Dynamics 2e 559
Problem 3.96
Consider a collar with mass
m
that is free to slide with no friction
along a rotating arm, which has negligible mass. The system is
initially rotating with an angular velocity
!0
while the collar is kept
a distance
r0
away from the
´
axis. At some point, the restraint
keeping the collar in place is removed so that the collar is allowed to
slide.
Compute the moment
M´
that you would need to apply to the
arm, as a function of
r
, to keep the arm rotating at a constant angular
velocity
!0
. In addition, determine the radial speed, as well as the
total speed with which the collar would reach the end of the arm
with this moment applied. Hint: The moment
M´
applied to the
arm of negligible mass is equivalent to a force
M´=r
applied to the
collar in the plane of motion and perpendicular to the arm.
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