
A cylinder of mass is placed on top of a block of mass . Neglecting the friction between the block and the horizontal plane. But friction coefficient between the cylinder and the top surface of block is . A small body of mass travelling with a velocity hits the block horizontally. Collision is completely elastic. If the maximum value of for which the cylinder starts pure rolling before it topples from the top of the block is . The value of is ____



Important Questions on Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion

Point masses and are placed at the opposite ends of rigid rod of length , and negligible mass. The rod is to be set rotating about an axis perpendicular to it. The position of point on this rod through which the axis should pass so that the work required to set the rod rotating with angular velocity is minimum, is given by:




(i) Centre of mass of a body always coincides with the centre of gravity of the body.
(ii) Centre of mass of a body is the point at which the total gravitational torque on the body is zero
(iii) A couple on a body produce both translational and rotational motion in a body.
(iv) Mechanical advantage greater than one means that small effort can be used to lift a large load.













The torque, acting on the particle about the origin, at is:






A uniform rod of length and mass is free to rotate in a vertical plane about . The rod initially in horizontal position is released. The initial angular acceleration of the rod is (Moment of inertia of rod about is )

