Tuesday, 5 June 2018

rotational dynamics - Torque from Gravity


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If a sphere rolls on an inclined plane, why does the component of gravity parallel to the plane not exert a torque on the sphere? Shouldn't infinitesimal mass particles experience a force of (dm)gsin(theta)? Because infinitesimal mass particles experience the force at different lengths, shouldn't they experience torques and, consequently, give rise to a net torque?


I ask this question, because the following link (starting at subheader "Perspective II")


treats friction as the only torque-contributing force applied to an object on an incline.


http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/sc527_notes06/race.html




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