Rotation 3 Question 23
29. A man pushes a cylinder of mass with the help of a plank of mass as shown. There is no slipping at any contact. The horizontal component of the force applied by the man is . Find
(a) the accelerations of the plank and the centre of mass of the cylinder and
(b) the magnitudes and directions of frictional forces at contact points.
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Solution:
- We can choose any arbitrary directions of frictional forces at different contacts.
In the final answer the negative values will show the opposite directions.
Let
and
Since, there is no slipping anywhere
(a) Solving Eqs. (i) to (v), we get
(b)
Since, all quantities are positive, they are correctly shown in figures.