Rolling of asymmetric discs on an inclined plane

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/L05zbMATH Open1339.70010arXiv1107.4056OpenAlexW3104796716MaRDI QIDQ4909485FDOQ4909485

Authors: Ben Yu-Kuang Hu 

Publication date: 21 March 2013

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a recent papers, Turner and Turner (2010 {em Am. J. Phys.} {�f 78} 905-7) and Jensen (2011 {em Eur. J. Phys.} {�f 32} 389-397) analysed the motion of asymmetric rolling rigid bodies on a horizontal plane. These papers addressed the common misconception that the instantaneous point of contact of the rolling body with the plane can be used to evaluate the angular momentum $mathbfL$ and the torque $$ in the equation of motion $$. To obtain the correct equation of motion, the "phantom torque" or various rules that depend on the motion of the point about which $mathbfL$ and $$ are evaluated were discussed. In this paper, I consider asymmetric disks rolling down an inclined plane and describe the most basic way of obtaining the correct equation of motion; that is, to choose the point about which $mathbfL$ and $$ are evaluated that is stationary in an inertial frame.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4056

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact in solid mechanics (74M15) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18)

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