Transcript Chapter2_3
Chapter 2.3 Announcements:
Homework 2.3: due Tuesday, Feb. 16, in class (Calli Nguyen)
Exercises: 32, 33, 34, 36, 41 (strike-out – next homework)
Problems: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17
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Midterm 1: Tuesday, Feb. 16
Material: Chapters 1 & 2
Practice Midterm will be posted on Web
Bring a calculator
Important equations will be given on exam (know how to use them).
Review session, Monday, Feb. 15, 6-7 pm, room 101 (voluntary, student driven)
Chapter 2.3
Conservation of
energy, momentum & angular momentum
Demos and Objects
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roller coaster
bumper cars
pirouettes
spinning objects
pendulum
Concepts
- conservation of energy
- conservation of momentum
- conservation of angular
momentum
- conserved quantities are
treasures to physicists (and
you, too).
Conservation of energy:
For an isolated system (no work is done on the system):
• energy is conserved
• energy can not be destroyed or created, it is just transformed from
one form into another.
Types of energy:
- gravitational potential energy
- other potential energy (elastic, chemical, electric, magnetic, …)
- kinetic energy (energy of objects in motion)
- thermal energy (heat)
We mainly consider kinetic energy and (gravitational) potential energy, and we
ignore frictional losses (ignore heat). So, the conservation of energy becomes:
E initial E final
K initial U initial K final U final
Kinetic energy :
1
2
K mv
2
Kinetic energy: The energy of an object in motion
Gravitatio nal potential energy : U m g h
Gravitational potential energy: Energy of an object due to
being higher than a reference height
Heat (thermal energy) : Related to temperatu re
The hotter a system, the more thermal energy it has
Work :
W F d
When doing (positive) work on a system the energy of the system
increases.
The increased energy can manifest itself as potential energy,
kinetic energy or heat.
When doing work on a system, the system is not isolated any
longer
After the work has been done, the system may be considered
isolated again.
Energy and Work
Energy: the capacity to make things happen
Work: is the transference of energy
Conservation of Energy: Potential and Kinetic
We are ignoring friction and drag
1.
What is the total energy of the sledder (m = 50 kg) at the top of the hill?
2.
What is the 1) total energy, 2) gravitational potential energy and 3) the
kinetic energy on top of the 15 m bump? Speed?
3.
What is the total energy, gravitational potential energy and the kinetic
energy at the bottom of the hill? Speed?
4.
How much work was done on the sledder when he was pulled up the hill
by his brother?
For question 2:
i-clicker-1; -2; -3
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
15,000
9, 800
7,350
2,450
1,650
Question:
Michael Jordan does
a vertical leap of 1.0
m and dunks
successfully.
What was his
original take-off
velocity?
Observations About Bumper Cars
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Moving or spinning cars tend to keep doing so
It takes time to change a car’s motion
Impacts change velocities & ang. velocities
Cars often seem to exchange their motions
Heavily loaded cars are hardest to redirect
Heavily loaded cars pack the most wallop
Momentum
• A translating bumper car carries momentum
• Momentum
– A conserved quantity (can’t create or destroy in
an isolated system, no external force applied)
– A directed (vector) quantity
– Measures difficulty reaching velocity
Momentum = Mass · Velocity
Momentum : p m v
Conservation
of momentum
A man (m = 110 kg, including shoes)
stands on a frozen pond with no friction
and he wants to get to the shore, which is
100 m away.
a)
How can he accomplish that?
b) He takes off one of his boots (m = 10 kg) and throws it
with a velocity of 10 m/s in the opposite direction of
the shore. What’s his velocity (speed and direction)?
c)
How long will it take him to get to the shore?
d) How do space ships move in empty space?
i-clicker-4, question b)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
-0
- 1 m/s
- 2 m/s
- 5 m/s
- 10 m/s
Exchanging Momentum Impulse
• Impulse
– The only way to transfer momentum
– Impulse = Force · Time
– Impulse is a directed (vector) quantity
• Because of Newton’s third law:
An impulse of one object on a second is accompanied by
an equal but oppositely directed impulse of the second on
the first.
Impulse : p F t
Question:
Why is it more painful to fall from a certain height
on a hard floor than on a soft pile of leaves?
After watching the Super Bowl you decide to play
throw and catch with an egg. How do you have
to catch it so that it does not break in your
hands?
Momentum and impulse
(change in momentum)
A maiden is tied to the rails and you have to save her from a train
(100,000 kg) which is approaching at a speed of 1 m/s. You
gather all your strength (1000N) and stop the train just in time.
1. What is the momentum of the train?
2. How long did it actually take you to stop the train?
3. Momentum is conserved. Where did it go?
Head-On Collisions
• Cars exchange momentum via impulse
• The least-massive car experiences largest
change in velocity.
• The total momentum before and after a collision
remains unchanged.
Your small bumper car (m =
100 kg) has a velocity of 6
m/s and collides head-on with
a large bumper car (m = 500
kg, at rest). It turns out that,
after the collision, the large
bumper car moves back with a
velocity of v = 2 m/s.
p1b
p1a
Before
After
p2a
v2
1. What is the total momentum
of the two-car-system
before the collision?
2. What is it after the collision?
3. What is the large car’s momentum after the collision?
4. With what velocity to you move after the collision?
Angular Momentum
• A spinning object carries angular momentum
• Angular momentum
– A conserved quantity (can’t create or destroy in
an isolated system)
– A directed (vector) quantity
– Measures difficulty reaching angular velocity
Angular momentum = Moment of inertia · Angular velocity
Angular Momentum : L I
Changing Moment of Inertia
while spinning!
For an isolated system (no torques applied):
• Angular momentum, L=I· is constant!!
• Moment of inertia can change! An object
that changes shape, also changes its moment
of inertia. If I becomes smaller, becomes
larger (spins faster).
Pirouettes:
- Remember me rotating on platform
- ice skaters doing pirouettes
i-clicker-5:
You are riding on the edge of a
spinning playground merry-goround. If you walk towards the
center of the merry-go-round,
what will happen to its
rotation?
A. It will spin faster.
B. It will spin slower.
C. It will spin at the same rate.
i-clicker -6:
You are standing still on a platform and hold a spinning
bicycle wheel. You decide to flip the wheel. What will
happen to you??
A. Nothing
B. You start spinning in the wheels original direction
C. The bicycle wheel stops spinning
D. You start spinning opposite to the wheels original
direction.
Why does a
helicopter have
two rotors??