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Cylinder rolling down an inclined plane held by a string
A cylinder of mass M and radius R is in static equilibrium as shown in the diagram. The cylinder
rests on an inclined plane making an angle with the horizontal and is held by a horizontal string
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Forces and torques about the CENTER OF MASS of a physical pendulum
I'm currently stumped by the following situation. Say we've got a rectangular physical pendulum (think ruler with a hole-punch at one end).
It's trivial to analyze the motion of the pendulum with the ...
