Acceleration Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. D

    Determine the acceleration of the cylinder axis if there is no slip

    So I first wrote the moment of inertia of the cylinder, since it says that it is thin-walled, I think that its moment of inertia is ##I=\eta mR^2##. After that I wrote the sum of torques, I think that there are three forces that cause torque, the two forces of friction, the one caused by the...
  2. Wayne Lai

    Acceleration of a metal piece due to dipole radiation magnetic field

    Recently I am learning about electrodynamic radiation and its various types, and it occur to me that since the form of the magnetic field created by the dipole radiation is some combination of cos(wt), 1/r, and cos(kr) (take the approximation of r >> c/w) Therefore, if there is a metal placed...
  3. D

    Find the acceleration and the work done by a force pulling a spool?

    I already solved the first part, but according the my book, the answer isn't quite correct. This is what I did. Finally, I ended up with ##a=\frac{F(r-R\cos\alpha)}{Rm(\gamma+1)}##. But according to my book, the answer is ##a=\frac{F(\cos\alpha-\frac{r}{R})}{m(1+\gamma)}##, what am I doing...
  4. Sureshbaliyan

    Linear acceleration by using Magnetic strips

    I am working with Magnetic strips to get countinous force in both clockwise and anticlock wise direction. I am looking for better concept for hand free mode in my experiment. The pdf file of my experiment is attached .
  5. B

    Bodies connected by a light inextensible string on an inclined plane

    Here is the question (Qu 9): Here is what I have attempted: assumed that the accelerations are equal, found a value for the acceleration, thus worked out the time taken for A to reach the bottom. then assumed that the tension becomes 0 once A hits the floor, and then worked out B's new...
  6. pochemuchka

    Acceleration needed to keep an object from sliding down a windshield

    I think I am on the right path but I'm having trouble cancelling out the mass of the wallet. I drew a free body diagram and know that there are three forces acting on the wallet: gravity, friction, and normal force (including the van's acceleration). The y-component of the friction and normal...
  7. A

    Acceleration of an electron due to Magnetic and Electric fields

    I figured that we would simply add up the forces acting on the electron (the electric force Fe and the magnetic force Fb) and then equate this to the given acceleration multiplied by the mass of the electron like so. vector Fe + vector Fb = (mass of electron) (vector acceleration) since vector...
  8. sweet springs

    I Transverse inertial motion of rockets in acceleration

    Hello. I have a question on inertial motion transverse to gravity force, e.g. blocks of dry ice floating on the smooth and flat floor on Earth. For simple mathematics I explain my problem in Rindler case. Let a group of N rockets gather at origin (0,0,0,0) of a IFR and let them start...
  9. P

    Finding Broglie wavelength after acceleration

    KE = 100eV x (1.6x10^-19) v(new) = √(2KE/9.1×10^-31 ) = 5.9x10^6m/sv(original) = h/λm = 6.6x10^-34 / (0.2x10^-9 x 9.1x10^-31) = 3.64x10^6m/s
  10. C

    Solving for acceleration of two blocks with two pulleys

    Equation 1: T = Ma1 Equation 2: mg - 2T = ma2 Equation 3: a1 = 2a2 Since a1 = 2a for equation one I get T = 2Ma1 mg - 4Ma1 = ma1 mg = 4Ma1 + ma1 mg = 4a1(M+m) a1= mg / 4M+m Not sure if this is correct. Can someone please help to make sure I'm doing this right? Thanx
  11. Np14

    What is the angular acceleration of this cylindrical system?

    PART B ONLY: The cylinder undergoes torque when the mass m2 is removed: τNET = Iα = FNETr = 45α = FT(0.5) FT = 90α, therefore msystem = 90 kg After this step, I am not sure what to do. τ = ΣF = Fg - Ft = ma = (20 kg)(9.8 m/s2) - (90α) = 196 -...
  12. archaic

    Acceleration after applying a force

    Hello, 1) Suppose I throw a ball with a force ##F=ma##, the instant it leaves my hand, does it have the same acceleration ##a## added to it accelerations due to "ambient" forces (air resistance, gravity..)? 2) If I am right about 1), doesn't my hand already carry the acceleration/deceleration...
  13. K

    How to measure the Sun's acceleration relative to the galaxy?

    How would the acceleration of our sun relative to our galaxy be determined? A spaceship in orbit around our sun, with engines turned off, is in free fall. Accelerometers will read zero. Turning the engines on, the accelerometers will read the acceleration due to the thrust from the engines...
  14. M

    Finding the change in velocity from an acceleration vs time graph

    Homework Statement The graph shows the variation with time t of the acceleration a of an object (graph attached). What is the change in velocity of the object in the time interval 0 to 4s? Homework Equations a = v/t The Attempt at a Solution My initial answer was -8 m/s, by simply finding the...
  15. aleah

    Calculate elevator acceleration using mass

    Homework Statement A man with a mass of 65kg is traveling in an elevator and stands on a set of scales, at a given instant the scales measure his weight to be 72kg, find the acceleration of the equation Homework Equations f=ma w=mg FN =mg+ma[/B] The Attempt at a Solution [/B] I know that...
  16. M

    Dynamics: Relative Acceleration

    Homework Statement The problem is in the image attached below 2. Homework Equations In the working below (although I think I have misunderstood a concept) The Attempt at a Solution My attempt is in the attached image. I tried to leave the numbers out until the end. I have not written...
  17. M

    Finding an expression for acceleration

    Homework Statement A 5.21 kg block is sliding down a slope at an angle of 4.22° to the horizontal. The block is initially moving down the slope at a speed of 1.45 m s−1 and the coefficients of friction between the block and slope are, μs = 0.500, and μk = 0.100. Find an expression for the...
  18. J

    I Gravitational field versus acceleration

    Would it be possible for a person in a lift to know if he is in a gravitational field if he measures the gravitational acceleration at the bottom of the lift versus the top as they would differ since gravitational field strength would be different between the bottom and top. In an accelerating...
  19. Raghav Agarwal

    Acceleration: 3 people walk toward each other

    Homework Statement Three particles A, B, C, are situated at the vertices of equilateral triangle of side l. They approach each other with velocity v, such that A always moves toward B, B towards C and C towards A. What will be the initial acceleration? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a...
  20. G

    Acceleration and Velocity: Understanding the Relationship

    Is there a correlation between acceleration and velocity? If acceleration is rising will the velocity also rise?
  21. ChrisXenon

    Problems with UK A level Physics Marking Schemes

    Hi Folks, I am a private tutor and one thing I teach is A level Physics (OCR Physics A). Am I the only person who has been sometimes baffled and deeply disappointed with some of the questions/answers? Let me explain what I mean. I see questions form which it's not possible to decide what kind...
  22. K

    I Proper Acceleration: Why d^2x^α/dτ^2 is Not Ideal

    Why ##d^2 x^\alpha / d\tau^2## is not considered a good expression for the proper acceleration (of a massive particle whose proper time is ##\tau## and coordinates are ##x^\alpha##)?
  23. S

    Reaction or Reactionless -- Acceleration force on a microwave antenna

    A microwave transmitter, bouncing the microwaves off a parabolic dish, should have a small amount of acceleration due to the reaction of the microwaves against the dish. Would an arrangement of two dipole antennas, 1/4 wave apart and phase shifted by 90 deg., creating a cardioid pattern...
  24. Buckethead

    B Speed of light during acceleration

    I'm a bit confused as to why the speed of light changes in an accelerating ship relative to an onboard observer. In other words, on a ship with a clock at the nose and a clock and observer at the tail, in an accelerating ship, the clock at the nose will tic faster. The reason (according to a...
  25. Gabriel Mota

    B Constant Off-Center Propulsion (without gravity)

    Hi, How to calculate the position in time by applying a force, like a Thrust, not in the center of mass: I only know about the linear and angular formulas: Pos/rotation = 1/2 * F * Time^2 I have struggled finding topics about this maybe because i don't know the correct nomenclatures and maths.
  26. D

    Pulley system, find the acceleration and tension

    Homework Statement Given the picture: Make the free body diagrams of each body and the pulley. Remember that there are two different strings therefore there are two different tensions.Assuming that the mobile of mass M starts from rest and has a displacement D at a time t, and the bodywith...
  27. B

    Calculate the acceleration due to gravity

    Homework Statement We need to calculate value for the acceleration due to gravity. We did a test were we dropped a ball from x height and recorded it. Ball 1 0.65 0.82 0.95 0.79 0.81 0.9 0.91 0.85 0.76 Avg - 0.844 Homework Equations Displacement formula The Attempt at a Solution I've...
  28. Hoophy

    Circular Motion With Constant Angular Acceleration

    Homework Statement Question: A 600 g steel block rotates on a steel table while attached to a 1.20 m-long hollow tube. Compressed air fed through the tube and ejected from a nozzle on the back of the block exerts a thrust force of 5.01 N perpendicular to the tube. The maximum tension the tube...
  29. Rodney-Believes

    B Help with when expansion acceleration began

    I read in Wikipedia that "For supernovae at redshift less than around 0.1, or light travel time less than 10 percent of the age of the universe, this gives a nearly linear distance–redshift relation due to Hubble's law. At larger distances, since the expansion rate of the universe has changed...
  30. K

    I Acceleration of a relativistic particle

    In an inertial frame, consider that a particle's position and the time measured by a clock in this frame are respectively, ##(t,x)##. Suppose there's another frame, moving with constant speed ##v_R## with respect to the frame described above. The particle acceleration is given in the first...
  31. Edge5

    Force felt by the accelerometer in a smartphone

    My smartphone has an accelerometer inside it. Does the phone itself and the proof mass of the accelerometer feel the same acceleration OR do they feel the same force, when I apply a force to my phone? I think they feel the same acceleration, F=ma. Force felt by proof mass and the force felt by...
  32. SebastianRM

    Tangential Component of Centrifugal Acceleration

    The thing is in page p.347 Taylor, it is said that the component is: g_tan = Omega^2*Rsin(theta)cos(theta) However the angle between the centrifugal Force and the axis normal to the direction of the grav Force is actually 90 - theta, I am not really getting where I am going wrong understanding...
  33. M

    Is it possible to integrate acceleration?

    Alright so I was just messing around with Lagrangian equation, I just learned about it, and I had gotten to this equation of motion: Mg*sin{α} - 1.5m*x(double dot)=0 I am trying to get velocity, and my first thought was to integrate with dt, but I didn't know how to. And I'm not even sure it's...
  34. V

    Find the Acceleration and Distance from the Output of an Accelerometer Sensor

    My question is kindof related to physics, as I have an Accelerometer sensor through which I am able to get the sensor data as following: x = 192 y = 433 z = -453 I need to convert these values in such a way so that It will share Acceleration in cm or meters, And also what concept I should use...
  35. Specter

    Calculating acceleration from the coefficient of kinetic friction

    Homework Statement At a construction side, a small crane is raising two boxes of nails on a plank to the roof. One box has already been opened and is half full, while the other box is new. The boxes, including the nails, weight 10 kg and 20 kg, respectively, and are the same size. Diagram...
  36. F

    Radial and tangential components of acceleration

    Hello, In 2D kinematics, the acceleration vector ##a(t)## can be expressed either in Cartesian coordinates ##a_x## and ##a_y## or in polar coordinates ##r## an ##\theta##. It depends on the problem. But it is also possible to express the acceleration ##a(t)## in the so called "intrinsic...
  37. Buckethead

    B Spacetime curvature due to acceleration causing gravity?

    In reviewing one of Einstein's thought experiments, the accelerating elevator in space, and the resulting bending of light passing through the elevator, Einstein's predicted that light will bend in gravity. Now Einstein's original prediction was off by a factor of 2 because he hadn't yet...
  38. S

    Calculus Problem: acceleration, speed, and displacement of a particle

    Homework Statement The acceleration of a particle given a=A√t where A=2.0 m/s5/2. At t=0, v=7.5 m/s and x=0. (a) What is the speed as a function of time? (b) What is the displacement as a function of time? (c) What are the acceleration, speed, and displacement at t=5.0s. Homework EquationsThe...
  39. S

    Tangential acceleration and centripetal acceleration

    a disc or radius r = 16cm starts spinning from rest with a uniform angular acceleration of 8.0 rad/s^2. at what time is its tangential acceleration twice the centripetal acceleration. i figured out the tangential acceleration is: Atan = α/R = 8 / .16 = 50 m/s^2 and the centripetal...
  40. N

    Calculus angular acceleration with respect to theta

    Homework Statement A disk with a 0.4 m radius starts from rest and is given an angular acceleration α = (10θ2/3)rad/s2 , where θ is in radians. Determine the magnitude of the normal (centripetal and tangential components of a point P on the rim of the disk when t = 4s. Homework Equations α =...
  41. dani546237

    Thrust 6.05MN, mass 4,520,000 lbm, what is the acceleration?

    if the first stage provides a thrust of 6.05 mega-Newtons [MN] and the space shuttle has a mass of 4,520,000 pound-mass [lb Subscript m], what is the acceleration of the spacecraft in miles per hour squared [mi divided by h squared]? Equation: F=ma conversions: 1000m=0.621mi 3600s=1 hour I'm...
  42. J

    Why Does Acceleration Decrease When Velocity Increases in SHM?

    When a mass is in SHM, and is moving towards equilibrium point, its velocity starts to increase but why does acceleration decreases? What is the gradient when velocity is increasing and when it is at maximum? Thanks a lot!
  43. J

    Instantaneous acceleration from Velocity-time graph

    Homework Statement https://imgur.com/a/bvcxjNy Homework Equations Since the elevator is accelerating upwards, N - mg = ma or N = m(g+a) ------------ (1) The Attempt at a Solution In order to get the accelerations at that instant, I drew a tangent at that point and used v2 - v1/t2 - t1 = a...
  44. Athi Sankar

    Why does radial acceleration act toward the center?

    Acceleration of a rotating link has two components,Tangential (change in the direction) Radial (change in the magnitude). Why the direction of Radial acceleration is considered towards center (Centripetal)? what about centrifugal?
  45. Jim Hasty

    I Calculating Acceleration of Gravity w/ Geodesic Deviation: Troubleshooting

    I have tried twice now to calculate acceleration of gravity using the general relativistic equation of geodesic deviation and both times my solution is twice the correct answer. What am I doing wrong? As an example here is one problem: Calculate the acceleration of gravity g at the earth’s...
  46. opus

    Projectile motion problems with No horizontal acceleration

    For projectile motion problems, we say that the horizontal component of the ball's path has no acceleration. The vertical component does, which is due to gravity, but in projectile motion it is true that horizontal and vertical motion are independent of each other. My question is in regards to...
  47. T

    Objects approaching one another with uniform acceleration

    Homework Statement persons 1 & 2 are initially at rest (vi=0m/s) 48m (d) apart. they then run towards each other at constant accelerations person 1 acceleration = 0.50m/s2 person 2 acceleration = 0.30m/s2 how long until they reach each other/collide (t)? at the instant they collide, how far...
  48. Justin71

    Inertial force acceleration (vertical axis)

    Hi, How is the inertial force Fi (acceleration) when the system is vertical. I noted Fi_horizontal=m.a, Ff=mg.μ.cos(Θ) et Fg=mg.sin(Θ) .
  49. K

    I Acceleration Frame Dependency - General Relativity

    I was thinking about the geodesics equations and I realized that a particle will not have acceleration if the connection coefficients vanish, which (I think) is to say we are attatching a inertial frame to the particle. But if we attach a non-inertial frame to the particle, it will probably have...
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