Year: 2007
Paper: 3
Question Number: 11
Course: UFM Mechanics
Section: Circular Motion 2
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\item
A wheel consists of a thin
light circular rim attached by light spokes of length $a$
to a small hub of mass
$m$. The wheel rolls without slipping
on a rough horizontal table
directly towards a straight edge of the table.
The plane of the wheel is vertical throughout the motion.
The speed of the wheel is $u$, where
$u^2<ag\,$.
Show that, after the wheel reaches the edge of the
table and while it is still in contact with the table,
the frictional force on the wheel is zero.
Show also that the hub
will fall a vertical distance $(ag-u^2)/(3g)$
before the rim loses contact with the table.
\item Two particles, each of mass $m/2$, are attached
to a light circular hoop of radius $a$, at the ends
of a diameter. The hoop rolls without slipping
on a rough horizontal table
directly towards a straight edge of the table.
The plane of the hoop is vertical throughout the motion.
When the centre of the hoop is vertically above
the edge of the table it has speed $u$, where
$u^2<ag\,$, and
one particle is vertically above the other.
Show that,
after the hoop reaches the edge of the
table and while it is still in contact with the table,
the frictional force on the hoop
is non-zero and deduce that
the hoop will slip before it loses contact with the table.
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