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Moving mechanical constraint

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A constraint that depends explicitly on time can exert a normal force that does actual work, even when its force does no work on an allowed instantaneous virtual displacement. The surface motion gives the constrained particle a normal component of actual velocity.

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  • Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / Paper 1 / Section E / E14 / Solution

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