Question
A solid cylinder having radius R and length L is slipping on a rough horizontal plane. At time $t = 0$ the cylinder has a translational velocity $v_{0} = 49\text{ }m/s$, perpendicular to its axis and a rotational velocity $v_{0}/4R$ about the centre. The time taken by the cylinder to start rolling is $\_\_\_\_$ seconds. (coefficient of kinetic friction $\mu_{K} = 0.25$ and $g = 9.8\text{ }m/s^{2}$ )
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Sol. [Key Concept: Friction gives linear deceleration $a = \mu_{k}g$ and angular acceleration $\alpha = \frac{2\mu_{k}g}{R}$; rolling starts when $v = \omega\ R$, solving to $t = 5$ s.]
$${a = \frac{\mu_{K}mg}{m} = \mu_{K}g }{\tau = I\alpha \Rightarrow \mu_{K}mgR = \frac{{MR}^{2}}{2} \times \alpha }{\Rightarrow \alpha = \frac{2\mu_{K}g}{R}}$$
$$\begin{array}{r} \therefore v = v_{0} - \mu_{K}gt\#(i) \end{array}$$
Also, $\omega = \omega_{0} + \frac{2\mu_{K}gt}{R}$
$$\frac{v}{R} = \frac{v_{0}}{4R} + \frac{2\mu_{k}gt}{R} $$Solving Eq. (i) & (ii)
$${\frac{v_{0}}{4} + 2\mu gt = v_{0} - \mu_{k}gt }{3\mu gt = v_{0} - \frac{v_{0}}{4} }{3\mu gt = \frac{3v_{0}}{4} \Rightarrow t = \frac{v_{0}}{4\mu_{K}g} = \frac{49}{4 \times \frac{1}{4} \times 9.8} = 5sec}$$.
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