Physics
Unit 2
This Slideshow was developed to accompany the textbook
OpenStax Physics
Available for free at https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics
By OpenStax College and Rice University
2013 edition
Some examples and diagrams are taken from the textbook.
Slides created by
Richard Wright, Andrews Academy rwright@andrews.edu
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
Kinematics
How things move
Dynamics
Why things move
Force
A push or a pull
Is a vector
Unit: Newton (N)
Measured by a spring scale
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
A body at rest remains at rest, or, if in motion, remains in motion at a constant velocity unless acted on by a net external force.
Inertia
Property of objects to remain in constant motion or rest.
Mass is a measure of inertia
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4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
Acceleration of a system is directly proportional to and in the same direction as the net force acting on the system, and inversely proportional to its mass.
𝑭 𝑛𝑒𝑡
= 𝑚𝒂
Net force is the vector sum of all the forces.
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4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
Free-body diagram
Draw only forces acting on the object
Represent the forces are vector arrows
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
Weight
Measure of force of gravity
𝐹 = 𝑚𝑎
𝑤 = 𝑚𝑔
Unit: N
Depends on local gravity
Mass
Not a force
Measure of inertia or amount of matter
Unit: kg
Constant
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
A 1000 kg sailboat’s engine pushes forward with 5000 N thrust.
The wind blows the boat at an angle of 30 ° starboard with a force of W. Another boat is pulling it at 30 ° port with force of F. There is a resistance force of 2000 N. There is an acceleration of 5.0 m/s 2 forward. What are W and F?
W = F = 1160 N
R
W
F
T
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
Whenever one body exerts a force on a second body, the first body experiences a force that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force that it exerts.
Every force has an equal and opposite reaction force.
You push down on your chair, so the chair pushed back up on you.
4.1-4.4 Newton’s Laws of Motion
A 70-kg diver jumps off a boat on a smooth lake. He applies 75 N horizontally against the 500-kg boat. What are the accelerations of the diver and the boat?
a d
= 1.07 m/s 2
a b
= -0.15 m/s 2
Day 14 Homework
Force yourself to do these problems
4P1-4a, 6, 8-9, 13, 15-16
Read 4.5-4.6
4CQ21-22
Answers
1) 265 N
2) 9.26 s
3) 13.3 m/s 2
4a) 56.0 kg
6) 4.12×10 5 N
8) 253 m/s 2
9) 0.130 m/s 2 , 0 m/s 2
13) 1.5×10 3 N, 150 kg
15) 2.64×10 7 N
16) 692 N, 932 N
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
When two objects touch there is often a force
Normal Force
Perpendicular component of the contact force between two objects
F
N
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
Weight pushes down
So the table pushes up
Called Normal force
Newton’s 3 rd Law
Normal force doesn’t always = weight
Draw a freebody diagram to find equation
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
A box is sitting on a ramp angled at 20°. If the box weighs 50 N, what is the normal force on the box?
F
N
20°
47 N
20° w
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
Tension
Pulling force from rope, chain, etc.
Everywhere the rope connects to something, there is an identical tension
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
Problems-Solving Strategy
1.
Identify the principles involved and draw a picture
2.
List your knows and Draw a free-body diagram
3.
Apply 𝐹 𝑛𝑒𝑡
= 𝑚𝑎
4.
Check your answer for reasonableness
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies
A lady is weighing some bananas in a grocery store when the floor collapses. If the bananas mass is 2 kg and the floor is accelerating at -2.25 m/s 2 , what is the apparent weight (normal force) of the bananas?
F
N
= 15.1 N
4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Forces
4.6 Problem-Solving Strategies y
A stoplight is suspended by two cables over a street. Weight of the light is 110 N and the cables make a 116 ° angle with each other.
Find the tension in each cable.
T
1
116
° x
T
2
104 N W
Day 15 Homework
The tension is mounting… I can’t wait to see what’s next!
4P18-20, 23-27a, 28, 34-35
Read 4.7-4.8
4CQ23, 25-27
Answers
18) 779 N
19) 7.84×10 -4 N, 1.89×10 -3 N, 2.41 time tension in vert strand
20) 588 N, 678 N
23) 6.20 m/s 2
24) 1.03×10 3 kg
25) 3.43×10 3 N
26) 3.14×10 3 N
27a) 4.41×10 5 N
28) 9.89×10 4 kg, 1.70×10 4 N
34) 1.42×10 3 N, 539 N
35) 73 N
4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.8 The Four Basic Forces
More fun problems!
The helicopter in the drawing is moving horizontally to the right at a constant velocity. The weight of the helicopter is 53,800 N. The lift force
L generated by the rotating blade makes an angle of 21.0° with respect to the vertical. What is the magnitude of the lift force?
57600 N
4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.8 The Four Basic Forces
A 1380-kg car is moving due east with an initial speed of 27.0 m/s. After 8.00 s the car has slowed down to 17.0 m/s. Find the magnitude and direction of the net force that produces the deceleration.
4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.8 The Four Basic Forces
A mountain climber, in the process of crossing between two cliffs by a rope, pauses to rest. She weighs 535 N. Find the tensions in the rope to the left and to the right of the mountain climber.
4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.8 The Four Basic Forces
Four Basic Forces
All forces are made up of only 4 forces
Gravitational - gravity
Electromagnetic – static electricity, magnetism
Weak Nuclear - radioactivity
Strong Nuclear – keeps nucleus of atoms together
4.7 Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.8 The Four Basic Forces
All occur because particles with that force property play catch with a different particle
Electromagnetic uses photons
Scientists are trying to combine all forces together in Grand Unified Theory
Have combined electric, magnetic, weak nuclear
Gravity is the weakest
We feel it because the electromagnetic cancels out over large areas
Nuclear forces are strong but only over short distance
Day 16 Homework
Electromagnetic forces are responsible for doing homework.
4P40-44, 46, 52-54
Read 5.1
5CQ1, 3
Answers
40) 10.23 m/s 2 @ 85.33° above horizontal
41) 376 N
42) 736 N, 194 N
43) -68.5 N
44) 7.43 m/s, 2.97 m
46) 4.20 m/s, 29.4 m/s 2 , 4.31×10 3 N
52) 10 -13 , 10 -11
53) 10 -38 , 10 -25 , 10 -36 , gravity has small nuclear influence
54) 10 2
5.1 Friction
Normal force – perpendicular to surface
Friction force – parallel to surface, and opposes motion
Comes from rough surface
Not well understood
5.1 Friction
Static Friction
Keeps things from moving.
Cancels out applied force until the applied force gets too big.
Depends on force pushing down and roughness of surface
5.1 Friction
Static Friction
Depends on force pushing down and roughness of surface
𝑆
𝑆
𝑁
More pushing down (F
N
), more friction
𝜇
𝑆 is coefficient of static friction (0.01 to 1.5)
5.1 Friction
Kinetic Friction
Once motion happens
𝑓 𝑘
= 𝜇 𝑘
𝐹
𝑁
𝑓 𝑘 is usually less than 𝑓 𝑠
5.1 Friction
A car skids to a stop after initially going 30.0 m/s. k
= 0.800. How far does the car go before stopping?
57.3 m f k
W
F
N
5.1 Friction
A 65-kg skier is coasting downhill on a 15° slope. Assuming the
coefficient of friction is that of waxed wood on snow, what is the skier’s acceleration?
𝐹
𝑁
1.59 𝑚/𝑠 2 downhill 𝑓
15° 𝑤
Day 17 Homework
Don’t let these problems cause friction between us
5P1-5b, 8-11, 17-19
Read 5.2
5CQ6-8
Answers
1) 5.00 N
2) 1.00×10 3 N, 30.0 N
3) 10 N, 97.0 N
4) 588 N, 1.96 m/s 2
5a) 4.90 m/s 2 , 5b) will not slip
8) work
9) work
10) 1.83 m/s 2
11) 0.737 m/s 2 , 5.71°
17) 272 N, 512 N, 0.268
18) 51.0 N, 0.720 m/s 2
19) 46.5 N, 0.655 m/s 2
5.2 Drag Forces
Drag
Resistive force from moving through a fluid
Size depends on area, speed, and properties of the fluid
For large objects
𝐹
𝐷
=
1
2
𝐶𝜌𝐴𝑣
2
𝐶 = drag coefficient
𝜌 = density of fluid
𝐴 = area of object
𝑣 = speed of object relative to the fluid
5.2 Drag Forces
The drag coefficient of a car is measured in a wind tunnel. If the wind is blowing at 25 𝑚/𝑠 , the area is 24 𝑚 2 , the density of air is
1.21 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 3 , and the drag force is measured at 3630 𝑁 . What is the drag coefficient of the car?
5.2 Drag Forces
Terminal Velocity
Falling objects will accelerate until the downward force of gravity
= drag force
𝑚𝑔 =
1
2
𝐶𝜌𝐴𝑣 2
𝑣 =
2𝑚𝑔 𝜌𝐶𝐴
5.2 Drag Forces
Find the terminal velocity of a falling mouse in air ( 𝐴 = 0.004 𝑚 2 , 𝑚 = 0.02 𝑘𝑔, 𝐶 = 0.5
) and a falling human falling flat ( 𝐴 = 0.7 𝑚 2 , 𝑚 = 85 𝑘𝑔, 𝐶 = 1.0
). The density of air is 1.21 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 3 .
Mouse: 12.7 m/s
Human: 44.4 m/s
5.2 Drag Forces
Terminal Velocity of very small objects
(like pollen)
Stoke’s Law
𝐹
𝑆
= 6𝜋𝑟𝜂𝑣
𝑟 = radius of object
𝜂 = viscosity of fluid (kg/m·s) Table 12.1
𝑣 = velocity of object
What is terminal velocity for a Ragweed pollen grain? 𝑑 = 17 𝜇𝑚 , density of pollen is 1320 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 3 , and viscosity of air is
1.81 × 10 −5 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 ⋅ 𝑠 .
Day 18 Homework
Even though homework can be a drag, it’s good for you
5P20-23, 25-28
Read 5.3
5CQ9, 11, 14-16
Answers
20) 115 m/s, 414 km/h
21) Assume A=0.14 m 2 49.2 s
22) 25.1 m/s, 9.9 m/s
23) 44.8 N, 91.5 N; 357 N, 729 N
25) 313 m/s, 9.8 m/s
26) work
27) 𝜂 for water 1.005 × 10 −3 𝑘𝑔
2.38×10 -6 m/s 𝑚⋅𝑠
,
28) 0.76 kg/m·s
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
Forces that deform
Change shape
For small deformations
Object returns to original shape
Deformation proportional to force
Hooke’s Law
𝐹 = 𝑘Δ𝐿
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
Hooke’s Law
The amount of stretching ( 𝑘 ) depends on several things
Tension and Compression
𝑘 depends
applied force
cross-sectional area
property called elastic modulus or Young’s modulus
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
For Tension and Compression Hooke’s Law becomes
Where
Δ𝐿 is change in length
𝐹 is applied force
𝑌 is Young’s modulus (see Table 5.3)
𝐴 is cross-sectional area
Δ𝐿 =
𝐹
𝑌𝐴
𝐿
0
𝐿
0 is the original length
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
Rearranging produces
𝐹
𝐴
= 𝑌
Δ𝐿
𝐿
0 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 𝑌 × 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
What is the Young’s Modulus for nylon rope? It’s radius is 0.005 m and a 1 meter length stretches 0.0016 m with 50 kg is hung on it’s end.
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
Sideways Stress: Shear Modulus
Force perpendicular to length of material
Δ𝑥 =
𝐹
𝑆𝐴
𝐿
0
𝑆 is shear modulus
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
Changes in Volume: Bulk Modulus
Deforming material in all directions
Gases very easy
Solids and liquids more difficult
Δ𝑉 =
𝐹
𝐵𝐴
𝑉
0
𝐵 is bulk modulus
Depends on molecular arrangement within material and overcome electromagnetic forces
5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain
If it didn’t break, how much would the end of a 2 m long wooden pole, 3 cm in diameter, bend if a 80 kg person hung from the end of it?
Day 19 Homework
Let these problems stress and strain your mind.
5P30-39, 41-42
Read 6.1-6.2
6CQ1-2
Answers
30) 4.5 × 10 −5 𝑚
31) 1 𝑚𝑚
32) 0.190 𝑚𝑚
33) 9 𝑐𝑚
34) 0.57 𝑚𝑚
35) 8.59 𝑚𝑚
36) 706 𝑁
37) 1.49 × 10
−7 𝑚
38) 3.34 × 10
−6 𝑚
39) 3.99 × 10
−7 𝑚 , 9.67 × 10
−8 𝑚
41) 4 × 10
2
𝑁/𝑐𝑚
2
42) 2.0 × 10
4
𝑁/𝑐𝑚
2
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Newton’s Laws of motion primarily relate to straight-line motion.
Uniform Circular Motion
Motion in circle with constant speed
Rotation Angle ( Δ𝜃 )
Angle through which an object rotates
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Arc Length is the distance around part of circle
Δ𝜃 =
Δ𝒔 𝒓
Angle Units:
Revolutions: 1 circle = 1 rev
Degrees: 1 circle = 360°
Radians: 1 circle = 2𝜋
Arc Length formula must use radians and angle unit
2𝜋 = 360° = 1 𝑟𝑒𝑣
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Convert 60° to radians Angular Velocity
How fast an object rotates
Angular Velocity ( 𝜔 ) 𝜔 =
Δ𝜃
Δ𝑡
A CD rotates 320 times in 2.4 s. What is its angular velocity in rad/s? What is the linear velocity of a point 5 cm from the center?
Unit: rad/s
CCW +, CW –
Δ𝑠 𝑣 =
Δ𝑡
Δ𝑠
Δ𝜃 = 𝑣 =
→ Δs = rΔθ 𝑟 𝑟Δ𝜃
Δ𝑡
= 𝑟𝜔
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Uniform Circular Motion
Speed is constant
Velocity is not constant
Velocity is always changing
This acceleration is “centripetal” acceleration
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Object moves in circular path
At time t the circle
0 it is at point O with a velocity tangent to
At time t, it is at point P with a velocity tangent to the circle
The radius has moved through angle
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Draw the two velocity vectors so that they have the same tails.
The vector connecting the heads is v
Draw the triangle made by the change in position and you get the triangle in (b)
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Since the triangles have the same angle are isosceles, they are similar.
𝑎
𝐶
Δ𝑣 𝑣Δ𝑡
= 𝑣 𝑟
Δ𝑣
=
Δ𝑡 𝑣 2
= 𝑟 𝑣 𝑟
2
= 𝑟𝜔 2
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
At any given moment
v is pointing tangent to the circle
a c is pointing towards the center of the circle
If the object suddenly broke from circular motion would travel in line tangent to circle
6.1 Rotation Angle and Angular Velocity
6.2 Centripetal Acceleration
Two identical cars are going around two corners at 30 m/s. Each car can handle up to 1 g. The radius of the first curve is 50m and the radius of the second is 100 m. Do either of the cars make the curve? (hint find the a c
)
50 m
100 m
Day 20 Homework
Rotating too fast can make you sick, but these problems won’t.
6P2-6, 10-11, 13, 16, 18-19
Read 6.3, 6.4
6CQ4-6, 9, 11, 14,
Answers
2) 0.1 rps, 0.63 rad/s
3) 5 × 10 7 rotations
4) 86400 s, 7.3 × 10
−5 rad/s, 470 m/s
5) 117 rad/s
6) 39.0 m/s
10) 12.9 rev/min
11) 2.5 m/s 2
13) 126 rad/s, 145 m/s, 1.82 × 10
4
10 3 g m/s
2 , 1.85 ×
16) 31.4 rad/s, 118 m/s 2 , 384 m/s 2 , comments
18) 0.524 km/s, 29.7 km/s
19) 0.313 rad/s
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
Newton’s 2 nd Law
Whenever there is acceleration there is a force to cause it
F = ma
F c
= ma c
𝐶
2
2
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
Centripetal Force is not a new, separate force created by nature!
Some other force creates centripetal force
Swinging something from a string tension
Satellite in orbit gravity
Car going around curve friction
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
A 1.25-kg toy airplane is attached to a string and swung in a circle with radius = 0.50 m. What was the centripetal force for a speed of 20 m/s? What provides the F c
?
F c
= 1000 N
Tension in the string
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
What affects F c more: a change in mass, a change in radius, or a change in speed?
A change in speed since it is squared and the others aren’t.
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
When a car travels around an unbanked curve, static friction provides the centripetal force.
By banking a curve, this reliance on friction can be eliminated for a given speed.
Derivation of Banked Curves
A car travels around a friction free banked curve
Normal Force is perpendicular to road
x component (towards center of circle) gives centripetal force
𝐹
𝑁 sin 𝜃 = 𝑚𝑣 2 𝑟
y component (up) cancels the weight of the car
𝐹
𝑁 cos 𝜃 = 𝑚𝑔
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
Divide the x by the y
𝐹
𝑁
𝐹
𝑁 𝑚𝑣 2 sin 𝜃 = 𝑟 cos 𝜃 = 𝑚𝑔
Gives 𝑣 2 tan 𝜃 = 𝑟𝑔
Notice mass is not involved
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
In the Daytona International Speedway, the corner is banked at 31 and r = 316 m. What is the speed that this corner was designed for?
v = 43 m/s = 96 mph
Cars go 195 mph around the curve. How?
Friction provides the rest of the centripetal force
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
Inertial reference frame – nonaccelerating
Non-inertial reference frames produce seemingly magic forces
Stomp on the brakes, everything flies forward
Car was reference frame, it was accelerating
Fictitious force pushed stuff forward
Really just Newton’s first law
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
Remember the good old days when cars were big, the seats were vinyl bench seats, and there were no seat belts? Well when a guy would take a girl out on a date and he wanted to get cozy, he would put his arm on the back of the seat then make a right hand turn. The car and the guy would turn since the tires and steering wheel provided the centripetal force. The friction between the seat and the girl was not enough, so the girl would continue in a straight path while the car turned underneath her.
She would end up in the guy’s arms.
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
According to Newton’s first law, objects will travel in straight line
If the reference frame is rotating, it will appear to move in an arc
Show Coriolis video
If rotation is counterclockwise, the path will bend to the right
If rotation is cw, the path will bend left
6.3 Centripetal Force
6.4 Fictitious Forces: The Coriolis Effect
The earth rotates
When viewed from north pole, it rotates counterclockwise
Storms, ocean current, etc in northern hemisphere turn to right
Day 21 Homework
There is a real force to make you do these problems.
6P23-27, 29, 30a
Read 6.5
6CQ19-21
Answers
23) 483 N, 17.4 N, 2.24 times, 0.0807 times
24) 3.9 × 10 3 N
25) 4.14°
26) 18.9 m/s
27) 24.6 m, 36.6 m/s 2 , 3.73 g
29) 2.56 rad/s, 5.71°
30a) 16.2 m/s
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Why does g = 9.80 m/s 2 ?
It’s related to Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
Watch Eureka 6
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Every particle in the universe exerts a force on every other particle 𝑚𝑀
𝐹 𝑔
= 𝐺 𝑟 2
G = 6.673 x 10 -11 N m 2 /kg 2
m and M are the masses of the particles
r = distance between the particles
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
For bodies
Using calculus – apply universal gravitation for bodies
Estimate (quite precisely)
Assume bodies are particles based at their center of mass
For spheres assume they are particles located at the center
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
What is the gravitational attraction between a 75-kg boy (165 lbs) and the 50-kg girl (110 lbs) seated 1 m away in the next desk?
F g
= 2.5 x 10 -7 N
= 2.6 x 10 -8 lbs of force
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Weight is Gravitational Force the earth exerts on an object
Unit: Newton (N)
Remember!!!
Weight is a Force
Watch Eureka 7
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Weight
𝑊 = 𝐺 𝑚𝑀 𝑟 2
𝑊 = 𝑚𝑔
𝑀 𝑔 = 𝐺 𝑟 2
r is usually R
E
So g = 9.80 m/s 2
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
The gravitational pull from the moon and sun causes tides
Water is pulled in the direction of the moon and sun
Gravitational pull from satellites causes the main body to move slightly
Moon causes earth to move
Planets cause sun/star to move
6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Astronauts in the space shuttles and international space station seem to float
They appear weightless
They are really falling
Acceleration is about g towards earth
Watch Mir Collision Video (8 min)
(MIR_Space_Station_collision.mp4)
… they were finally able to close and repressurize the hatch. Several months later a new team of cosmonauts returned and found the hatch impossible to permanently repair. Instead they attached a set of clamps to secure it in place.
It is this set of clamps that Linenger and Tsibliyev are staring at uneasily seven years later. To his relief, the commander opens the hatch Without incident and crawls outside onto an adjoining ladder just after nine o’clock. Linenger begins to follow. Outside the Sun is rising. The Russians have planned the EVA at a sunrise so as to get the longest period of light.
But because of that, Linenger’s first view of space is straight into the blazing Sun. “The first view I got was just blinding rays coming at me,” Linenger told his postflight debriefing session. “Even with my gold visor down, it was just blinding. [I] was basically unable to see for the first three or four minutes going out the hatch.”
The situation only gets worse once his eyes clear. Exiting the airlock, Linenger climbs out onto a horizontal ladder that stretches out along the side of the module into the darkness.
Glancing about, trying in vain to get his bearings, he is suddenly hit by an overwhelming sense that he is falling, as if from a cliff. Clamping his tethers onto the handrail, he fights back a wave of panic and tightens his grip on the ladder. But he still can’t shake the feeling that he is plummeting through space at eighteen thousand miles an hour. His mind races.
You’re okay. You’re okay. You’re not going to fall. The bottom is way far away.
And now a second, even more intense feeling washes over him: He’s not just plunging off a cliff. The entire cliff is crumbling away. “It wasn’t just me falling, but everything was falling, which gave [me] even a more unsettling feeling,” Linenger told his debriefers. “So, it was like you had to overcome forty years or whatever of life experiences that [you] don’t let go when everything falls. It was a very strong, almost overwhelming sensation that you just had to control. And I was able to control it, and I was glad I was able to control it. But I could see where it could have put me over the edge.”
The disorientation is paralyzing. There is no up, no down, no side. There is only threedimensional space. It is an entirely different sensation from spacewalking on the shuttle, where the astronauts are surrounded on three sides by a cargo bay. And it feels nothing—
nothing—like the Star City pool. Linenger is an ant on the side of a falling apple, hurtling through space at eighteen thousand miles an hour, acutely aware what will happen if his
Russian-made tethers break. As he clings to the thin railing, he tries not to think about the handrail on Kvant that came apart during a cosmonaut’s spacewalk in the early days of
Mir. Loose bolts, the Russians said.
Loose bolts.
Day 22 Homework
Just like gravity, these problems are attractive.
6P33-37, 41
Read 6.6
6CQ23
Answers
33) 5.979 × 10 24 kg
34) 3.33 × 10 −5 m/s 2 , 5.93 × 10 −3 m/s 2 , 178
35) 1.62 m/s 2 , 3.75 m/s 2
36) 274 m/s 2 , 28.0 times
37) 3.42 × 10 −5 m/s 2 , 3.34 × 10 −5 m/s 2
41) 1.66 × 10 −10 m/s 2 , 2.17 × 10 5 m/s
6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
After studying motion of planets, Kepler came up with his laws of planetary motion
Newton then proved them all using his Universal Law of Gravitation
Assumptions:
A small mass, m, orbits much larger mass, M, so we can use M as an approximate inertia reference frame
The system is isolated
6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
1.
The orbit of each planet about the Sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
2.
Each planet moves so that an imaginary line drawn from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
3.
The ratio of the squares of the periods of any two planets about the sun is equal to the ratio of the cubes of their average distances from the sun.
𝑇
1
2
𝑇
2
2
= 𝑟 𝑟
1
3
2
3
These laws work for all satellites
For circular orbits
𝑇 2 =
4𝜋
2 𝑟 3
𝐺𝑀
𝑇
2 𝑟 3
=
4𝜋
2
𝐺𝑀
Table 6.2 gives data about the planets and moons
6.6 Satellites and Kepler’s Laws
Use the data of Mars in Table 6.2 to find the mass of sun.
Mars, 𝑟 = 2.279 × 10 8 km, 𝑇 = 1.881
y
Day 23 Homework
Draw an ellipse around your answers to these problems
6P43-47, 48a-b
Answers
43) 4.23 × 10 4 km
44) 1.98 × 10 30 kg
45) 1.89 × 10 27 kg
46) 316
47) 3 × 10 8 y, 2 × 10 13 solar masses
48) 7401 m/s, 1.05 × 10 4 m/s