Infinite Atwood Machine
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
Consider the infinite Atwood’s machine shown below. A string passes over each
pulley, with one end attached to a mass and the other end attached to another
pulley. All the masses are equal to m, and all the pulleys and strings are massless.
The masses are held fixed and then simultaneously released. What is the acceleration
of the top mass?
by
Neelarun Mukherjee