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Homework Statement
A uniform sphere of radius a is placed at the lowest point of a fixed thin
hemispherical bowl of radius b > a. The sphere is the slightly displaced and
released with zero initial velocity such that it rolls without slipping on the inner
surface of the bowl. By conservation of energy, or otherwise, show that the
sphere executes simple harmonic motion about the lowest point with angular
frequency.
sqrt(5g/(7(b-a)))
Homework Equations
KE = 1/2 mv^2
Angular KE = 1/2 I [tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\dot{}[/tex][tex]^{2}[/tex]
dE/dt = 0
PE = mg ((b-a) - (b-a)cos([tex]\theta[/tex]))
= mg(b-a)(1 - cos([tex]\theta[/tex]))
I of sphere = 2/5 m (b-a)[tex]^{2}[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
KE = 1/2 m (b-a)[tex]^{2}[/tex] [tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\dot{}[/tex][tex]^{2}[/tex]
Total E = [tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\dot{}[/tex][tex]^{2}[/tex] (b-a)[tex]^{2}[/tex](1/2 + 1/5) + mg(b-a)(1 - cos([tex]\theta[/tex]))
dE/dt = 0 = [tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\ddot{}[/tex][tex]\theta[/tex][tex]\dot{}[/tex] (b-a)[tex]^{2}[/tex] * 7/5 + [tex]\theta[/tex] g(b-a)
I'm stuck with how to deal with having both theta dot and double dot in the first term, if I ignore the theta dot it works and I get the answer stated abov, but obviously something's gone wrong somewhere or else I'm not dealing with the thetas correctly!
Thanks