Q.
A disc is performing pure rolling on a smooth
stationary surface with constant angular velocity
as shown in figure. At any instant, for the lower most point of the disc -
BITSATBITSAT 2013
Solution:
$v _{ A }=0$ (due to pure rolling)
Angular acceleration (for A), a
$=R w^{2}=R \frac{v^{2}}{R^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow a=\frac{v^{2}}{R}$