Q.

A frame of reference that is accelerated with respect to an inertial frame of reference is called a non-inertial frame of reference. A coordinate system fixed on a circular disc rotating about a fixed axis with a constant angular velocity ω is an example of non-inertial frame of reference. The relationship between the force F→rot experienced by a particle of mass m moving on the rotating disc and the force F→in experienced by the particle in an inertial frame of reference is

F→rot=F→in+2m(v→rot×ω→)+m(ω→×r→)×ω→.

where v→rot is the velocity of the particle in the rotating frame of reference and r→ is the position vector of the particle with respect to the centre of the disc.

Now consider a smooth slot along a diameter of a disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise with a constant angular speed ω about its vertical axis through its center. We assign a coordinate system with the origin at the center of the disc, the x-axis along the slot, the y-axis

perpendicular to the slot and the z-axis along the rotation axis (ω→=ωk^). A small block of mass m is gently placed in the slot at r→=(R2)i^ at t=0 and is constrained to move only along the slot.

Q.   The distance r of the block at time t is                    [2016]

1 R4(eωt+e-ωt)  
2 R2cosωt  
3 R4(e2ωt+e-2ωt)  
4 R2cos2ωt  

Ans.

(1)

Force on the block along slot =mrω2=ma=mvdvdr

∴ ∫0vV dv=∫r/2rω2r dr⇒v=ωr2-R24=drdt

∴∫R/4rdrr2-R24=∫0tω dt

On solving we get r+r2-R24=R2eωt

or r2-R24=R24e2ωt+r2-2r·R2eωt

∴ r=R4(eωt+e-ωt)