Question
A solid sphere rolling on a rough horizontal surface with a linear speed v collides elastically with a fixed, smooth, vertical wall. Find the speed of the sphere after it has started pure rolling in the backward direction.

Answer


When the solid sphere collides with the wall, it rebounds with velocity ‘v’ towards left but it continues to rotate in the clockwise direction.

So, the angular momentum $=\text{mvR}-\Big(\frac{2}{5}\Big)\text{mR}^2\times\frac{\text{v}}{\text{R}}$

After rebounding, when pure rolling starts let the velocity be v' and the corresponding angular velocity is $\frac{\text{v}'}{\text{R}}$

Therefore angular momentum $=\text{mv}'\text{R}+\Big(\frac{2}{5}\Big)\text{mR}^2\Big(\frac{\text{v}'}{\text{R}}\Big)$

So, $\text{mvR}-\Big(\frac{2}5{}\Big)\text{mR}^2,\ \frac{\text{v}}{\text{R}}=\text{mvR}+\Big(\frac{2}{5}\Big)\text{mR}^2\Big(\frac{\text{v}'}{\text{R}}\Big)$

$\text{mvR}\times\Big(\frac{3}{5}\Big)=\text{mvR}\times\Big(\frac{7}{5}\Big)$

So, the sphere will move with velocity $\frac{\text{3v}}{7}.$

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