11 Two uniform small smooth spheres A and B have equal radii and equal masses. The spheres are on a smooth horizontal surface. Sphere A is moving at an acute angle \(\alpha\) to the line of centres, when it collides with B, which is stationary.
After the impact A is moving at an acute angle \(\beta\) to the line of centres. The coefficient of restitution between A and B is \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\).
- Show that \(\tan \beta = 3 \tan \alpha\).
- Explain why the assumption that the contact between the spheres is smooth is needed in answering part (a).
It is given that A is deflected through an angle \(\gamma\).
- Determine, in terms of \(\alpha\), an expression for \(\tan \gamma\).
- Determine the maximum value of \(\gamma\). You do not need to justify that this value is a maximum.
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Fig. 12 shows a hemispherical bowl. The rim of this bowl is a circle with centre O and radius \(r\). The bowl is fixed with its rim horizontal and uppermost.
A particle P , of mass \(m\), is connected by a light inextensible string of length \(l\) to the lowest point A on the bowl and describes a horizontal circle with constant angular speed \(\omega\) on the smooth inner surface of the bowl.
The string is taut, and AP makes an angle \(\alpha\) with the vertical. - Show that the normal contact force between P and the bowl is of magnitude \(m g + 2 m r \omega ^ { 2 } \cos ^ { 2 } \alpha\).
- Deduce that \(g < r \omega ^ { 2 } \left( k _ { 1 } + k _ { 2 } \cos ^ { 2 } \alpha \right)\), stating the value of the constants \(k _ { 1 }\) and \(k _ { 2 }\).