- •Preface
- •Contents
- •1 Introduction
- •1.1 Physics
- •1.2 Mechanics
- •1.3 Integrating Numerical Methods
- •1.4 Problems and Exercises
- •1.5 How to Learn Physics
- •1.5.1 Advice for How to Succeed
- •1.6 How to Use This Book
- •2 Getting Started with Programming
- •2.1 A Python Calculator
- •2.2 Scripts and Functions
- •2.3 Plotting Data-Sets
- •2.4 Plotting a Function
- •2.5 Random Numbers
- •2.6 Conditions
- •2.7 Reading Real Data
- •2.7.1 Example: Plot of Function and Derivative
- •3 Units and Measurement
- •3.1 Standardized Units
- •3.2 Changing Units
- •3.4 Numerical Representation
- •4 Motion in One Dimension
- •4.1 Description of Motion
- •4.1.1 Example: Motion of a Falling Tennis Ball
- •4.2 Calculation of Motion
- •4.2.1 Example: Modeling the Motion of a Falling Tennis Ball
- •5 Forces in One Dimension
- •5.1 What Is a Force?
- •5.2 Identifying Forces
- •5.3.1 Example: Acceleration and Forces on a Lunar Lander
- •5.4 Force Models
- •5.5 Force Model: Gravitational Force
- •5.6 Force Model: Viscous Force
- •5.6.1 Example: Falling Raindrops
- •5.7 Force Model: Spring Force
- •5.7.1 Example: Motion of a Hanging Block
- •5.9.1 Example: Weight in an Elevator
- •6 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
- •6.1 Vectors
- •6.2 Description of Motion
- •6.2.1 Example: Mars Express
- •6.3 Calculation of Motion
- •6.3.1 Example: Feather in the Wind
- •6.4 Frames of Reference
- •6.4.1 Example: Motion of a Boat on a Flowing River
- •7 Forces in Two and Three Dimensions
- •7.1 Identifying Forces
- •7.3.1 Example: Motion of a Ball with Gravity
- •7.4.1 Example: Path Through a Tornado
- •7.5.1 Example: Motion of a Bouncing Ball with Air Resistance
- •7.6.1 Example: Comet Trajectory
- •8 Constrained Motion
- •8.1 Linear Motion
- •8.2 Curved Motion
- •8.2.1 Example: Acceleration of a Matchbox Car
- •8.2.2 Example: Acceleration of a Rotating Rod
- •8.2.3 Example: Normal Acceleration in Circular Motion
- •9 Forces and Constrained Motion
- •9.1 Linear Constraints
- •9.1.1 Example: A Bead in the Wind
- •9.2.1 Example: Static Friction Forces
- •9.2.2 Example: Dynamic Friction of a Block Sliding up a Hill
- •9.2.3 Example: Oscillations During an Earthquake
- •9.3 Circular Motion
- •9.3.1 Example: A Car Driving Through a Curve
- •9.3.2 Example: Pendulum with Air Resistance
- •10 Work
- •10.1 Integration Methods
- •10.2 Work-Energy Theorem
- •10.3 Work Done by One-Dimensional Force Models
- •10.3.1 Example: Jumping from the Roof
- •10.3.2 Example: Stopping in a Cushion
- •10.4.1 Example: Work of Gravity
- •10.4.2 Example: Roller-Coaster Motion
- •10.4.3 Example: Work on a Block Sliding Down a Plane
- •10.5 Power
- •10.5.1 Example: Power Exerted When Climbing the Stairs
- •10.5.2 Example: Power of Small Bacterium
- •11 Energy
- •11.1 Motivating Examples
- •11.2 Potential Energy in One Dimension
- •11.2.1 Example: Falling Faster
- •11.2.2 Example: Roller-Coaster Motion
- •11.2.3 Example: Pendulum
- •11.2.4 Example: Spring Cannon
- •11.3 Energy Diagrams
- •11.3.1 Example: Energy Diagram for the Vertical Bow-Shot
- •11.3.2 Example: Atomic Motion Along a Surface
- •11.4 The Energy Principle
- •11.4.1 Example: Lift and Release
- •11.4.2 Example: Sliding Block
- •11.5 Potential Energy in Three Dimensions
- •11.5.1 Example: Constant Gravity in Three Dimensions
- •11.5.2 Example: Gravity in Three Dimensions
- •11.5.3 Example: Non-conservative Force Field
- •11.6 Energy Conservation as a Test of Numerical Solutions
- •12 Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
- •12.2 Translational Momentum
- •12.3 Impulse and Change in Momentum
- •12.3.1 Example: Ball Colliding with Wall
- •12.3.2 Example: Hitting a Tennis Ball
- •12.4 Isolated Systems and Conservation of Momentum
- •12.5 Collisions
- •12.5.1 Example: Ballistic Pendulum
- •12.5.2 Example: Super-Ball
- •12.6 Modeling and Visualization of Collisions
- •12.7 Rocket Equation
- •12.7.1 Example: Adding Mass to a Railway Car
- •12.7.2 Example: Rocket with Diminishing Mass
- •13 Multiparticle Systems
- •13.1 Motion of a Multiparticle System
- •13.2 The Center of Mass
- •13.2.1 Example: Points on a Line
- •13.2.2 Example: Center of Mass of Object with Hole
- •13.2.3 Example: Center of Mass by Integration
- •13.2.4 Example: Center of Mass from Image Analysis
- •13.3.1 Example: Ballistic Motion with an Explosion
- •13.4 Motion in the Center of Mass System
- •13.5 Energy Partitioning
- •13.5.1 Example: Bouncing Dumbbell
- •13.6 Energy Principle for Multi-particle Systems
- •14 Rotational Motion
- •14.2 Angular Velocity
- •14.3 Angular Acceleration
- •14.3.1 Example: Oscillating Antenna
- •14.4 Comparing Linear and Rotational Motion
- •14.5 Solving for the Rotational Motion
- •14.5.1 Example: Revolutions of an Accelerating Disc
- •14.5.2 Example: Angular Velocities of Two Objects in Contact
- •14.6 Rotational Motion in Three Dimensions
- •14.6.1 Example: Velocity and Acceleration of a Conical Pendulum
- •15 Rotation of Rigid Bodies
- •15.1 Rigid Bodies
- •15.2 Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Rigid Body
- •15.3 Calculating the Moment of Inertia
- •15.3.1 Example: Moment of Inertia of Two-Particle System
- •15.3.2 Example: Moment of Inertia of a Plate
- •15.4 Conservation of Energy for Rigid Bodies
- •15.4.1 Example: Rotating Rod
- •15.5 Relating Rotational and Translational Motion
- •15.5.1 Example: Weight and Spinning Wheel
- •15.5.2 Example: Rolling Down a Hill
- •16 Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
- •16.2.1 Example: Torque and Vector Decomposition
- •16.2.2 Example: Pulling at a Wheel
- •16.2.3 Example: Blowing at a Pendulum
- •16.3 Rotational Motion Around a Moving Center of Mass
- •16.3.1 Example: Kicking a Ball
- •16.3.2 Example: Rolling down an Inclined Plane
- •16.3.3 Example: Bouncing Rod
- •16.4 Collisions and Conservation Laws
- •16.4.1 Example: Block on a Frictionless Table
- •16.4.2 Example: Changing Your Angular Velocity
- •16.4.3 Example: Conservation of Rotational Momentum
- •16.4.4 Example: Ballistic Pendulum
- •16.4.5 Example: Rotating Rod
- •16.5 General Rotational Motion
- •Index
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12.5.1 Example: Ballistic Pendulum
Problem: A 10 g bullet is fired into a 1 kg wooden block hanging in a 1 m long rope. The block reaches a height 30 cm above its initial level. (a) What was the velocity of the bullet? (b) What was the loss of energy in the system?
Identify: In this problem we address the motion of two objects: The bullet (object A) and the block (object B). The block is hanging from a massless rope. This means that the block behaves as a pendulum after the collision between the bullet and the pendulum. After the collision, the block swings to a height h above its initial position. The process is illustrated in Fig. 12.14.
Model: In this problem, we do not know the detailed interactions between the bullet and the block. Therefore, we use conservation laws to address the collision between the bullet and the block. The bullet becomes stuck in the block—this means that the bullet and the block has the same velocity after the collision—the collision is perfectly inelastic. Before the collision the bullet has a horizontal velocity, v A,0 = v0 i, and the block is at rest, vB,0 = 0. After the collision, both objects have the velocity v A,1 = vB,1 = v1 i.
Solution to part a: There are no external forces acting on the system in the x - direction during the collision. (There may be forces acting on the system in the y-direction—depending on the motion of the system and the effect of the rope. We
Fig. 12.14 Illustration of the motion of a ballistic pendulum. First, there is a collision between the bullet and the block, and afterward the bullet and the block swings as a pendulum to a height h above their initial position
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Notice that in this case the process consists of two separate subprocesses. In the first subprocess, the collision, the mechanical energy is not conserved, but in the second subprocess, the swinging pendulum, the mechanical energy is conserved.
We use energy considerations to determine how high the pendulum swings. The mechanical energy at the beginning of this motion, immediately after the collision, is the same as the mechanical energy when the pendulum has reached its maximum height. At its maximum height the kinetic energy of the pendulum is zero. Conservation of mechanical energy therefore gives:
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12.5.2 Example: Super-Ball
Problem: In super-ball we take two balls, one small and one large, and release them together from a height h0 above the ground, as illustrated in Fig. 12.15. What is the maximum height h1 reached by the top ball after the collision? Assume that all collisions are conservative.
Identify: In this problem we address the motion of two objects: The bottom ball, A, and the top ball, B. The whole process may be subdivided into three separate parts. In the first part both objects are falling until they hit the ground. In the second part they are colliding with the ground and each other, and in the third part, they are both moving upward. The various subprocesses are illustrated in Fig. 12.15.
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In the first part, the balls fall from a height h0. We use energy conservation to find the velocity:
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This last equation can also be written as:
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•For m A m B we find vB,1 = 3v0
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So far we have only studied one dimensional collisions—collisions where all the objects move along a line so that all velocities also are directed along the line. Such collisions are called central collisions:
In a central collision the momentum of both objects is directed along the line
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We study this collision in a reference system where object B is initially at rest, vB,0 = 0. Since there are no external forces acting on the system during the collision, the total momentum is conserved:
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