118 6. TOPIC AK-6
platform before it stops. Also, dene impact impulses on the cylinder from both the step and the inclined plane.
Using Carnot’s theorem, verify the obtained expressions for the angular velocities of the cylinder after the impacts
with both the step and the inclined plane.
B
D
C
A
F
h
N
K
E
Figure 6.31.
6.3 SOLUTION
Due to the sudden stop of the platform, a translational motion of the cylinder instantly converts to the rotational
motion about the side D of the step BD, e.g. the cylinder experiences the hit.
We will apply a change of the angular momentum (kinetic moment) of the mechanical system during the impact. As
an axis of moments we will consider the xed horizontal axis provided along the side D of the step BD (Figure 6.32):
L
II
D
– L
I
D
= M
D
(S
⃗
i
E
).
In Figure 6.32 the positions I and II corresponding to the beginning and the end of the impact on the side D of the
step BD coincide.
e sum of the moments of the external impact impulses applied to the cylinder about axis D:
M
D
(S
⃗
i
E
) = 0.
is means that the impact impulse S
⃗
D
crosses the axis D. erefore:
L
II
D
= L
I
D
.
e kinetic moment of the cylinder about the axis D at the beginning of the impact:
L
I
D
= mv
C
I
(r – h),
where v
C
I
= v is the velocity of the center of the gravity of the cylinder at the beginning of the impact, which equals
to the velocity of the platform before a sudden stop.