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Before I write anything, I want to apologize because I have no idea how to write equations on this website. This is my first post >.< Also, thank you for helping in advance!
A baseball is thrown vertically up with speed vo and is subject to a quadratic drag with magnitude f(v) = cv2. Write down the equation of motion for the upward journey (measuring y vertically UP) and show that it can be rewritten as v(dot) = -g[1+(v/vter)2]. Use the "vdv/dx rule" to write v(dot) as vdv/dy and then solve the equation of motion by separating variables (put all terms involving v on one side and all terms involving y on the other). integrate both sides to give y in terms of v, and hence v as a function of y. Show that the baseball's maximum height is
ymax = [(vter)2/2g]*ln[ [ (vter)2 + (vo)2 ] / [(vter)2] ]
whew. If vo = 20m/s and the baseball has the parameters: mass m=.15kg and diameter D = 7cm, what is ymax? Compare with the value in a vacuum.
Ok... Well first, in case you didn't get it, the vdv/dx rule is just that:
v(dot) = vdv/dx = (1/2)d(v2)/dx.
(only in this problem we just use y instead of x.)
Another formula that's important is the terminal velocity, which is
vter = sqrt(mg/c)
Well, the first thing it asks is to write down the equation of motion. I'm a little unsure, but I think that it is :
m*v(dot) = -mg - cv2
which can be rearranged:
v(dot) = -g - cv2/m
and substituting c/m = g/(vter)2 in...
v(dot) = -g (1 + (v/vter)2)
so then we use the vdv/dx rule...
vdv = -g*dy*(1 + (v/vter)2)
and separating variables like it said,
vdv/(1 + (v/vter)2) = -gdy
But now I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. When it said to separate variables, it said that I should put the terms with a y on one side and the terms with a v on the other, but... are there any terms with a y? Other than the dy? I also have no idea how to integrate this equation... Can anybody help me figure out the next few steps? Thank you again.
PS: is there a way to actually have it write v(dot) normally - as in, with a dot above the v?
Homework Statement
A baseball is thrown vertically up with speed vo and is subject to a quadratic drag with magnitude f(v) = cv2. Write down the equation of motion for the upward journey (measuring y vertically UP) and show that it can be rewritten as v(dot) = -g[1+(v/vter)2]. Use the "vdv/dx rule" to write v(dot) as vdv/dy and then solve the equation of motion by separating variables (put all terms involving v on one side and all terms involving y on the other). integrate both sides to give y in terms of v, and hence v as a function of y. Show that the baseball's maximum height is
ymax = [(vter)2/2g]*ln[ [ (vter)2 + (vo)2 ] / [(vter)2] ]
whew. If vo = 20m/s and the baseball has the parameters: mass m=.15kg and diameter D = 7cm, what is ymax? Compare with the value in a vacuum.
Homework Equations
Ok... Well first, in case you didn't get it, the vdv/dx rule is just that:
v(dot) = vdv/dx = (1/2)d(v2)/dx.
(only in this problem we just use y instead of x.)
Another formula that's important is the terminal velocity, which is
vter = sqrt(mg/c)
The Attempt at a Solution
Well, the first thing it asks is to write down the equation of motion. I'm a little unsure, but I think that it is :
m*v(dot) = -mg - cv2
which can be rearranged:
v(dot) = -g - cv2/m
and substituting c/m = g/(vter)2 in...
v(dot) = -g (1 + (v/vter)2)
so then we use the vdv/dx rule...
vdv = -g*dy*(1 + (v/vter)2)
and separating variables like it said,
vdv/(1 + (v/vter)2) = -gdy
But now I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. When it said to separate variables, it said that I should put the terms with a y on one side and the terms with a v on the other, but... are there any terms with a y? Other than the dy? I also have no idea how to integrate this equation... Can anybody help me figure out the next few steps? Thank you again.
PS: is there a way to actually have it write v(dot) normally - as in, with a dot above the v?