Q7.21 A solid cylinder rolls up an inclined plane of angle of inclination . At the bottom
of the inclined plane the centre of mass of the cylinder has a speed of .
(a) How far will the cylinder go up the plane?
The rotational energy is converted into the translational energy.(Law of conservation of energy)
Since the moment of inertia for the cylinder is :
Putting the value of MI and v = wr in the above equation, we get :
or
or
Now using the geometry of the cylinder we can write :
or
or
Thus cylinder will travel up to 3.82 m up the incline.