Loading Web-Font TeX/Math/Italic

31.4 Worked Example - Atwood Machine

OCW Scholar

« Previous | Next »

A diagram of the two masses and pulley that make up the Atwood Machine.

A uniform massive pulley of radius R and moment of inertia about its center of mass I_{A} is suspended from a ceiling. An inextensible string of negligible mass is wrapped around the pulley and attached on one end to an object of mass m_1 and on the other end to an object of mass m_2.

Assume m_2> m_1. Find the acceleration of the objects.

00:00
00:00

« Previous | Next »