Two buckets of mass m1 = 18.5 kg and m2 = 12.5 kg are attached to the ends of a massless rope which passes over a pulley with a mass of m, = 7.73 kg and a radius of rp = 0.150 m. Assume that the rope does not slip on the %3D pulley, and that the pulley rotates without friction. The buckets are released from rest and begin to move. If the larger bucket is a distance do 1.55 m above the ground when it is released, with what speed v will it hit the ground? speed of bucket: m/s
Rigid Body
A rigid body is an object which does not change its shape or undergo any significant deformation due to an external force or movement. Mathematically speaking, the distance between any two points inside the body doesn't change in any situation.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are defined as inelastic shapes with negligible deformation, giving them an unchanging center of mass. It is also generally assumed that the mass of a rigid body is uniformly distributed. This property of rigid bodies comes in handy when we deal with concepts like momentum, angular momentum, force and torque. The study of these properties – viz., force, torque, momentum, and angular momentum – of a rigid body, is collectively known as rigid body dynamics (RBD).
![**Problem Description:**
Two buckets of mass \( m_1 = 18.5 \, \text{kg} \) and \( m_2 = 12.5 \, \text{kg} \) are attached to the ends of a massless rope which passes over a pulley. The pulley has a mass of \( m_p = 7.73 \, \text{kg} \) and a radius of \( r_p = 0.150 \, \text{m} \). Assume that the rope does not slip on the pulley and that the pulley rotates without friction.
The buckets are released from rest and begin to move. If the larger bucket is a distance \( d_0 = 1.55 \, \text{m} \) above the ground when it is released, with what speed \( v \) will it hit the ground?
**Diagram Explanation:**
The diagram shows two buckets labeled as "1" and "2." Bucket 1 is larger and has a greater mass (\( m_1 = 18.5 \, \text{kg} \)), while bucket 2 has a smaller mass (\( m_2 = 12.5 \, \text{kg} \)). Both buckets are connected by a rope that passes over a pulley, depicted at the top of the diagram. The pulley does not have any friction affecting its rotation.
**Calculation Requirement:**
Find the speed \( v \) of the larger bucket when it hits the ground.
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