Question

A thin spherical shell lying on a rough horizontal surface is hit by a cue in such a way that the line of action passes through the centre of the shell. As a result, the shell starts moving with a linear speed v without any initial angular velocity. Find the linear speed of the shell after it starts pure rolling on the surface.

Answer 1

The shell will move with a velocity nearly equal to v due to this motion a frictional force well act in the background direction, for which after some time the shell attains a pure rolling. If we consider moment about A, then it will be zero. Therefore, Net angular momentum about A before pure rolling = net angular momentum after pure rolling. Now, angular momentum before pure rolling about A = M (V × R) and angular momentum after pure rolling:-