A sleeve A can slide freely along a smooth rod bent in the shape of a half-circle

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A sleeve A can slide freely along a smooth rod bent in the shape of a half-circle of radius R (Fig). The system is set in rotation with a constant angular velocity ω about a vertical axis OO'. Find the angle OO' corresponding to the steady position of the sleeve.

Fig. 1.28.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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