I nearly quarrel v teacher bcox of this Q. The Q is as following:
A hollow cylinder of mass M and radius R
(a) slides with a speed v
(b) rolls with the same speed without slipping on a horizontal plane.
What is the ratio of the kinetic energies of the cylinder in the two cases? [ Moment of inertia of hollow cylinder = MR^2 ]
A 1:4
B 1:2
C 1:1
D 2:1
Which is the answer?
2007-01-05
16:37:33
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li mei
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Can show me the workings or not?
2007-01-05
16:47:52 ·
update #1
My working is:
for situation (a),
kinetic energy= 1/2 mv^2
for situation (b),
total ke= rotational ke + translational ke
= 1/2 Iw^2 + 1/2 mv^2
= 1/2 (mR^2)(v/R)^2 + 1/2 mv^2
= mv^2
ke (a) : ke (b) = 1:2
But my teacher said his answer is the correct one:
translational ke/rotational ke
= (1/2 mv^2) / (1/2 Iw^2)
= (mv^2) / [mR^2 (v/R)^2]
= 1
Very headache!!!
2007-01-06
04:30:00 ·
update #2