Laws of Motion 4 Question 5
5. A long horizontal rod has a bead which can slide along its length and is initially placed at a distance from one end of the rod. The rod is set in angular motion about with a constant angular acceleration . If the coefficient of friction between the rod and bead is , and gravity is neglected, then the time after which the bead starts slipping is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) infinitesimal
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 5. (a)
Solution:
- Tangential force
of the bead will be given by the normal reaction , while centripetal force is provided by friction . The bead starts sliding when the centripetal force is just equal to the limiting friction.
Therefore,
Angular velocity at time
Equating Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
For
In the figure,