plzz solve this one

a block of mass m is placed on a rough inclined plane which makes an angle @ with the horizontal..if the incline plane is placed in an elevator moving up with a uniform vel v and the block does not move,find the work done by the frictional force in a time t....

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Lokesh Verma ·

Removed a wrong solution

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rk91 ·

ans is mgvtsin2@

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varun ·

Work done by frictional force ...

can't we find the force on the box and the work that must have been done on it if there was no friction ( v and t are given ) and then the frictional work = work done by it if it had moved ?

mg is force downwards, and mgsin @ is the force in the dir of the plane.

The dist that must have been moved = vt

and in the dir of plane = vtsin @.

W.D = (vtsin @ ) (mgsin @) which gives the answer ...

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Lokesh Verma ·

No varun. I am afraid not!

Then u could argue the same for pushing a wall.

if there was no friction between the wall and the ground it would have moved.. now bcos there is friction, work done will be same?!

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varun ·

The work done 'on' the box = 0, i.e. the net force is 0.

The work done by 'frictional force' is mgvtsin2@

The work done by other forces acting on it is -mgvtsin2@

Therefore the net result cancels out

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Lokesh Verma ·

No dear i dont buy this logic! :)

There is something that we are missing in this question!

Wchich box are u talking about.

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varun ·

Lol not box, the block of mass m :P

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Lokesh Verma ·

Why is the work on the block of mass zero!! it is moving up with the elevator.

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varun ·

I meant relative to the elevator ... I was looking only at it as a system ( excluding the elevator ) moving up uniformly with vel. v for time t

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Lokesh Verma ·

Dude.. sorry i made a big big big big big big big big mistake :((

i have made too many of them.. but i guess there u are right..

We have to take friciton in the upward direction and the displacemnt in the same direction..

i will post the solutin right now :)

Thanks buddy :)

BTW i still dont buy ur argument that the displacemtn because there is work done on the mass :)

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Lokesh Verma ·

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Lokesh Verma ·

In the diagram above

we first use

N=mgcosθ
also F-mgsinθ = 0

frictional force F=mgsinθ

F.ds= f.vt=fvtsinθ= mgsinθ.vt.sinθ = mgvtsin2θ

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