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coefficient and change the ¿2 to #; let us assume that the same thing will happen |
this time, and you can check the result yourself. The derivative of 34/2 will |
then be 64. Next we diferentiate , a constant term; but by a rule stated |
previously, the derivative of Ö is zero; hence this term contributes nothing to |
the acceleration. The final result, therefore, is ø = du/dt = 6At. |
For reference, we state two very useful formulas, which can be obtained by |
integration. If a body starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration, ø, |
its velocity 0 at any time £ is given by |
U = gỉ. |
The distance it covers in the same tỉme is |
s= 3 gt2. |
'Various mathematical notations are used in writing derivatives. 5ince velocity |
1s ds/dt and acceleration is the time derivative of the velocity, we can also write |
d (ds d2s |
G=_— —— = _—xY (8.10) |
đt \ dị d2 |
which are common ways of writing a second derivative. |
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W© have another law that the velocity is equal to the integral of the acceleration. |
This is just the opposite of a = du/di; we have already seen that distance is |
the integral of the velocity, so distance can be found by twice integrating the |
acceleration. |
In the foregoing discussion the motion was in only one dimension, and |
space permits only a brief discussion of motion in three dimensions. Consider a |
particle ? which moves in three dimensions in any manner whatsoever. At the |
beginning of this chapter, we opened our discussion of the one-dimensional case |
of a moving car by observing the distance of the car from its starting point at |
various times. We then discussed velocity in terms of changes of these distances |
with time, and acceleration in terms of changes In velocity. We can treat three- |
dimensional motion analogously. It will be simpler to illustrate the motion on a |
two-dimensional diagram, and then extend the ideas to three dimensions. We |
establish a païir of axes at right angles to each other, and determine the position |
of the particle at any moment by measuring how far it is from each of the two |
axes. Thus each position is given in terms of an z-distance and a z-distance, and |
the motion can be described by constructing a table in which both these distances |
are given as functions of time. (Extension of this process to three dimensions |
requires only another axis, at ripght angles to the first two, and measuring a third |
distance, the z-distance. The distances are now measured from coordinate pÌanes |
instead of lines.) Having constructed a table with z- and -distances, how can |
we determine the velocity? We first fnd the components of velocity in each |
direction. 'Phe horizontal part of the velocity, or z-component, is the derivative |
of the z-distance with respect to the time, or |
U„ = dø/dt. (8.11) |
Similarly, the vertical part of the velocity, or -component, is |
uụ = dụ /dt. (8.12) |
In the third dimension, |
Uy = đz/dl. (8.13) |
Now, given the components of velocity, how can we fnd the velocity along |
the actual path of motion? In the two-dimensional case, consider two successive |
positions of the particle, separated by a short distance As and a short time |
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M As A/(Ax)2 + (Ay)2 |
Ayv/Atf— XỬ |
Ax#ø#v„At |
Fig. 8-3. Description of the motion of a body in two dimensions and |
the computation of its velocity. |
interval f¿ — fq = Ai. In the time A£ the particle moves horizontally a dis- |
tance Az % 0„ Af, and vertically a distance A¿ uy At. (The symbol “+” is |
read “is approximately.”) The actual distance moved is approximately |
Asxz V(Az)2 + (Aø)2, (8.14) |
as shown in EFig. 8-3. The approximate velocity during this interval can be |
obtained by dividing by A£ and by letting A# go to 0, as at the beginning of the |
chapter. We then get the velocity as |
U= T= V(dz/đdt)? + (dụ/đE)? = vu + 0. (8.15) |
For three dimensions the result is |
Đ= \(02 + 02 + 0Ẻ. (8.16) |
In the same way as we defned velocities, we can delne accelerations: we have |
an #-component of acceleration ø„, which is the derivative of ø„, the z-component |
of the velocity (that is, a„ = đ?z/d/2, the second derivative of z with respect |
to £), and so on. |
Let us consider one nice example of compound motion in a plane. We shall |
take a motion in which a ball moves horizontally with a constant velocity w, and |
at the same time goes vertically downward with a constant acceleration —g; what |
is the motion? We can say d#/dt = 0u„ = u. Since the velocity 0x is constant, |
# = tứ, (8.17) |
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and since the downward acceleration —gø 1s constant, the distance # the objec |
falls can be written as |
ụ= —39Ÿ. (8.18) |
'What is the curve of its path, i.e., what is the relation between and z? We can |
eliminate £ from Eq. (8.18), since ý = z/u. When we make this substitution we |
fñnd that : |
This relation between ø and z may be considered as the equation of the path of |
the moving ball. When this equation is plotted we obtain a curve that ¡is called a |
parabola; any freely falling body that is shot out in any direction will travel in a |
parabola, as shown In Fig. 8-4. |
Fig. 8-4. The parabola described by a falling body with an initial |
horizontal velocity. |
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9-1 Momentum and force |
The discovery of the laws of dynamies, or the laws of motion, was a dramatic |
moment in the history ofscience. Before Newton's time, the motions of things like |
the planets were a mystery, but after Newton there was complete understanding. |
ven the slight deviations from Kepler”s laws, due to the perturbations of the |
planets, were computable. "The motions of pendulums, oscillators with springs |
and weights in them, and so on, could all be analyzed completely after Newton”s |
laws were enunciated. So it is with this chapter: before this chapter we could |
not calculate how a mass on a spring would move; much less could we calculate |
the perturbations on the planet Uranus due to Jupiter and Saturn. After this |
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