Year: 2003
Paper: 2
Question Number: 9
Course: LFM Pure and Mechanics
Section: Moments
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$AB$ is a uniform rod of weight $W\,$.
The point $C$ on $AB$ is such that $AC>CB\,$. The
rod is in contact with a rough horizontal floor at $A\,$
and with a cylinder at $C\,$. The cylinder
is fixed to the floor with its axis horizontal.
The rod makes an angle ${\alpha}$ with
the horizontal and lies in a vertical plane perpendicular to
the axis of the cylinder.
The coefficient of friction between the rod
and the floor is $\tan \lambda_1$ and the coefficient of friction
between the rod and the
cylinder is $\tan \lambda_2\,$.
Show that if friction is limiting
both at $A$ and at $C$, and ${\alpha} \ne {\lambda}_2 - {\lambda}_1\,$,
then the frictional force acting on the rod
at $A$ has magnitude
$$
\frac{ W\sin {\lambda}_1 \, \sin({\alpha}-{\lambda}_2)}
{\sin ({\alpha}+{\lambda}_1-{\lambda}_2)}
\;.$$
%and that
%$$
%p=\frac{\cos{\alpha} \, \sin({\alpha}+{\lambda}_1-{\lambda}_2)}
%{2\cos{\lambda}_1 \, \sin {\lambda}_2}\;.
%$$