Friday 5 October 2012

PROBLEM:1.245

 A thin horizontal uniform rod AB of mass m and length L can rotate freely about a vertical axis passing through its end A. At a certain moment the end B starts experiencing a constant force which is always perpendicular to the original position of the sta­tionary rod and directed in a horizontal plane. Find the angular ve­locity of the rod as a function of its rotation angle counted relative to the initial position.