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Figure 4.4 The force exerted by a stretched spring can be used as a standard unit of force. (a) This spring has a length x when undistorted. (b) When stretched a distance Δx , the spring exerts a restoring force, Frestore , which is reproducible. (c) A spring scale is one device that uses a spring to measure force.
Newton's Laws: Forces and Motion A force is a push or a pull. A force is a vector : it has a magnitude and a direction. Forces add like vectors, not like scalars. Example: Two forces, labeled F 1 and F 2, are both acting on the same object. The forces have the same magnitude F F F 12 oand are 90 apart in direction: F F F F F
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velocity = speed + direction of motion Things that have both a magnitude and a direction are called vectors. More on vectors in Ch.3. For 1D motion (motion along a straight line, like on an air track), we can represent the direction of motion with a +/– sign. + = going right .
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Projectile Motion: good examples of projectiles are a rock thrown straight out from the top of a cliff and a ball thrown across a field. the word projectile comes from the Latin jacere meaning ‘to throw’ and pro meaning ‘forward’. projectile motion can be separated into two components; a vertical (up and down) motion and a horizontal ...
Figure 3.8: Motion diagram and free-body diagram for a box being dragged to the right, by means of a string, across a flat surface. Step 4 - Compare and contrast the free-body diagrams you drew in steps 2 and 3. The free-body diagrams are quite different, with one having no forces and the other having four.
unit of Physics 20). As we work through these two units on kinematics and dynamics (and through the rest of physics) we will discuss two kinds of measurements (quantities): • scalar: scalars have magnitude (a number value), but no direction. Examples: time, mass, distance. Mass is a great example, since it
Step 1: Draw free-body diagram showing forces (show direction of acceleration off to one side of diagram.) Step 2: Choose a coordinate system with a (+)direction (almost always best to choose the direction of the acceleration as the +direction) Step 3: Write down equations F . a , F y m a y.
