PHYS111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Centripetal Force, Net Force, Acceleration

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3 Apr 2014

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University of Waterloo

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Physics

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PHYS111

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Joseph Sanderson

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Tension is a force transmitted by a rope or cord. * when there are two masses within a system, it is best to break it up into two. *note examples that having a pushing and/or pulling force. * note positive direction of acceleration and coordinates. If the surface on which an object sits is acceleration, then the force of static friction can accelerate the object. Centripetal acceleration is towards the center of a circle, at right angles to the velocity. If the net force makes an object move in a circle then it is a centripetal force and we can write: T= period= circumference/speed f= frequency =1/t units of revs/s or revs/min a= vf - vi/tf - ti rac= v2 / r. F=ma -> since rac= v2 / r, then fr= m(v2 / r) = m(v2/r) v for 1rev/sec= 2 r/1 (m/s) v for nrev/sec = n2 r: period of rotation = = 1/n (s)

Related Questions

1.

While helping a friend move, you push a 11.5 kg dolly with a forceof 11.0 N. Assume there are no other forces acting on the dolly. Ifthe dolly starts at rest, how far does it move in 3.50 s?
1 m

2.

At a lumberjack competition an axe with a mass of 1.25 kg is thrownat a target with a speed of 41 m/s. When it hits the target, itpenetrates to a depth of 0.055 m.
(a) What was the average force exerted by the target on theaxe?
1 N

(b) If the mass of the axe is halved, and the force exerted by thetarget on the axe remains the same, by what multiplicative factordoes the penetration depth change?
2
It doubles. It increases by a factor of the square root of two. Itdoes not change. It decreases by a factor of the square root oftwo. It halves.
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3

Your 1500 kg car pulls a 540 kg trailer away from a stop sign withan acceleration of 2.00 m/s2. (Note the answers should be given inkN.)
(a) What is the net force exerted by the car on the trailer?
1 kN

(b) What force does the trailer exert on the car?
2 kN

(c) What is the net force acting on the car?
3 kN

4.

Two boxes sit next to, and touching, each other on a frictionlesshorizontal surface. The lighter box has a mass of 5.31 kg and theheavier box has a mass of 7.29 kg.
(a) Find the contact force between these boxes when a horizontalforce of 6.1 N is applied to the light one.
1 N

(b) If the 6.1 N force is applied to the heavy box instead, is thecontact force between the boxes the same as, greater than, or lessthan the contact force in part (a)?
2

(c) Verify your answer to part (b) by calculating the contact forcein this case.
3 N

5.

A child sits in a wagon and together they have a mass of 25 kg. Thewagon is pulled with a constant speed by a handle that is at anangle of 22Â° above the horizontal. If the normal force exerted onthe wagon is 210 N, what is the force F applied to thehandle?
1 N

6.

An object acted on by three forces moves with constant velocity.One force acting on the object is in the positive x direction andhas a magnitude of 6.7 N; a second force has a magnitude of 4.5 Nand points in the negative y direction. Find the direction andmagnitude of the third force acting on the object.
1 N
2Â° (counterclockwise from the +x axis)

7.

A chain is used to lift a 1200 kg car vertically upward with anacceleration of 0.90 m/s2. What is the tension in the chain?
1 N

8.

A 22.5 kg box (m1) rests on a table.

(a) What is the weight of the box?
1 N
What is the normal force acting on it?
2 N (upward)
(b) A 12.5 kg box (m2) is placed directly on top of the 22.5 kgbox.
Determine the normal force that the table exerts on the 22.5 kgbox.
3 N (upward)
Determine the normal force that the 22.5 kg box exerts on the 12.5kg box.
4 N (upward)

9.

Your friend has a weight of 127 lb when standing on a scale. Youtake the scale to an elevator where you notice your friend's weighton the scale reads 108 lb. What are the direction and magnitude ofthe elevator's acceleration?
Direction 1
Magnitude 2 m/s2

10.

When you lift a package with a force of 82 N, the packageaccelerates upward at a rate of a. If, instead, you lift with aforce of 93 N, the package now has an acceleration of 8 multipliedby a.
(a) Find the weight of the package.
1 N

(b) Find the acceleration a.
2 m/s2

11.

One 3.1 kg paint bucket is hanging by a massless cord from another3.1 kg paint bucket, also hanging by a massless cord, as shownbelow.

(a) If the buckets are at rest, what is the tension in eachcord?
(lower cord) 1 N
(upper cord) 2 N

(b) If the two buckets are pulled upward with an acceleration of1.30 m/s2 by the upper cord, calculate the tension in eachcord.
(lower cord) 3 N
(upper cord)5

12)
Your friend has a pair of fuzzy dice with a mass of 1.32 g hangingfrom his rear-view mirror.
(a) When he accelerates from a stoplight, the dice deflect backwardtoward the rear of the car hanging at an angle of 6.18Â° relative tothe vertical. Find the tension in the string holding thedice.
N

(b) At what angle to the vertical will the tension in the string betwice the weight of the dice?
Â°

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