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Newton’s 3 laws of motion Isaac Newton 1642 --- 1727 Physics 100 Chapt 3
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1 st Law: Law of Inertia A body at rest tends to stay at rest, a body in motion tends to keep moving along at a constant speed and in a straight-line path unless interfered with by some external forces.
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example
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Motorcycle crash dummy
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Another example (watch the ladder)
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2 nd Law: F=ma T he acceleration of a body is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.The direction of the acceleration is in the direction of the applied force.
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Directly proportional to Force a Small force Small acceleration a Large force Large acceleration
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inversely proportional to mass a a Large mass Small acceleration small mass Large acceleration Bowling ball Beach ball
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“Inertial” mass “Inertial” mass, m i, is the resistance to changes in the state of motion Objects with large m i are hard to get moving (& once started, hard to stop), Objects with small m i easier to get moving (& easier to stop),
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Units of mass (we cant avoid them!) Mass: basic unit = 1kilogram = 1kg mass of 1 liter of water This much water! 10cm
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Net force Tip-to-tail method for adding vector Slide tail of one to tip of the other (keep directions fixed) Net force is the vector from the tail of the 1 st to the tip of the 2nd. (0 in this case).
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Tip-to-tail method Slide tail of one to tip of the other (keep directions fixed) Net force points down the hill
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Newton’s 2 nd law F=ma a F a 1/m a is proportional to F: direction of a = direction of F: a F a is inversely proportional to m: a F/m combine: set proportionality constant = 1: a = F/m multiply both sides by m
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Units of Force F=ma kg ms2ms2 Unit of force: 1 Newton = 1N = 1 kg m/s 2 1 pound =1lb = 4.5 N
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What is your mass? Weight = force of Earth’s gravity on you W=mg W a=g F=ma m= WgWg Suppose I jump off a tqble
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Two different aspects of mass Weight: W = m g Force of gravity is proportional to “gravitational” mass a = FmFm Inertia; resistance to changes in state is proportional to “inertial” mass mimi mggmgg Newton’s 2 nd law: Experiment shows: m g = m i
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My mass My weight in pounds: W = 190 lbs 855 N 10 m/s 2 !!!!! Convert to Newtons: W = 190 lbs x 4.5 N/lb = 855 N m = W/g = = 85.5 kg
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Newton’3 rd Law: action-reaction Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal in magnitude but opposite in direction force on the first. action: I push on the canoe reaction: the canoe pushes me forward
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Action Reaction
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I push on the bus F v= 0
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But I accelerate Newton: The bus exerted an “equal but opposite” force on me. v
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Look again F -F All forces come in pairs! This force causes me to accelerate backwards This force tries to accel. the bus forward
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Air-filled balloon action: balloon pushes on air reaction: air pushes on balloon
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recoil action: gun exerts force F 2 on bullet making it accelerate reaction: equal but opposite force on the gun F 1 Produces a recoil
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Rocket propulsion action: rocket engine pushes exhaust gasses out the rear reaction: rocket gets pushed in the opposite direction
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