Atwood Definition and 181 Threads

Homework Statement Good Morning, my teacher is making us redo this lab with data he collected. I was wondering if someone could check to see if I did it right so far. I have to graph the left side of equation B (in the spreadsheet) and the same for A. then I have to find the moment of inertia...

I measure the tension in a pulley system with two masses (one smaller, one larger) where I pull the small mass down and let it go so that the system accelerates in the direction of the larger mass. This is without friction. Then, I try to consider friction. Does the tension in the string...

An example of this kind of a problem would be a frictionless, massless pulley holding two equal masses(say, 5kg each). But then, an additional mass is added to one side (ie, a frog jumping on to mass 1, 1 kg). What would happen to the system? What if the frog jumps off?Initially, I know that the...

Homework Statement [/B] The double Atwood machine has frictionless, massless pulleys and cords. Determine the acceleration of masses mA,mB,mC, and the tensions in the cords.Homework Equations [/B] F=maThe Attempt at a Solution [/B] First I looked down the bottom section. Assuming mB> mA...

I'm actually grading this stuff, and have a question. Ideally there's no friction and no kinetic energy of pulley. If we take them into account, which one is more important? I wonder how to analyze this? Thanks a lot.

So, I have an atwood machine lab. What I have been given is the masses of either end and time it takes the heavier mass to hit the ground from a distance. M1= .2kg M2 = .15kg avg time = 1.12 sec What i think I have to do: To find the actual acceleration I have to use v = vi + at and solve for...

Homework Statement 7.27 ** Consider a double Atwood machine constructed as follows: A mass 4m is suspended from a string that passes over a massless pulley on frictionless bearings. The other end of this string supports a second similar pulley, over which passes a second string supporting a...

1. A 77.00 Nt object (denoted as object 1) rests on the ground. A light cord is connected to this object which runs vertically upward over a light frictionless pulley and is attached to another object denoted as object 2. a) Calculate the force that the ground exerts on object 1 if object 2 is...

Homework Statement A pulley with mass Mp and a radius Rp is attached to the ceiling, in a gravity field of 9.81 m/s2 and rotates with no friction about its pivot. Mass M2 is larger than mass m1. The quantities Tn and g are magnitudes. 1) The magnitude of the acceleration of m1 is ...

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Why is one Tension Negative and the Other Positive -- Atwood Machines Hello, Please consider the following: I am trying to understand how to solve for acceleration when dealing with Atwood machines. I keep getting hung up on one part: the direction of tension. In the image above, why is...

Homework Statement Block 2 has a mass of 10kg and is attached to a pulley. The string going through the pulley is fixed to a bar on one end. The other end of the string goes over a pulley and a cylinder, of mass 20kg hangs on the string. The coefficient of friction between block 2 and the...

Homework Statement Three objects with masses m1 = 35.1 kg, m2 = 16.8 kg, and m3 = 10.5 kg are hanging from ropes that are redirected over pulleys. What is the acceleration of m1? Negative numbers for downward, and positive numbers for upward, please. Homework Equations F=ma...

I am having difficulty reconciling this in my head. Imagine two Atwood machines (example). In both machines, the pulley is massless, there is no friction, but the rope is not massless, though it is inextensible. The rope and pulley in each machine are identical. The first is a traditional Atwood...

Hello. I am learning about tension in Atwood machines( ideal pulley, frictionless mass, etc.) and I am having trouble grasping the concept of tension. I thought that the tension in a rope should be equal to the net force on both masses. That way the forces are balanced out and the masses are...

Homework Statement Consider the Atwood’s pulley shown below. The masses are 4m, 3m, and m. Let x and y be the directed distances from the centers of the fixed (i.e. inertial) top pulleys for the left and right masses as indicated. http://imgur.com/VXEygxt a) Write down the Lagrangian...

Hello, I have a question about a sample problem in the McGraw Hill Physics 12 book. (p. 38-39). "An Atwood machine is made of two objects connected by a rope that runs over a pulley. The objects on the left (m1) has a mass of 8.5 and the object on the right (m2) has a mass of 17kg. a) What is...

Homework Statement The question is from a lab. The lab used an Atwood Machine with two masses suspended string looped over a pulley. The time for one mass to reach the ground was measured and acceleration of the mass was calculated. The results were plotted on a graph of weight difference...

Homework Statement I know how to do this type of problem, I'm just confused as to how to determine the distance the (4m) mass goes up . Homework Equations N/A The Attempt at a Solution So I was thinking that if mass (5m) and mass (3m) go in opposite directions then mass (4m)...

Homework Statement I have the professor's solutions for a homework we handed in. There is a part that is confusing me. We have the following equation: $$E = \frac{1}{2}(m_1 + m_2)\dot{x}^2-(m_1-m_2)gx$$ Homework Equations We want to find: $$dE/dt = 0$$ The Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement Two masses, measuring 800g and 400g respectively, are attached to spring scales and an Atwood Machine. What will the reading of each scale be? https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/52223 Homework Equations Fg = mg The Attempt at a Solution I think that...

Homework Statement An atwood machince has a m1 = 4.92-kg block resting on a frictionless horizontal ledge. This block is attached to a string that passes over a pulley, and the other end of the string is attached to a hanging m2 = 2.46-kg block. The pulley is a uniform disk of radius...

Homework Statement What the time difference between the instance that m2 and m3 hit the floor? How far are their landing spots? The Attempt at a Solution So far I have figured out the normal force of the two blocks each, and then I found the friction of them both.Here is my work so far...

Homework Statement I need to find the equation for the accelerations of the masses on a double atwood apartatus. Homework Equations F=ma The Attempt at a Solution Ok, I made a free body diagram and I think I figure the first part out. The tension on the top rope is twice the lower...

Homework Statement A system consists of a pulley and two masses m1, m2 haning from it as shown in the figure. The pulley is a disk of radius R with constant mass density that has two circular hole with radius R/2. Find the angular acceleration of the pulley. Figure attached. Homework...

Consider two stationary blocks of same mass suspended by a massless string over some kind of pulley. The net force on both of them is clearly 0. Now suppose we somehow gave on of them a downwards velocity by some kind of energy transfer. Then intuitively the block would start to fall down. But...

Homework Statement Consider a modified Atwood machine, where one mass of 20 kg lies on a flat tabletop, and another mass of 5 kg hangs off the edge of the table, where the two masses are connected to each other by a massless string and a frictionless pulley on the edge of the table. The...

Homework Statement I'm trying to find the acceleration of the masses in an atwood machine, the pulley has a rotational inertia I. The pulley has a radius R Picture : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atwood.svg But I made it accelerate the other way, so the equations from Newtons 2nd law are...

Homework Statement I have a modified atwood machine which is made up of a vertical mass hanger (hanging over the side of a table) connected to a horizontal cart (on the table) via a rope (un-stretchable) and a pulley (massless, frictionless, etc). The cart wheels have negligible friction...

Homework Statement I have taken this image from http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/336k/lectures/node79.html Hello, I am currently doing a project on Lagrangian mechanics. As part of my project, it was advised that I should redo each of the problems done using the Lagrangian method in...

1. I am trying to figure out the equation for tension force, friction force, acceleration, it looks from my very little physics knowledge is that it is based on the Atwood Machine, not the free hanging Pulley, but the pulley with the table (where one block is hanging, one is flat on the table)...

This is a question about the swinging Atwood machine. I have completed the first half of the problems which involved finding a lagrangian involving the obvious co-ordinates, finding the conjugate momenta and writing a new Hamiltonian: H = E =...

【Atwood Machine Problem】 Homework Statement Regular atwood machine lab where you test the proportionality of net force and acceleration as stated in Newton's 2nd Law. The regular lab procedure is to release the smaller mass at rest, to let it be lifted by the heavier one. Question is: "How...

Homework Statement Include free body diagrams and equations solved independently for acceleration and tension. Note: a and T are to be expressed in terms of m1, m2, and g only. Trial 1:Mass1= 55g and Mass2= 60g Trial 2:Mass1= 55g and Mass2= 65g We are doing 2 trials but i need help with the...

Homework Statement I picked this up somewhere and I couldn't get a good answer Let's say I have m_1 and m_2 hanging by a pulley on an atwood. Let m_1 > m_2 and m_2 on ground and m_1 hanging in the air at a height h So if I ask you, what is the speed when they meet, what is the set up...

Homework Statement Hi, the question is like in the picture. How hard should she pull the string to raise with constant speed? She weighs 70 kg together with the bucket. The Attempt at a Solution The system must have 0 acceleration, but does this mean she should pull the string with an...

I have a simple question about the Double Atwood machine. I am able to follow the solution but one thing makes no sense to me. The accelerations for block A and block B are: Why aren't these equal? If they aren't, doesn't that mean the rope stretches? Or is this just an...

Homework Statement I've tried and tried and can't solve this to look like this equation. Please Help! http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/biggyjoe210/IMAG0175.jpg 1. Show that the Acceleration of Mass A is given by : (look at picture) Homework Equations F = ma The...

Homework Statement A simple Atwood machine composed of a single pulley and two masses, m1 and m2 is on an elevator. When m1= 44.7kg and m2=45.3kg, it takes 5.00s for mass m2 to descend exactly one meter from rest relative to the elevator. What is the elevator's motion? (That is, is it moving...

Atwood Machine Problem please help :) If one of the masses of an Atwood machine is 1.9 kg, what must be the other mass if the displacement of either mass is to be 0.1 m in the first second after release?

Homework Statement I need to find the forces on this modified atwood machine: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/atwood.jpg/ The Attempt at a Solution What I think: - On mass M there are two forces, Mg and -T. - On the mass above the spring there are two more forces, -2mg...

Homework Statement Two masses, 5kg and 2kg on the two ends of an atwood machine (ie. over a pulley). Initially, both are 0.6m above ground. Find the maximum height the 2kg mass will reach when the system is released. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Maximum height...

Homework Statement One mass, m1 = 215g, of an ideal Atwood machine rests on the floor 1.10m below the other mass, m2 = 255g. (a) If the masses are released from rest, how long does it take m2 to reach the floor? (b) How high will mass m1 ascend from the floor? Known variables: m1 = 215g...

Homework Statement So I have this lab and I have no idea how to come about doing this. An Atwood machine consisting of two massless pulleys (one smart pulley without friction and one pulley with friction) and hanging masses will be provided, as shown in the diagram below. you will be given...

Homework Statement Two weights, 75N (mass 1) & 125N (mass 2) are connected by a very light flexible cord that passes over a 70.0 N frictionless pulley of radius 0.200 m. The pulley is a solid uniform disk and is supported by a hook connected to the ceiling. What force does the ceiling exert...

Homework Statement Smaller mass on an Atwood machine is 5.2 kg (m1). If the mass accelerates at 4.6 m/s2what is the mass of the object? What is the tension of the rope? Homework Equations a = g(m2-m1)/(m2+m1) The Attempt at a Solution I can't approach this questions, because we...

1. In the experiment(using a Atwood machine), should the mass of the string be added to the total mass moved by the unbalanced force for better accuracy? Explain. I think the answer is no because the weight of the string is very small and when doing the calculations to find acceleration, one...

Double Atwood Machine: relation between the contraints & the variables ?! Hello. I am taking an analytical mechanics course & there's 2 "simple" equations relating the constraints to the variables. The problem is actually a class example. Here is it 1. The figure of the example is attached...

Homework Statement Consider the system shown in the image attached with m1 = 27.0 kg, m2 = 13.6 kg, R = 0.290 m, and the mass of the pulley M = 5.00 kg. Object m2 is resting on the floor, and object m1 is 4.70 m above the floor when it is released from rest. The pulley axis is frictionless...

1. A pulley with mass Mp and a radius Rp is attached to the ceiling, in a gravity field of 9.81 m/s^2 and rotates with no friction about its pivot. Mass M2 is larger than mass m1. The quantities Tn and g are magnitudes. A) T3 is ... T1 + T2 B) T1 is ... m1g. C) The C.M. of Mp+m1+M2 does not...