Sliding-cum-rotational motion along an inclined plane

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This article discusses a scenario/arrangement whose statics/dynamics/kinematics can be understood using the ideas of classical mechanics.
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A rolling-capable object on an incline, cross sectional view. The object may be a cylinder or sphere, among other possibilities.

The scenario here is a dry body placed on a fixed dry inclined plane with an angle of inclination with the horizontal, where the body is capable of rolling along the flat incline. This includes the following possibilities for the body: solid cylinder, hollow cylinder, cylindrical annulus, solid sphere, hollow sphere.

The extremes are (whence, the plane is horizontal) and (whence, the plane is vertical).