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Grade 11Mechanics

please tell me the expression for gravitational potential due to annular disc

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16 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of  Askiitians Expert   Soumyajit IIT-Kharagpur
16 Years ago

Dear Chandan Routray,

Ans:- The value of the gravitational potential at a distance x fro the center on the axis of the disc is

=2GM(√(R²+x²) - x)/R²

 

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