"g" paradox...

[exnihiloest]

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    That is,if you allow a board to rotate under the influence of gravity,the free end will accelerate at a rate greater than "g".
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Where is the "paradox" ?!
It is not "free fall" (one of the end of the bar is prevented from falling).

[iacob alex]

    Hi !

If you type on Google :  "freefall paradox"  ...you can find plenty of information ,regarding this subject.

It's a simple fact of reality...

Maybe,this fact in itself is nothing...but it is valuable only for the idea of this forum, attached to it (the search of PM) ...

   All the best! / Alex

[mr_bojangles]

wouldnt it be that upon release, the rate at which the yard stick falls beyond the event horizon would be exponentially greater, accounting for the staggered fall? as in, the further away from the pivot point, the yard stick would travel faster, "releasing" the coins with a delayed effect.


it cant be the angle of the yard stick, it has to be the speed at which its dropped

the angle is attributed to friction, which is what would keep it in place on an inclined yard stick, and would only fall off if dropped fast enough

thats just how i see it

[iacob alex]

  ...is simply ,a "provocative topic" about the free fall in gravity:so many shapes,so many kind of mass distribution,different states of matter .

     As Prof. Milkovic said (you know his "Two Stages Oscillator"...),we must study and undestand firstly,no more than a simply "large" pendular fall...and you can make easy tests,in the manner of Mikhail Dmitriyev...

         All the best! / Alex

[Dr]

Hi Alex: It would be interesting to see the same experiment, but instead of coins, use a 1 lb. weight at 6" from the pivot point fixed to the yardstick and another 1lb. weight at 6" from the free end. when the pin was pulled to let the stick fall, in superslow motion it would look like the free weight was standing still, while the yardstick was accellerating away!!