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Classical Mechanics
Lecture 4
Today's Concepts: Newton’s Laws
a) Acceleration is caused by forces
b) Force changes momentum
c) Forces always come in pairs
d) Good reference frames
Mechanics Lecture 4, Slide 1
First Midterm Exam on Friday
Covers Units 1-3 plus “Math”
One-dimensional Kinematics
Two-Dimensional Kinematics
Relative and Circular Motion
Unit conversion
Trigonometry and Algebra
50 minute duration
Multiple choice
Review on Wednesday
Unit 4 will resume on Monday
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Sir Isaac Newton and his 3 Laws
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Main Points
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Main Points
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Main Points
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Lecture Thoughts
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Let’s start with Newton’s 2nd Law
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Newton’s 2nd Law
Acceleration is caused by force.
A bigger mass makes this harder
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Force is a Vector Quantity
Force is a vector. Acceleration vector
is parallel to (same direction) as (Net)
force vector.
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Newton’s 2nd Law
Acceleration is caused by force.
A bigger mass makes this harder
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Pre-lecture Question 1
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Pre-lecture Question 1
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Unit of Force
Kinematics units
Dynamics unit
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Momentum
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Spaceship example
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Newton’s First law
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Inertial Reference Frame
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Newton’s 3rd Law
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Newton’s 3rd Law
The motion of an
object is affected
by only the
forces acting
upon it.
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Prelecture Question 2
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Prelecture Question 2
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Checkpoint 1
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B.
C.
D.
The net force on a box is in the positive x direction.
Which of the following statements best describes the
motion of the box :
A) Its velocity is parallel to the x axis
B) Its acceleration parallel to the x axis
C) Both its velocity and its acceleration are parallel to the x axis
D) Neither its velocity or its acceleration need be parallel to the x
axis
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CheckPoint
The net force on a box is in the positive x direction. Which of the following
statements best describes the motion of the box :
A) Its velocity is parallel to the x axis
B) Its acceleration parallel to the x axis
C) Both its velocity and its acceleration are parallel to the x axis
D) Neither its velocity or its acceleration need be parallel to the x axis
B) Net force causes acceleration, but it does not
necessarily say anything about the direction of the
velocity.
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Force on Two Masses
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B.
C.
A force F is applied to a small block, that pushes a larger
block. The two blocks accelerate to the right. Compare the
NET FORCE on the block with mass M, to the net force on
the block with mass 5M.
A) FM < F5M
B) FM = F5M
C) FM > F5M
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F
M
5M
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Force on Two Masses
A force F is applied to a small block, that pushes a larger
block. The two blocks accelerate to the right. Compare the
NET FORCE on the block with mass M, to the net force on
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the block with mass 5M.
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 F  ma
A) FM < F5M
B) FM = F5M
C) FM > F5M
Net Force
Same acceleration, so larger
mass has larger net force.
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F
M
5M
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Checkpoint
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B.
C.
D.
You are driving a car with constant speed around a horizontal circular track. The
net force acting on your car
A) Points radially inward toward the center of the circular track
B) Points radially outward, away from the center of the circular track
C) Points forward in the same direction your car is moving
D) Points backward, opposite to the direction your car is moving
E) Is zero.
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CheckPoint
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Aside: Centripetal acceleration and force
1) Objects moving in a circle always have a component
of acceleration, called centripetal, which is toward the
center of the circle.*
2) Centripetal acceleration must be caused by a force:
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Friction, gravity – whatever force keeps it moving in a circle.
This force is often called the “centripetal force”
3) There is no “new” kind of force here.
4) There is no such thing as centrifugal force.
* They can have also have tangential acceleration if their speed is not constant
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Momentum & Force
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Checkpoint Momementum
You are driving a car with constant speed around a horizontal circular track. The momentum of your
car
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Momentum & Centripetal Acceleration
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Momentum & Centripetal Acceleration
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p  mv
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F  ma
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Newton’s 1st Law
Ice-puck
Fake Forces: Coriolis (YouTube)
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This effect can
make cannons
miss their target
if you don’t take
it into account.
Hurricane Earl
And makes hurricanes
rotate CCW (CW) in the
Northern (Southern)
hemisphere.
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Physics
211 Lecture
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Newton’s 3rd Law
Forces come in pairs!
Fire-cart
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Clicker Question
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B.
C.
A small guy and a large football player moving at the same
speed collide head-on. Which person experiences the
larger force during the collision?
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33%
33%
A) The small guy.
B) The football player.
C) They experience the same force.
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Main Points
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Main Points
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Main Points
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