1993 Paper 1 Q10

Year: 1993
Paper: 1
Question Number: 10

Course: UFM Mechanics
Section: Work, energy and Power 2

Difficulty: 1500.0 Banger: 1500.0

Problem

A small lamp of mass \(m\) is at the end \(A\) of a light rod \(AB\) of length \(2a\) attached at \(B\) to a vertical wall in such a way that the rod can rotate freely about \(B\) in a vertical plane perpendicular to the wall. A spring \(CD\) of natural length \(a\) and modulus of elasticity \(\lambda\) is joined to the rod at its mid-point \(C\) and to the wall at a point \(D\) a distance \(a\) vertically above \(B\). The arrangement is sketched below. \noindent
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Show that if \(\lambda>4mg\) the lamp can hang in equilibrium away from the wall and calculate the angle \(\angle DBA\).

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A small lamp of mass $m$ is at the end $A$ of a light rod $AB$
of length $2a$ attached at $B$ to a vertical wall in such a way
that the rod can rotate freely about $B$ in a vertical plane perpendicular
to the wall. A spring $CD$ of natural length $a$ and modulus of
elasticity $\lambda$ is joined to the rod at its mid-point $C$ and
to the wall at a point $D$ a distance $a$ vertically above $B$.
The arrangement is sketched below. 

\noindent \begin{center}
\psset{xunit=0.8cm,yunit=0.8cm,algebraic=true,dotstyle=o,dotsize=3pt 0,linewidth=0.5pt,arrowsize=3pt 2,arrowinset=0.25} \begin{pspicture*}(-1.55,-0.7)(4.5,5.27) \psline(0,5)(0,-1.16) \psline(0,0)(3.11,3.89) \pscoil[coilheight=1,coilwidth=0.2,coilarm=0.05](0,2.53)(1.47,1.84)
 \rput[tl](-0.56,0.41){$B$} \rput[tl](1.59,1.89){$C$} \rput[tl](3.41,4.28){$A$} \rput[tl](-0.56,2.84){$D$} \parametricplot{0.7583777142101807}{3.8999703677999737}{1*0.16*cos(t)+0*0.16*sin(t)+3.22|0*0.16*cos(t)+1*0.16*sin(t)+3.77} \psline(3.1,3.66)(3.33,3.88) \begin{scriptsize} \psdots[dotsize=5pt 0](0,0) \psdots[dotstyle=*](3.11,3.89) \psdots[dotstyle=*](0,2.53) \end{scriptsize} \end{pspicture*}
\par\end{center}

Show that if $\lambda>4mg$ the lamp can hang in equilibrium away
from the wall and calculate the angle $\angle DBA$.