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DISCUSSION and HINTS
Recall the following four-step plan outline in the lecture book and discussed in lecture:
Step 1: FBDs
Draw a single free body diagram (FBD) of the bar and the particle.
Step 2: Kinetics (Work/energy)
- Looking at your FBD above, which forces, if any, do work that is not a part of the potential energy of the system? If there are none, then energy is conserved.
- Write down the individual contributions to the kinetic energy from the bar and particle, and add together for the total kinetic energy of the system.
- Define your gravitational datum line. Write down the individual contributions to potential energy from the bar, particle and spring, and add together for the total potential energy.
Step 3: Kinematics
Use the following rigid body kinematics equation to relate the angular velocity of the bar to the velocity of the particle B at position 2:
vB= vG + ωAB x rB/G
Step 4: Solve
From your equations in Steps 2 and 3, solve for the angular velocity of the bar.