Monday, July 2, 2018

homework and exercises - Rolling bowling ball with slipping


If a bowling ball is moving with some initial velocity while slipping, how far will it move before it begins to roll once it experiences static friction?


$\ddot{x} = \mu_{kf}g$


And there is also a torque from the kinetic friction on the ball (R = radius of the ball)



$$mg\mu_{kf}R = \frac{2mR^2}{5} \ddot{ \theta} \implies \ddot{ \theta} = \frac{5g\mu_{kf}}{2R}$$


The condition for rolling without slipping is $v = R \omega$ and from the time the ball makes contact with the ground, transversal velocity decreases while angular velocity increases to a point where they are equal. I am not sure what I should do at this point, because everything I try doesn't seem to work.


$$\ddot{x} = v \frac{dv}{dx} = \mu_{kf}g \implies v^2 = (2\mu_{kf}g)x + v_o^2 $$


I don't quite know what to do with this Differential equation that won't involve $\theta$ so that I can use it in the linear equation of motion. I have tried using time, but I don't know how that would help, And the actual angle itself is useless.


$$\ddot{ \theta} = \frac{5g\mu_{kf}}{2R}$$ I can't say $x = R \theta$ because of the slipping



Answer



Lets say that when your ball first contacts the ground, it has initial velocity $v_0$ and initial angular velocity $\omega_0 = 0$.


You have a constant torque being applied to the ball, so your differential equation is very easy to integrate to get:


$$\dot{\theta} = \omega = \frac{5g\mu}{2R} t + \omega_0$$


For the displacement, go directly with Newton's law, $\ddot{x}=-\mu g$, which also has a constant force and can be easily integrated once to get



$$\dot{x} = v = v_0 - \mu g t$$


From here you should be able to use your $v = \omega R$ condition to find out how long will it take the ball to start rolling without slipping, and once you have that time, integrate displacement once more to get


$$x = v_0 t - \frac{1}{2}\mu g t^2,$$


which will give you the distance traveled entering the time you calculated before.


No comments:

Post a Comment

classical mechanics - Moment of a force about a given axis (Torque) - Scalar or vectorial?

I am studying Statics and saw that: The moment of a force about a given axis (or Torque) is defined by the equation: $M_X = (\vec r \times \...