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Disk Sliding or Rolling in a Semicircular Well


	The disk of radius in this Demonstration is acted upon by gravity, , and either slides or rolls in the semicircular well of radius . In reality it would only slide if the surface of the well were completely frictionless.


	Contributed by: Sarah Lichtblau

Developed from the teaching materials of Thomas Peacock and David Gossard for Course 2.003 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

The equation of motion if the disk slides is

The equation of motion if the disk rolls is

Contributed by: Sarah Lichtblau

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