Physics Lecture 2

Pathur Razi Ansyah

Mechanical Engineering
Universitas Lambung
Mangkurat
Motion along a straight line
 Motion
 Position and displacement
 Average velocity and average speed
 Instantaneous velocity and speed
 Acceleration
 Constant acceleration: A special case
 Free fall acceleration
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 Motion
 Everything moves! Motion is
one of the main topics in
Physics I
 In the spirit of taking things
apart for study, then putting
them back together, we will
first consider only motion
along a straight line.
 Simplification: Consider a
moving object as a particle,
i.e. it moves like a particle—a
“point object”

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4 Basic Quantities in Kinematics

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 One Dimensional Position x
 Motion can be defined as the change of position over time.
 How can we represent position along a straight line?
 Position definition:
 Defines a starting point: origin (x = 0), x relative to origin
 Direction: positive (right or up), negative (left or down)
 It depends on time: t = 0 (start clock), x(t=0) does not have to be zero.
 Position has units of [Length]: meters.

x = + 2.5 m

x=-3m

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 Vector and Scalar
 A vector quantity is characterized by having both a magnitude and a direction.
 Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Force …
 Denoted in boldface type v, a, F ...or with an arrow over the top v , a , F ... .
 A scalar quantity has magnitude, but no direction.
 Distance, Mass, Temperature, Time …
 For motion along a straight line, the direction is represented simply by + and –
signs.
 + sign: Right or Up.
 - sign: Left or Down.
 1-D motion can be thought of as a
component of 2-D and 3-D motions.
 Quantities in Motion
 Any motion involves three concepts
 Displacement
 Velocity
 Acceleration
 These concepts can be used to study objects in motion.

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 Displacement
 Displacement is a change of position in time.
 Displacement: x  x f (t f ) - xi (ti )
 f stands for final and i stands for initial.
 It is a vector quantity.
 It has both magnitude and direction: + or - sign
 It has units of [length]: meters.
x1 (t1) = + 2.5 m
x2 (t2) = - 2.0 m
Δx = -2.0 m - 2.5 m = -4.5 m

x1 (t1) = - 3.0 m
x2 (t2) = + 1.0 m
Δx = +1.0 m + 3.0 m = +4.0 m
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 Distance and Position-time graph

 Displacement in space
 From A to B: Δx = xB – xA = 52 m – 30 m = 22 m
 From A to C: Δx = xc – xA = 38 m – 30 m = 8 m
 Distance is the length of a path followed by a particle
 from A to B: d = |xB – xA| = |52 m – 30 m| = 22 m
 from A to C: d = |xB – xA|+ |xC – xB| = 22 m + |38 m – 52 m| = 36 m
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 Velocity
 Velocity is the rate of change of position.
 Velocity is a vector quantity.
displacement
 Velocity has both magnitude and direction.
 Velocity has a unit of [length/time]: meter/second. distance
 We will be concerned with three quantities, defined as:
 Average velocity x x f - xi
v  
t t f - ti
avg

 Average speed total distance

savg 
t
 Instantaneous x dx
v  lim 
velocity t  0 t dt
displacement
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Average Velocity
 Average velocity
x x f - xi
vavg  
t t f - ti
is the slope of the line segment between end points
on a graph.
 Dimensions: length/time (L/T) [m/s].
 SI unit: m/s.
 It is a vector (i.e. is signed), and displacement
direction sets its sign.

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Average Speed
 Average speed
total distance
savg 
t
 Dimension: length/time, [m/s].
 Scalar: No direction involved.
 Not necessarily close to Vavg:
 Savg = (6m + 6m)/(3s+3s) = 2 m/s
 Vavg = (0 m)/(3s+3s) = 0 m/s

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 Graphical Interpretation of Velocity

 Velocity can be determined from a

position-time graph
 Average velocity equals the slope of
the line joining the initial and final
positions. It is a vector quantity.
 An object moving with a constant
velocity will have a graph that is a
straight line.

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 Instantaneous Velocity
 Instantaneous means “at some given instant”. The instantaneous
velocity indicates what is happening at every point of time.
 Limiting process:
 Chords approach the tangent as Δt => 0
 Slope measure rate of change of position
 Instantaneous velocity: x dx
v  lim 
t  0 t
 It is a vector quantity. dt

 Dimension: length/time (L/T), [m/s].

 It is the slope of the tangent line to x(t).
 Instantaneous velocity v(t) is a function of time.

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 Uniform Velocity
 Uniform velocity is the special case of constant velocity
 In this case, instantaneous velocities are always the same, all the
instantaneous velocities will also equal the average velocity
 Begin with v  x  x f - xi then x f  xi + vx t
t t
x

Note: we are plotting

x v velocity vs. time
x(t)
v(t)
xf vx

xi
0 t 0 t
ti tf
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 Average Acceleration
 Changing velocity (non-uniform) means an acceleration is present.
 Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.
 Acceleration is a vector quantity.
 Acceleration has both magnitude and direction.
 Acceleration has a dimensions of length/time2: [m/s2].
 Definition: v v f - vi
aavg  
 Average acceleration t t f - ti

 Instantaneous acceleration a  v dv d dx d 2v
lim    2
t 0 t dt dt dt dt

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 Average Acceleration
Note: we are plotting
velocity vs. time
 Average acceleration v v f - vi
aavg  
t t f - ti

 Velocity as a function of time

v f (t )  vi + aavg t
 It is tempting to call a negative acceleration a “deceleration,” but note:
 When the sign of the velocity and the acceleration are the same (either positive or negative), then the speed is increasing
 When the sign of the velocity and the acceleration are in the opposite directions, the speed is decreasing
 Average acceleration is the slope of the line connecting the initial and final velocities on a velocity-
time graph

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 Instantaneous and Uniform Acceleration
 The limit of the average acceleration as the time
interval goes to zero
v dv d dx d 2v
a  lim    2
t 0 t dt dt dt dt

 When the instantaneous accelerations are always

the same, the acceleration will be uniform. The
instantaneous acceleration will be equal to the
average acceleration
 Instantaneous acceleration is the
slope of the tangent to the curve
of the velocity-time graph
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 Relationship between Acceleration
and Velocity (First Stage)
 Velocity and acceleration are in the
same direction
 Acceleration is uniform (blue arrows
maintain the same length)
 Velocity is increasing (red arrows are
getting longer) v f (t )  vi + at
 Positive velocity and positive
acceleration

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 Relationship between
Acceleration and Velocity
(Second Stage)

 Uniform velocity (shown by red

arrows maintaining the same size)
 Acceleration equals zero

v f (t )  vi + at

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 Relationship between Acceleration and Velocity
(Third Stage)

 Acceleration and velocity are in

opposite directions
 Acceleration is uniform (blue arrows
maintain the same length)
 Velocity is decreasing (red arrows
are getting shorter) v f (t )  vi + at
 Velocity is positive and acceleration
is negative

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 Kinematic Variables: x, v, a
 Position is a function of time: x  x(t )
 Velocity is the rate of change of position.
 Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.
x dx v dv
v  lim  a  lim 
t  0 t dt t  0 t dt
d d
dt dt
 Position Velocity Acceleration
 Graphical relationship between x, v, and a
This same plot can apply to an elevator that is initially
stationary, then moves upward, and then stops. Plot
v and a as a function of time.
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Special Case: Motion with Uniform
Acceleration (our typical case)
 Acceleration is a constant
 Kinematic Equations (which we will derive in a
moment)
v  v0 + at
1
x  v t  (v0 + v)t
2
x  v0t + 12 at 2

v  v0 + 2ax
2 2
Derivation of the Equation (1)
 Given initial conditions:
 a(t) = constant = a, v(t = 0) = v0, x(t = 0) = x0

 Start with definition of average acceleration:

v v - v0 v - v0 v - v0
aavg     a
t t - t0 t -0 t

 We immediately get the first equation

v  v0 + at
 Shows velocity as a function of acceleration and time
 Use when you don’t know and aren’t asked to find the
displacement
 Derivation of the Equation (2)
 Given initial conditions:
 a(t) = constant = a, v(t = 0) = v0, x(t = 0) = x0

 Start with definition of average velocity:

x - x0 x
vavg  
t t
 Since velocity changes at a constant rate, we have
1
x  vavgt  (v0 + v)t
2
 Gives displacement as a function of velocity and time
 Use when you don’t know and aren’t asked for the
acceleration
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 Derivation of the Equation (3)
 Given initial conditions:
 a(t) = constant = a, v(t = 0) = v0, x(t = 0) = x0

 Start with the two just-derived equations:

1
v  v0 + at x  vavgt  (v0 + v)t
2

1 1 1 2
 We have x  (v0 + v)t  (v0 + v0 + at )t x  x - x0  v0t + at
2 2 2
 Gives displacement as a function of all three quantities:
time, initial velocity and acceleration
 Use when you don’t know and aren’t asked to find the final
velocity
 Derivation of the Equation (4)
 Given initial conditions:
 a(t) = constant = a, v(t = 0) = v0, x(t = 0) = x0

 Rearrange the definition of average acceleration

v v - v0 v - v0
aavg    a, to find the time t 
t t a
 Use it to eliminate t in the second equation:
v 2 - v0 , rearrange to get
2
1 1
x  (v + v)t 
0 (v + v )(v - v ) 
0 0
2 2a 2a
v  v0 + 2ax  v0 + 2a( x - x0 )
2 2 2

 Gives velocity as a function of acceleration and

displacement
 Use when you don’t know and aren’t asked for the time
 Problem-Solving Hints
 Read the problem
 Draw a diagram
 Choose a coordinate system, label initial and final points,
indicate a positive direction for velocities and accelerations

 Label all quantities, be sure all the units are consistent

 Convert if necessary v  v0 + at
 Choose the appropriate kinematic equation
 Solve for the unknowns x  v0t + 12 at 2
 You may have to solve two equations for two unknowns
v 2  v0 + 2ax
2
 Check your results
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 Example
 An airplane has a lift-off speed of 30 m/s
after a take-off run of 300 m, what
minimum constant acceleration?

v  v0 + at x  v0t + at v 2  v0 + 2ax
1 2 2
2

 What is the corresponding take-off time?

v  v0 + at x  v0t + 12 at 2 v 2  v0 + 2ax
2

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Free Fall Acceleration
y
 Earth gravity provides a constant
acceleration. Most important case of
constant acceleration.
 Free-fall acceleration is independent
of mass.
 Magnitude: |a| = g = 9.8 m/s2
 Direction: always downward, so ag is
negative if we define “up” as positive,
a = -g = -9.8 m/s2
 Try to pick origin so that xi = 0

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 Free Fall for Rookie
 A stone is thrown from the top of a building with an
initial velocity of 20.0 m/s straight upward, at an
initial height of 50.0 m above the ground. The stone
just misses the edge of the roof on the its way down.
Determine
 (a) the time needed for the stone to reach its
maximum height.
 (b) the maximum height.
 (c) the time needed for the stone to return to the
height from which it was thrown and the velocity of
the stone at that instant.
 (d) the time needed for the stone to reach the
ground
 (e) the velocity and position of the stone at t = 5.00s

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 Summary
 This is the simplest type of motion
 It lays the groundwork for more complex motion
 Kinematic variables in one dimension
 Position x(t) m L
 Velocity v(t) m/s L/T
 Acceleration a(t) m/s2 L/T2
 All depend on time
 All are vectors: magnitude and direction vector:
 Equations for motion with constant acceleration: missing quantities

v  v0 + at x – x0

 x - x0  v0t + 12 at 2 v

v  v0 + 2a( x - x0 )
2 2
 t


x - x0  12 (v + v0 )t a

x - x0  vt - 12 at 2 v0

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