Friday, May 30, 2014

homework and exercises - Going downhill - what's the constraint force?



We are going downhill on a path y=a(1x2),

and I need to calculate the constraint force-position function. What I've done is this:



The lagrangian of the system is L=12(˙x2+˙y2)mgy+λ(t)(ya(1x2)),

so the 2 equation are m¨x=2aλx
and m¨y=mg+λ.
Based on the equations, the constraint force is Fy=λ and Fx=2aλx, but I can't calculate the value of λ. How should I do it?




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