Year: 1992
Paper: 3
Question Number: 13
Course: UFM Mechanics
Section: Work, energy and Power 2
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Difficulty Rating: 1700.0
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Banger Rating: 1500.0
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A uniform circular disc of radius $2b,$ mass $m$ and centre $O$
is free to turn about a fixed horizontal axis through $O$ perpendicular
to the plane of the disc. A light elastic string of modulus $kmg$,
where $k>4/\pi,$ has one end attached to a fixed point $A$ and the
other end to the rim of the disc at $P$. The string is in contact
with the rim of the disc along the arc $PC,$ and $OC$ is horizontal.
The natural length of the string and the length of the line $AC$
are each $\pi b$ and $AC$ is vertical. A particle $Q$ of mass $m$
is attached to the rim of the disc and $\angle POQ=90^{\circ}$ as
shown in the diagram. The system is released from rest with $OP$
vertical and $P$ below $O$. Show that $P$ reaches $C$ and that
then the upward vertical component of the reaction on the axis is
$mg(10-\pi k)/3$.