Exercise 2.4.6: Suppose you wish to measure the friction a mass of 0.1 kg experiences as it slides along a floor (you wish to fi
nd c). You have a spring with spring constant k 5 N/m. You take the spring, you attach it to the mass and fix it to a wall. Then you pull on the spring and let the mass go. You find that the mass oscillates with frequency 1 Hz. What is the friction
In an oscillatory motion, friction is proportional to speed,
fr = - b v
where b is the coefficient of friction
when solving the equation the angular velocity has the form
w² = k / m - (b / 2m)²
In this exercise we are given the angular velocity w = 1Hz, the mass of the body m = 0.1 kg, and the spring constant k = 5 N / m. Therefore we can disperse the coefficient of friction
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