Question

bottom of the ladder rests on a floor with a rough surface where the coefficient of static friction is 0.23 . The angle between the horizontal and the ladder is θ . The person wants to climb up the ladder a distance of 1.1 m along the ladder from the ladder’s footWhat is the minimum angle θmin (between the horizontal and the ladder) so that the person can reach a distance of 1.1 m without having the ladder slip? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s 2 . Answer in units of ◦A 20.3 kg person climbs up a uniform ladder with negligible mass. The upper end of the ladder rests on a frictionless wall. The bottom of the ladder rests on a floor with a rough surface where the coefficient of static friction is 0.23 . The angle between the horizontal and the ladder is θ . The person wants to climb up the ladder a distance of 1.1 m along the ladder from the ladder’s footWhat is the minimum angle θmin (between the horizontal and the ladder) so that the person can reach a distance of 1.1 m without having the ladder slip? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s 2 . Answer in units of ◦

Answer 1

Answer:

Q = arctan(7.1739) = 82.06

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

- The mass of the person m = 20.3 kg

- The distance traveled up the ladder s = 1.1 m

- The gravitational constant g = 9.8 m/s^2

- The coefficient of static friction u_s = 0.23

- Total length of the ladder

Find:

The minimum angle θ, that would allow the person to climb without ladder slipping

Solution:

- Taking moments about point of ladder and wall contact A to be zero:

                   -F_n,b*cos(Q)*4 - F_f*sin(Q)*4+ m*g*cos(Q)*2.6 = 0

- Taking Sum of vertical forces to be zero:

                    F_n,b - m*g = 0

                    F_n,b = m*g

- The frictional force F_f is given by:

                   F_f = u_s*F_n,b = u_s*m*g

- Plug the values back in:

                  - m*g*cos(Q)*4 + u_s*m*g*sin(Q)*4 - m*g*cos(Q)*2.6 = 0

Simplify:

                  4*cos(Q) + 2.6*cos(Q) = u_s*4*sin(Q)

                        6.6*cos(Q) = 4*u_s*sin(Q)

                               tan(Q) = 6.6 / 4*u_s

- Plug in the values:

                               tan(Q) = 6.6 / 4*0.23

                                    Q = arctan(7.1739) = 82.06