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(Solved): SECTION B Answer one question only. 7 A cylindrical cork, with density , length l and radius a, p ...
SECTION B Answer one question only. 7 A cylindrical cork, with density ?, length l and radius a, protrudes a distance x from the neck of a bottle containing a gas at pressure Pg? above atmospheric pressure, as shown below. The portion of the cork in the bottle is compressed, and pushes radially outwards on the bottle neck with a constant pressure Pc?. Show that the cork will slide outwards if Pg?>a2(l?x)??Pc? where ? is the coefficient of friction between the cork and the glass. Assume ? takes the same value whether or not the cork is slipping. The cork starts flush with the bottle (x=0), but the pressure in the bottle is just enough for the cork to start slipping forwards. Assuming the pressure in the bottle is constant, and the cork starts with a small outward velocity ?0? at t=0, find the equation of motion for the cork and, by substitution or otherwise, show the motion of the cork is x=csinh(bt) and give expressions for c and b in terms of Pg?,?,l and v0?. Show that, if v0? is negligibly small, the cork exits the bottle with velocity v=?Pg???. If the density of cork is 0.5gcm?3, and a typical champagne bottle is pressurized to 400kPa above atmospheric pressure, find (neglecting air resistance) to what height it is possible to fire a cork. An actual champagne cork does indeed start with a length l within the bottle, but also has a stopper on the end that doubles the mass of the cork. How will this modification change the maximum achievable height?