Brachistochrone with Coulomb friction
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics
- Vol. 43 (10) , 902-906
- https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9976
Abstract
The problem of finding the curve of most rapid descent of a bead sliding along a wire, from one fixed point to another, under the simultaneous influence of gravity and friction, is solved. A remarkable feature of the problem is that the solution can be expressed in closed form, in terms of elementary functions.Keywords
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