10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 3 - Forces Part One
FreeBodyDiagrams:Introduction
LearningGoal:
Tolearntodrawfreebodydiagramsforvariousreallifesituations.
Imaginethatyouaregivenadescriptionofareallifesituationandareaskedtoanalyzethemotionoftheobjectsinvolved.
Frequently,thatanalysisinvolvesfindingtheaccelerationoftheobjects,which,inturn,requiresthatyoufindthenetforce.
Tofindthenetforce,[Link]
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freebodydiagramsandwilldemonstratesomeofthepossiblepitfalls.
Hereisthegeneralstrategyfordrawingfreebodydiagrams:
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diagramwillleadtoconfusionandawrongsolution.
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here:omittingsomeforcesanddrawingtheforcesthateitherdon'[Link]
avoidthesetwopitfalls,rememberthateveryforcemustbeappliedtotheobjectofinterestbysomeotherobject.
Oncealloftheforcesaredrawn,[Link]
theobjectofinterestandtheaxesshouldbechosensothatthesubsequentcalculationsofvectorcomponentsof
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oneoftheaxes.
Eventhoughreallifecanpresentuswithawidevarietyofsituations,wewillbemostlydealingwithaverysmallnumberof
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Weight,[Link]
consideringaprobleminvolvingthenonflatearth(e.g.,satellites).
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perpendiculartothesurfaces.
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referstoresistiveforcesotherthanairdragthatarecausedbycontactbetweensurfaces,soyoucanignoreair
draginproblemsunlessyouareexplicitlytoldtoconsideritseffects.
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theobjectofinterestiseitherexplicitlysuggestedorfairlyobvious.
PartA
Ahockeypuckslidesalongahorizontal,[Link]
actonthepuck?
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ANSWER:
acceleration
friction
airdrag
weight
normalforce
forceofvelocity
forceofpush
Correct
Thereisnosuchthingas"theforceofvelocity."Ifthepuckisnotbeingpushed,therearenohorizontalforcesactingon
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described,nosuch"forceofpush"[Link],[Link],theword
"smooth"[Link].
PartB
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ANSWER:
weight
forceoftension
normalforce
airdrag
forceofvelocity
acceleration
friction
Correct
Becausethevelocityisconstant,[Link]
moving,[Link].
PartC
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ANSWER:
weight
kineticfriction
forceofpush
normalforce
staticfriction
Correct
PartD
Drawthefreebodydiagramfortheblockrestingonaslope.
Drawtheforcevectorssuchthattheirtailsalignwiththecenteroftheblock(indicatedbytheblackdot).The
orientationsofyourvectorswillbegradedbutnotthelengths.
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PartE
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actontheblock?
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weight
kineticfriction
staticfriction
forceofpush
normalforce
theforceofvelocity
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Theword"rough"[Link],[Link],thereis
nosuchthingas"theforceofvelocity."However,itseemsatemptingchoicetosomestudentssincetheblockisgoing
up.
PartF
Drawthefreebodydiagramfortheblockslidinguparoughslopeafterhavingbeengivenaquickpush.
Drawtheforcevectorssuchthattheirtailsalignwiththecenteroftheblock(indicatedbytheblackdot).The
orientationsofyourvectorswillbegradedbutnotthelengths.
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PartG
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followingforcesareactingontheblock?
Checkallthatapply.
ANSWER:
weight
kineticfriction
staticfriction
forceofpush
normalforce
AnswerRequested
Yourfreebodydiagramshouldlookliketheoneshownhere.
Theforceofpushisthenormalforceexerted,possibly,bythepalmofthehandofthepersonpushingtheblock.
Inalltheprevioussituationsjustdescribed,[Link],
considerasituationwherechoosingtheobjectsforwhichtodrawthefreebodydiagramsisuptoyou.
Twoblocksofmassesm1 andm2 areconnectedbyalightstringthatgoesoveralightfrictionlesspulley.Theblockofmassm1
isslidingtotherightonaroughhorizontalsurfaceofalabtable.
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PartH
Tosolvefortheaccelerationoftheblocks,youwillhavetodrawthefreebodydiagramsforwhichobjects?
Checkallthatapply.
ANSWER:
theblockofmassm1
theblockofmassm2
theconnectingstring
thepulley
thetable
theearth
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PartI
Drawthefreebodydiagramfortheblockofmassm1 anddrawafreebodydiagramfortheblockofmassm2 .
Drawtheforcevectorsactingonm1 suchthattheirtailsalignwiththecenteroftheblocklabeledm1 (indicatedby
theblackdot).Drawtheforcevectorsactingonm2 withtheirtailsalignedwiththecenteroftheblocklabeledm2 .
Theorientationsofyourvectorswillbegradedbutnotthelengths.
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