Pulley coupled to a rolling disc
ID: pulley-coupled-to-a-rolling-disc
A hanging mass pulls the centre of a uniform disc of mass up an incline of angle , using a light string and light frictionless pulley. If the disc rolls without slipping and the string is parallel to the slope, its effective translational mass is . With downward hanging acceleration , . Static friction has signed downslope component and supplies the rolling torque. The acceleration threshold is unchanged from a sliding block, although rotational inertia reduces the magnitude.
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