(2) A soccer ball can be modeled as a thin spherical shell. Its mass M = 450 g a
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(2) A soccer ball can be modeled as a thin spherical shell. Its mass M = 450 g and radius R = 25.0 cm. It
rolls across the ground and then rolls up a hill without slipping, reaching a maximum height of 4.0 m
above the base of the hill before rolling back down.
(b) Using energy arguments, determine the speed v of the ball at the base of the hill.
(c) What is the angular acceleration as it rolls up hill?
(d) If the hill has a slope of 53 degrees, what is the smallest value of ? that allows the rolling without
slipping condition?
Explanation / Answer
Here
mgh = 0.5*m*v^2 + 0.5*I*w^2
gh = 0.5*v^2 + 0.5*(2/3)v^2gh = 0.8333v^2
v = sqrt(9.8*4/0.8333)
= 6.8587 m/sec
v^2 - u^2 = 2as
Therfore
-6.8587^2 + 0^2 = 2*a*4
a = - 5.88 m/sec^2
Alpha = a/r
= - 5.88/0.25
= - 23.52 rad/sec^2
rF = I*alpha
r*umgCos(hteta) = (2/3)*m*r^2*alpha
0.25*u*9.8*Cos(53 degree) = (2/3)*0.25^2*23.52
u = 0.66
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