Sliding on the inside of a conical surface

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/23/5/314MaRDI QIDQ4781946zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ricardo López-Ruiz, Amalio F. Pacheco

Publication date 27 November 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0204019

zbMATH Keywords

angular oscillationenergy transferradial oscillation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18)

Abstract: We analyze the frictionless motion of a point-like particle that slides under gravity on an inverted conical surface. This motion is studied for arbitrary initial conditions and a general relation, valid within 13%, between the periods of radial and angular oscillations, that holds for both small and high energy trajectories, is obtained. This relation allows us to identify the closed orbits of the system. The virtues of this model to illustrate pedagogically, how in a physical system, the energy is transferred between different modes, are also emphasized. Two easy identification criteria for this type of motion with potential interest in industrial design are obtained.

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