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Physics 111: Lecture 3, Pg 1
Physics 111: Lecture 3Physics 111: Lecture 3Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda
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Reference frames and relative motion
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Uniform Circular Motion
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Inertial Reference Frames:Inertial Reference Frames:
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Reference FrameReference Frame
is the place you measure from.
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It’s where you nail down your (x,y,z)axes!
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An Inertial Reference Frame (IRF) is one that isnot
accelerating.
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We will consider onlyIRFs in this course.
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ValidIRFs can have fixed velocities with respect to each other.
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More about this later when we discuss forces.
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For now, just remember that we can make measurementsfrom different vantage points.Cart ontrack ontrack
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Relative MotionRelative Motion
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Consider a problem with
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distinct IRFs:
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An airplane flying on a windy dayAn airplane flying on a windy day..
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A pilot wants to fly from Champaign to Chicago. Havingasked a friendly physics student, she knows that Chicagois 120 miles due north of Urbana. She takes off fromWillard Airport at noon. Her plane has a compass and anair-speed indicator to help her navigate.
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The compass allows her to keep the nose of the planepointing north.
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The air-speed indicator tells her that she is traveling at120 miles per hour
with respect to the air with respect to the air
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