Sphere Rolling on Rails
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This Demonstration gives the position and the speed of a ball rolling on rails as a function of time. The acceleration of the ball on rails depends on the ball radius , the radius of its rotation , its moment of inertia, the width between the rails, and the inclination . Do not change the parameters once the animation has run: this might move the ball out of the picture.
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Contributed by: Bernard Vuilleumier (March 2014)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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