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Disk Sliding or Rolling in a Semicircular Well

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disk
slides
rolls
radius of well R
8
radius of disk r
2
release system
The disk of radius
r
in this Demonstration is acted upon by gravity,
g
, and either slides or rolls in the semicircular well of radius
R
. In reality it would only slide if the surface of the well were completely frictionless.
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