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Speed, velocity,

acceleration & Newton

Micro-World Macro-World
Lecture 2

speed
distance traveled
speed = v =
elapsed time
Hawaii Kai Haleiwa
In one hour
50km
v = 1 hr = 50km/hr

50km

This is the average


speed over 1 hour.
For shorter time
intervals it can be
higher or lower.

instantaneous speed
Speed determined for very short time intervals

vistantaneous =

distance traveled
very short time

Instantaneous
speed = 0 here

& here

km

km

km

Earths motion around the Sun


r=1.5x1011m

V =

distance
elapsed time =

11
9.4
x
10
m
=
8760 hr

=
-3

0
=1

= 1.1x108 m/hr

km

2r
1year

11
2
x
3.14
x
1.5
x
10
m
=
365 days x 24 hr/day

9.4 x 1011 m
8.76 x103 hr

= 1.1x105 km/hr

9.4 x 1011-3 m/hr


8.7

110,000 km/hr

r=
1

cm

Tip of a watchs minute hand (HW!!)

V =
=

distance
elapsed time =
6.28 cm
3600 s

2r
1hr

6.28 cm
3. 6 x103s

= 1.7x10-5 m/s

2 x 3.14 x 1cm
60 min x 60 s/min
= 1.7x10-3 cm/s

=1
0 -2
m

Scalars and Vectors


Simple numbers:
Number + direction

Speed v
Temperature T

Library

Ca
Ce mp
nt us
er

Velocity v
relative positions r
Force F
Acceleration a

Velocity = speed + direction

6 months later
speed = same
different direction

r=1.5x1011m

velocity is a vector:
a quantity that has both
magnitude and direction

Length of the arrow = speed


Direction of arrow same as
direction of the motion

Acceleration ( changes in v)

change in velocity
acceleration =
elapsed time

a =

change in v
elapsed time

Change in V = 100km/hr
Elapsed time = 3 sec

a=

change in v
elapsed time
103 m

100km/hr
= 33 km/hr s
3s
3600 s
=3.6x103s

33x103m
2
=
9.1
m/s
3
3.6x10 sxs

This baby goes from 0 to


100km/hr in only 3 seconds

Different ways to change V

Car speeds up

v
Car slows up

v
scree
ch!

Accelerations (continued)
v
v

Car turn
s

a
In all three cases, v changes.
Therefore these are all examples of accelerations

a & v on a hot wheels track

Free Fall

t=0

4.9m

v0=0

4.9m
dist
vavg =
= 1 s = 4.9m/s
time
0
+
v
v
+
v
1
1 =
vavg = 0
= v1
2
2
2
v1 = 2vavg
t=1s

= 9.8 m/s

v1=?

V1 = 9.8 m/s

Free-fall acceleration

9.8m/s

change in velocity
acceleration =
elapsed time
1s

9.8m/s
ga =
1s

= 9.8 m/s2

This is called the acceleration due to gravity


and given the special symbol:

g=9.8m/s2

In this class g10 m/s2 will be close enough for us.

Free fall from greater heights


t = 0s
V0 = 0

5m

5m

t = 1s
V1 = 10m/s

Total
distance

15m

20m

t = 2s
V2 = 20m/s

1 gt2
2

25m

t = 3s

45m

V3 = 30m/s
35m
t = 4s
V4 = 40m/s

80m

Upward toss
t = 4s
t = 3s

80m

V4 = 0
V3 = 10m/s

5m
75m
15m

t = 2s

Total
height

V2 = 20m/s

60m

v0t 1 gt2

25m
t = 1s

V1 = 30m/s

35m

35m
t=0

V0 = 40m/s

0m

Simple rule for free fall


aka: projectile motion

When Earths gravity is the only force


involved:
actual height = height for no gravity gt2

Horizontal toss
t = 0s

t = 1s

t = 2s

t = 3s

t = 4s

5m
20m
45m

80m

upward toss

t = 3s

t = 2s
20m
t = 0s

t = 1s
5m

45m

t = 4s

80m

Shoot

dead white
communist
the European
monkey
male

Very fast horizontal toss


t = 0s

V=8km/s

t = 1s
x= 8km
5m

t = 2s
x=16km
20m

t = 3s
x=24km
45m

Orbital motion is free fall

Artificial satellite

a=g
v = 8 km/s

Turning car

An object
free to slide on the dashboard,
tries to follow a straight line path

Newtons 3 laws of motion

Isaac Newton 1642 --- 1727

Alexander Pope:
Nature and natures laws lay hid in the night
God said, Let Newton be, and all was light.

1 Law: Law of Inertia


st

A body at rest tends to stay at

rest, a body in motion tends to


keep moving along at a constant
speed and in a straight-line
path unless interfered with by
some external forces.

example

Motorcycle crash dummy

Another example
(watch the ladder)

The

nd

Law: F=ma

acceleration of a body is directly


proportional to the net force acting on
it and inversely proportional to its
mass.The direction of the acceleration
is in the direction of the applied force.

Directly proportional to Force

a
a

Small force
Small acceleration

Large force
Large acceleration

inversely proportional to mass

a
Beach
ball

Bowling
ball

small mass

Large mass

Large acceleration

Small acceleration

Inertial mass
Inertial mass, mi, is the resistance to
changes in the state of motion
Objects with large

mi

are hard to get moving


(& once started, hard
to stop),

Objects with small mi


easier to get moving
(& easier to stop),

Units again! (we cant avoid them!)


Mass: basic unit = 1kilogram = 1kg
mass of 1 liter (1.1 quarts) of water
10cm
10cm

This much
water!

10cm

Net force
Tip-to-tail method
for adding vector

Net force

is the vector
from the tail of the 1st to
the tip of the 2nd. (0 in
this case).

Slide tail of one to tip


of the other (keep
directions fixed)

Tip-to-tail method
Net force points
down the hill

Slide tail of one to tip


of the other (keep
directions fixed)

Newtons 2

nd

law F=ma

a is proportional to F:

a F

direction of a
= direction of F:

a F

a is inversely
proportional to m:

a 1/m

combine:
set proportionality
constant = 1:

a F/m
a = F/m

multiply
both sides
by

Weight = Force of gravity


Free-fall acceleration of a beach ball
& a bowling ball are the same: a=g
Beach
ball

F1 = ma

Bowling
ball

M
a=g

F2 = Ma

a=g

Bowling ball has more inertia: M >


m
Force of gravity must be larger on the bowling ball
by a factor that is proportional to mass

Weight is proportional to mass


Newtons 2nd law: F=ma
If gravity is the only force: F = W
a=g

W = mg
weight

gravitational
mass

acceleration
due to gravity

Two different aspects of mass


Weight: W = m
mggg
Newtons 2nd law:

a =

F
m
m
i

Experiment
shows: mg = mi

Force of gravity is
proportional to
gravitational mass
Inertia; resistance
to changes in state
is proportional to
inertial mass

Units of Force
F=ma
m
kg 2
s
Unit of force: 1 Newton = 1N = 1 kg m/s 2

1 pound =1lb = 4.5 N

What is your mass?


Suppose I
jump off
a tqble

Weight = force of

Earths gravity on you

F=ma
a=g
W

W=mg
W
m= g

!!!!!

Mass & weight


85

kg

t
h
kg is a unit of mass, not force
ig
e
t
w
h
ig
e
w
Convert to Newtons:
y
m

W = 85 kg x 9.8m/s2 = 833 N

Units of N = kg m/s2
Kgf =kilogram force = 9.8 N

Newton3

rd

Law: action-reaction

Whenever one object exerts a force on a


second object, the second object
exerts an equal in magnitude but
opposite in direction force on the first.
action: I push
on the canoe

reaction: the
canoe pushes
me forward

Action Reaction

I push on the bus

v= 0
F

But I accelerate

Newton:
The bus exerted an equal but opposite force on me.

Look again
All forces come in pairs!

-F
F

This force causes me


to accelerate backwards

This force tries to accel.


the bus forward

Air-filled balloon
reaction: air
pushes on balloon

action: balloon
pushes on air

recoil

reaction: equal but


opposite force on the gun F1
Produces a recoil

action: gun exerts


force F2 on bullet
making it accelerate

Rocket propulsion
reaction: rocket
gets pushed
in the opposite
direction

action: rocket engine


pushes exhaust
gasses out the rear

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