off a platform a distance h≤d above the ground and descended with negligible air resistance.What average friction force did the fireman exert on the...

Hi, I've had obtained a mathematical model for the slip controller issue. As you see I have the diffequation for the slip. and the input that force the system to zero error is provided as well. Now it's time to implement it in simulink or matlab. I took a look at the example provided on...

Homework Statement A steel washer is suspended inside an empty shipping crate from a light string attached to the top of the crate. The crate slides down a long ramp that is inclined at an angle of 38 ∘ above the horizontal. The crate has mass 239 kg . You are sitting inside the crate (with a...

Homework Statement A pipe is spinning around with angular velocity ω = 2 rad/s about its fixed end. Inside the pipe is a frictionless block that is free to slide. The block is located 1 m from the fixed end of the pipe when the angle from the vertical, θ = π/2 (horizontal). What is the radial...

Homework Statement A sphere of radius R is rolling without slipping with a velocity v and collides inelastically with a step of height h < R. ¿What is the minimum velocity for which the sphere will be over the step? Homework Equations Total kinetic energy (maybe)...

Homework Statement A box is sliding with constant acceleration a to the right. Inside the box there is a quarter of a circle upon which a frictionless ring can slide. Find the angle theta in terms of the other given variables. Picture in solution Homework Equations F=ma, etc. basic stuff...

Homework Statement [/B] My physics teacher - "You may like this question, its very structured" Calculate the distance a slate tile falls from a roof The roof is angled at an angle 30 degrees. mass of slate tile is 0.8kg The length of the roof is L=6m The height of the roof above the ground is...

Hello, Please consider this diagram: From the diagram, we can see there are two forces. One: The Lorentz Force (qvB). Using the RHR, we can see that there is a force pushing north (up) to cause the separation of charges in the sliding conductor to establish the current in the loop. Two...

Homework Statement Block 1 with mass m1=4.04 kg rests on a very low friction horizontal ledge. This block is attached to a string that passes over a pulley, and the other end of the string is attached to the hanging block 2 of mass m2=2.02 kg, as shown. The pulley is a uniform disk of radius...

Homework Statement A uniform ring of mass m and radius r is projected horizontally with velocity v on a rough horizontal floor,so that it starts off with a pure sliding motion and it acquires a pure rolling motion after moving a distance d.If the coeffcient of friction between ground and ring...

Homework Statement On a pulley with a very small radius and negligible inertia, that rotates without friction around its fixed horizontal axis, there is a chain of mass m and length l. The chain starts sliding from its equilibrium position. Let x be the distance between the ends of the chain...

Homework Statement Block A, with weight 3w, slides down an inclined plane S of slope angle 36.9 degrees at a constant speed while plank B, with weight w, rests on top of A and is attached by a cord to the wall. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is the same between A and B and between S...

Homework Statement A body with mass m start from repose and slide along a plane without friction. The plane forms an angle with the horizontal. After sliding a distance d unknown, the mass touches the extremity of a spring non compressed and non stretched with no mass. The mass slides a...

Homework Statement A ball with mass of m starts sliding off a ramp with height h = 3R and when it slides off the ball does a "loop" once. ( Just see the picture , it's hard to explain :biggrin:). I have to find the weight of the ball at the bottom and at the top of the circle. h = 3R Homework...

How does the object slide down the surface (With friction negligible)

Homework Statement A block of mass m =0.75 kg is set on a large cart of mass M = 6.5 kg. The cart's rollers are frictionless, but there is a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.36 between the cart's surface and the block. The cart is at rest when the block is given an initial speed of 5.2...

Homework Statement For the mechanism shown, determine the speed and magnitude of the acceleration of collar C in terms of b, θ, θ-dot, and θ-dot-dot. Check the attached file for the diagram. We are given the length b and angle θ. Homework Equations ΣF=ma The Attempt at a Solution I...

Homework Statement Box B is on top of box A. Box A has a mass of 1 kg, B has 0.3 kg. Coefficient of friction between ground and box A is 0.5, between box A and B : 0.75. With what maximum force can I pull box A without box B sliding back ? m1 = 1 kg m2 = 0.3 kg u1 = 0.5 u2 = 0.75 Homework...

1. Homework Statement : A rod of length l is vertically standing on a friction less surface. It is slightly disturbed from this position. Let w(omega) and alpha be the angular speed and angular acceleration of the rod, when it turns through an angle theta, then find the value of acceleration...

Homework Statement 2 masses are connected by a spring. They are on a frictionless plane inclined relative to the horizontal by ##\alpha##. The masses are free to slide, rotate about their center of mass, and oscillate. 1. Find the Lagrangian as a sum of the Lagrangian for the COM motion and a...

Homework Statement Homework Equations $$mgh = \frac{1}{2}v^2$$ The Attempt at a Solution [/B] I'm working on a). I tried using conservation of energy to get v. $$mg(c+b) = \frac{1}{2}v^2$$ $$v = \sqrt{2g(c+b)}$$ After this I'm stuck. In order to get distance from knowing the velocity...

Homework Statement A 5 m ladder is sliding down the wall, and h is the height of the ladder's top at time t, and x is the distance from the wall to the ladder's bottom at time t. Given that h(0) = 4 at t = 0 seconds and dh/dt = 1.2m/s, and the ladder is 5m long find x(2) and dx/dt at t=2...

Homework Statement A uniform ladder leans against a smooth vertical wall. If the floor is also smooth, and the initial angle between the floor and the ladder is theta(0), show that the ladder, in sliding down, will lose contact with the wall when the angle between the floor and the ladder is...

Homework Statement I have a question that came up during a mechanics problem. (I put my question towards the end of the post) A particle slides on a smooth inclined plane whose inclination ##\theta## is increasing at a constant rate ##\omega##. If ##\theta(t=0)=0## at which time the particle...

I raced a toy car on a wooden plane alongside an ice cube on a block of ice in my kitchen today. the ice cube combo won every time even allowing for my crude starting gate. most texts I have seen introduce dynamics of inclined planes with a bead on a wire or more common a block on a...

Homework Statement A plank of length 2L leans against a wall. It starts to slip downward without friction. Show that the top of the plank loses contact with the wall when it is at two-thirds of its initial height. (from Kleppner&Kolenkow,An Introduction to Mechanics 1st ed., problem 6.41)...

Homework Statement M1 and M2 are two masses connected as shown. https://loncapa2.physics.sc.edu/res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/09_Force_and_Motion/graphics/prob75_fricpullplane.gif The pulley is light and frictionless. Find the mass M1, given that M2 (3.50 kg) is moving downwards and...

I'm a bit confused. We all know that rolling with slipping is associated with kinetic friction. But Is that friction due to the traslational motion of the center of mass or just the spinning motion?If friction exists because of the translational motion, then in theory, I can slowly lower a...

Homework Statement [/B]Mass m lies on a Weighing scale which is on Wagon M. the inclined surface is smooth, between m and M there is enough friction to prevent m from moving. 1) What does the weigh show? 2) What is the minimum coefficient of friction between m and M to prevent slipping? 3)...

Homework Statement A bead of mass m kept at the top of a smooth hemispherical wedge of mass M and radius R is gently pushed towards right.As a result,the wedge slides due left.Find the magnitude of velocity of bead relative to the wedge. Homework Equations $$MV=m(v\cos(\theta)-V)$$ and...

For the following question, how do we know that the acceleration of ##M## is constant over time? And is the normal contact force between the two masses smaller as compared to that where ##M## is fixed? The acceleration depends on the net force on ##M##, which depends on the normal contact...

For those who don't know there exists a sport called robot combat. Two robots enter an area and fight until one is unable to move anymore or its owner taps out. I have a novel idea for a weapon for a robot but I am unsure if the maths works out so that it will be practical. Suppose I take a...

Homework Statement [/B] A cart of mass m is adjacent to a wall. it has a mass, also m, attached at point A to a loose spring of constant k. an identical spring is on the opposite wall. the floor of the cart is frictionless apart of the middle part CD with equivalent μ. a force F is applied to...

Homework Statement Hi everybody! I have a crazy problem about Lagrangian on which I've been working on for two days without being able to figure it out. I have a solution, but I think there is a flaw in it. First here is the problem: A line rotates with constant angle velocity ##\omega##...

Homework Statement One side of the roof of a house slopes up at 37.0°. A roofer kicks a round, flat rock that has been thrown onto the roof by a neighborhood child. The rock slides straight up the incline with an initial speed of 15.0 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the rock...

So I have a school project that requires me to use a sliding window in order to transmit a file to a server, but I'm having trouble understanding how sliding window works. I don't really understand how rejects are done and how the program knows to send a new packet and then move onto the next...

I am asked to find the shape of a wire that will maximize the speed a sliding bead when it reaches the end point(Similar to the brachistochrone problem expect that the speed is to be maximized and not time minimized). But shouldn't the speed at the end be independent of the shape of the wire...

Homework Statement A cylinder of mass M and radius r is at distance l0 from the edge. mass m is hanging from a rope. no friction at the weightless pulley. the cylinder starts rotating without sliding. What's the acceleration of the COM of the cylinder. What's the velocity of the COM of the...

1. Homework Statement A small cube is sliding on a round dish (see attached figure) . The cube is always in contact with the (vertical) edge of the dish (which prevents the cube from falling outside the dish itself). There is friction between the cube and the dish. The dish can rotate around...

Homework Statement Ball of mass m and radius r rolls without sliding in a bowl of radius R. Express it's angular velocity ω as a function of the angle θ. What are the normal force and friction force as a function of θ. Homework Equations Moment of inertia of a solid ball round it's center...

Homework Statement A 80.5 kg firefighter slides down a pole while a constant frictional force of 300 N retards her motion. A horizontal 20.0 kg platform is supported by a spring at the bottom of the pole to cushion the fall. The firefighter starts from rest 3.25 m above the platform, and the...

Homework Statement All the surfaces shown in fig. are assumed to be frictionless. The block of mass m slides on the prism of mass M which in turn slides backwards on horizontal surface with acceleration of ao. Find the acceleration of smaller block with respect to prism. Homework...

Homework Statement A boy is holding a box and moving at a constant velocity of 2m/s on ice. The masses of the boy and the box are 40kg and 2kg respectively.Then the boy drops the box. What is the momentum of the boy just after dropping the box? Assume that the friction between the boy and the...

Homework Statement The circuit [http://tinypic.com/r/2cwl7bt/9] shows a battery connected across a uniform resistor R0. A sliding contact can move across the resistor from x = 0 at the left to x = 10 cm at the right. Find an expression for the power dissipated in the resistor R as a function...

Homework Statement A 22-gram mass is released from rest at position A on a stationary frictionless surface whose shape is that of a quarter circle of radius R = 0.66 m. (b) Determine the magnitude of the normal force that acts on the mass when it is at position B (it is at position B when the...

Box is sliding down the slope with angle 30 , and v_0=0. Because coefficient of friction is $$\mu=0.1x$$ where x is distance covered, the box will stop before reaching the end of a slope. Find the time needed for a box to stop. I get $$F_1=G \sin \alpha , F_{fr} = \mu \cdot G \cos \alpha$$...

Homework Statement A box of textbooks at unknown mass rests on a loading ramp that makes an angle α = 16o with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction is 0.30, and kinetic friction is 0.25. Then the box is released. (a) Will it start sliding down the ramp? (a) Find the normal force...

Homework Statement Object B with mass m is sliding on an object A with mass M. Object A is being pulled by a string with acceleration A. There is no friction. (Picture Uploaded) 1) Find the maximum value of A that allows m to stay on M (sliding) 2) Find the x and y value of the acceleration of...