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Rolling inside a fixed circular cylinder (Ω=−R0​R1​−R0​​θ˙)

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A round body of radius R0​ in a fixed cylinder of radius R1​ has center of mass path radius a=R1​−R0​. With orbital angle θ and spin angular velocity Ω both positive about the same axis, rolling without slipping gives aθ˙+R0​Ω=0. For moment of inertia I=γmR02​, its kinetic energy is 21​ma2(1+γ)θ˙2. Release from rest at angle α gives, by conservation of energy, a descent time 1+γ​ times that of frictionless sliding along the same center of mass path. The spin sign reverses if its positive direction is chosen opposite to the orbital angle.

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