PROBLEM 13.196
A soccer kicking machine has a 5 lb “simulated foot” attached to A
“kicking” attachment goes on the front of a wheelchair, allowing athletes
with mobility impairments to play soccer. The athletes load up the spring
shown through a ratchet mechanism that pulls the 2 kg “foot” back to the
position 1. They then release the “foot” to impact the 0.45 kg soccer ball,
which is rolling towards the “foot” with a speed of 2 m/s at an angle
θ = 30º as shown. The impact occurs with a coefficient of restitution e =
0.75 whe
n the foot is at position 2, where the spring is unstretched.
Knowing that the effective friction coefficient during rolling is
m
k = 0.1,
determine (a) the necessary spring coefficient to make the ball roll 30
meters, (b) the direction the ball will travel after it is kicked.
SOLUTION