Chapter 9: Q1P (page 484)
Verify equations 4.2.
Short Answer
The equations andare verified.
Chapter 9: Q1P (page 484)
Verify equations 4.2.
The equations andare verified.
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Get started for freeWrite and solve the Euler equations to make the following integrals stationary. Change the independent variable, if needed, to make the Euler equation simpler.
For small vibrations, find the characteristic frequencies and the characteristic modes of vibration of the coupled pendulums shown. All motion takes place in a single vertical plane. Assume the spring is unstretched when both pendulums hang vertically and take the spring constant asto simplify the algebra. Hints: Write the kinetic and potential energies in terms of the rectangular coordinates of the masses relative to their positions hanging at rest. Don’t forget the gravitational potential energies. Then write the rectangular coordinates and in terms of and , and for small vibrations approximate , and similar equations for .
Use Fermat’s principle to find the path followed by a light ray if the index of refraction is proportional to the given function
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Show that the actual path is not necessarily one of minimum time. Hint: In the diagram, A is a source of light; CD is a cross section of a reflecting surface, and B is a point to which a light ray is to be reflected. APB is to be the actual path and AP'B, AP"B represent varied paths. Then show that the varied paths:
(a) Are the same length as the actual path if CD is an ellipse with A and B as foci.
(b) Are longer than the actual path if CD is a line tangent at P to the ellipse in (a).
(c) Are shorter than the actual path if CD is an arc of a curve tangent to the ellipse at P and lying inside it. Note that in this case the time is a maximum!
(d) Are longer on one side and shorter on the other if CD crosses the ellipse at P but is tangent to it (that is, CD has a point of inflection at P).
Set up Lagrange’s equations in cylindrical coordinates for a particle of mass in a potential field . Hint: ; writein cylindrical coordinates.
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