Chapter 6: Q8 (page 276)
Show the validity of the relation when , by making these substitutions:
Short Answer
The given equation is verified.
Chapter 6: Q8 (page 276)
Show the validity of the relation when , by making these substitutions:
The given equation is verified.
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(a) How fast do you have to throw the rock so that it never comes back to the asteroid and ends up traveling at a speed of 3 m/swhen it is very far away?
(b) Sketch graphs of the kinetic energy of the rock, the gravitational potential energy of the rock plus asteroid, and their sum, as a function of separation (distance from centre of asteroid to rock).
Label the graphs clearly. The asteroid, and their sum, as a function of separation (distance from centre of asteroid to rock).
Label the graphs clearly.
Suppose that you throw a ball at an angle to the horizontal, and just after it leaves your hand at a height its velocity is. Assuming that we can neglect air resistance, at the top of its trajectory, when it is momentarily traveling horizontally, its velocity is. What is the heightat the top of the trajectory, in terms of the other known quantities? Use the Energy Principle.
You throw a ball of mass straight up. You observe that it takesto go up and down, returning to your hand. Assuming we can neglect air resistance, the time it takes to go up the top is half the total time, s . Note that at the top the momentum is momentarily zero, as it changes from heading upward to heading downward. (a) Use the momentum principle to determine the speed that the ball had just after it left your hand. (b) Use the Energy Principle to determine the maximum height above your hand reached by the ball.
A pendulum (see Figure ) consists of a very light but stiff rod of length hanging from a nearly frictionless axle, with a mass at the end of the rod.
(a) Calculate the gravitational potential energy as a function of the angle , measured from the vertical.
(b) Sketch the potential energy as a function of the angle , for angles from to .
(c) Let the arc length away from the bottom of the arc. Calculate the tangential component of the force on the mass by taking the (negative) gradient of the energy with respect to . Does your result make sense?
(d) Suppose that you hit the stationary hanging mass so it has an initial speed .
What is the minimum initial speed needed for the pendulum to go over the top ? On your sketch of the potential energy (part b), draw and label energy levels for the case in which the initial speed is less than, equal to, or greater than this critical initial speed.
If a system contains four particles, how many potential energy pairs U12, etc., are there? List them.
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