WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Solid Cylinder Rolling in a Turnable Hollow Cylinder

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radius of small cylinder
1
mass of big cylinder
0.1
mass of small cylinder
0.1
amplitude
π
4
run
A small solid cylinder rolls inside a hollow cylinder that can turn around its symmetry axis. It is assumed that the small cylinder cannot slide. Furthermore, the differential equation used here is only exact for small amplitudes.