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A bead of mass m is threaded on a frictionless wire that
Chapter 13, Problem 13.5(choose chapter or problem)
A bead of mass m is threaded on a frictionless wire that is bent into a helix with cylindrical polar coordinates (p, 0, z) satisfying z = c0 and p = R, with c and R constants. The z axis points vertically up and gravity vertically down. Using 0 as your generalized coordinate, write down the kinetic and potential energies, and hence the Hamiltonian g-C as a function of 0 and its conjugate momentum p. Write down Hamilton's equations and solve for and hence E. Explain your result in terms of Newtonian mechanics and discuss the special case that
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A bead of mass m is threaded on a frictionless wire that is bent into a helix with cylindrical polar coordinates (p, 0, z) satisfying z = c0 and p = R, with c and R constants. The z axis points vertically up and gravity vertically down. Using 0 as your generalized coordinate, write down the kinetic and potential energies, and hence the Hamiltonian g-C as a function of 0 and its conjugate momentum p. Write down Hamilton's equations and solve for and hence E. Explain your result in terms of Newtonian mechanics and discuss the special case that
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The kinetic energy of the system in polar co-ordinates can be given as,
For , , and .