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Lecture 2

PHYS1171
Overview
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Force
Newton
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PHYS1171 - Forces and Motion
Lecture 2 - Newtons Laws
A/Prof Tim McIntyre
The University of Queensland
Semester 1, 2014
PHYS1171 Lecture 2
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Contact Details
A/Prof Tim McIntyre
3365 3423
t.mcintyre@uq.edu.au
By appointment
Room 325
Building 6
Physics Annex
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Study Expectations
Consult Blackboard for
class details
Do the pre-reading
(5 Min Phys)
Attend class
Attempt tutorial and
supplementary questions
(textbook)
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Where to get help
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PHYS1171
Sem 1, 2014
Physics Learning Centre (PLC)
12.30-1.30 pm
Weekdays (from Week 2)
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Exam Questions (for my part)
Concepts - Explain how
the body transfers heat
to the surrounds...
Problem solving -
Calculate the speed of
blood through a
constricted artery
given...
Not a memory test -
formula sheet provided!
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Using your Keepad Clicker
Setting the channel:
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When answering a question:
Click a number (from those available!)
Can change your selection (i.e. click a dierent number)
Green ash - answer received
Orange ash - no question available or no receiver
Red ash - failed, probably wrong channel
No ash - battery dead. See the library ASAP
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Using your Keepad Clicker
Clicker registration:
Assessable Reading Quiz questions
Regular non-assessable quiz questions
Clicker identied by 6 digit hex code - e.g. 0D8AEF (on
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Enter this number only through the Clicker Blackboard
quiz by end Week 3.
Progress scores will be posted on Blackboard
To change your clicker, e-mail Tim McIntyre
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Technology Test
My primary degree is
1 Science
2 Biomedical Sciences
3 Human Movement Studies
4 Biotechnology
5 Food Technology
6 Engineering
7 Arts
8 IT
9 Other
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Im enrolled in this course because (please select the most
appropriate)
1 Im interested in Physics and would like to learn more
2 I think it will be useful for my degree
3 Im trying to improve my GPA
4 Im taking this course to help me get into medicine
5 I didnt take Physics at High School and need this course
before continuing in Engineering
6 Its a compulsory course for my degree
7 Some other reason
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I studied Physics in High School
1 Yes
2 No
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Ive taken (or am taking) SCIE1000
1 Yes
2 No - but I am enrolled in the BSc
3 No - Im not enrolled in the BSc
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Motion - Types
Motion with constant acceleration (or force)
Circular motion with
acceleration/force towards a central
point
Simple harmonic motion (restoring force)
Other motion under a changing force
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Lecture 2 - Newtons Laws
Todays lecture covers
What is a force?
Newtons Laws
Free-body diagrams
Preparation
Read Five Minute Physics -
Lecture 2 - Introduction to Forces
Reference
Biological Physics (2010), Section 2.1, 2.2
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Force
What is a force?
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Force
The forces on the object are . . .
Voyager 1 (artists rendition).
Image courtesy
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Force
The forces on the object are . . .
Space Shuttle Discovery in orbit.
Image courtesy NASA
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The forces on the object are . . .
Apollo Command Module re-entering the atmosphere
(artists rendition)
Image courtesy NASA
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Force
The forces on the object are . . .
Tim sliding
Image courtesy of Tim
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Force
The forces on the object are . . .
Tims forearm
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Force
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Reading Quiz (assessed)
In describing motion, which of the following statements is
false?
1 The unit of force is N (= newton)
2 Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces
3 An object in motion will slow down unless
acted on by an external force
4 Newtons Second Law says acceleration is
force divided by mass
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Newtons Laws
Set of laws that dene force . . .
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/PictDisplay/Newton.html
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Question...
The earth and the moon attract each other due to gravitational
forces. How do the magnitude of these forces compare?
1 The earth exerts a bigger force
on the moon
2 The moon exerts a bigger force
on the earth
3 The forces are equal
4 The forces are zero because they
cancel out
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Force
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Newtons Third Law
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Reading Quiz (assessed)
Dynamic equilibrium of a body means
1 The body is falling only under the inuence of
gravity
2 The body is moving but has no net force
acting on it
3 The body is balanced but rocking back and
forth
4 The body satises the requirements of
Newtons Third Law.
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Question...
A book is lying on a table. The book will remain there at rest
because
1 There is a net force but the book is too heavy
to move
2 There are no forces acting on it at all
3 It does move, but too slowly to be seen
4 There is no net force on the book
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Question...
A penguin slides on ice at a constant velocity. Which of the
following is true about the net force acting on the penguin?
1 The net force depends on the penguins weight
2 The net force is zero
3 The net force depends on the penguins speed
4 The net force depends on how rough the ice is
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Newtons First Law
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Question...
A force, F
1
is applied to a car with mass m
1
causing it to
accelerate at a rate a
1
. If I applied double the force to a car of
half the mass the acceleration a
2
would be
1 a
1
/4
2 a
1
/2
3 a
1
4 2a
1
5 4a
1
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Summing Up
After this lecture you should . . .
Be able to identify and explain forces on an object
Understand and apply Newtons Laws
Be capable of drawing free-body diagrams
Supplementary Questions Biological Physics (2010)
Problems 2.1, 2.7, 2.8
Next lecture
Read Five Minute Physics -
Lecture 3 - Resolving Forces
Exam tip . . .
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1 1he unlL of force ls n (= newLon) 2 CravlLy ls one of Lhe four fundamenLal
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3 An ob[ecL ln mouon wlll slow down
unless acLed on by an exLernal force
4 newLon's Second Law says accelerauon
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Whlch of Lhe followlng sLaLemenLs ls false?
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1 1he earLh exerLs a blgger force on Lhe
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2 1he moon exerLs a blgger force on Lhe
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3 1he forces are equal 4 1he forces are zero because Lhey cancel
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1he earLh and Lhe moon auracL each oLher due Lo gravlLauonal forces. Pow
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1 1he earLh exerLs a blgger force on Lhe
moon
2 1he moon exerLs a blgger force on Lhe
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3 1he forces are equal 4 1he forces are zero because Lhey cancel
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1he earLh and Lhe moon auracL each oLher due Lo gravlLauonal forces. Pow
do Lhe magnlLude of Lhese forces compare? (repeaL)
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1 1he body ls falllng only under Lhe
lnuence of gravlLy
2 1he body ls movlng buL has no neL force
acung on lL
3 1he body ls balanced buL rocklng back
and forLh
4 1he body sauses Lhe requlremenLs of
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uynamlc equlllbrlum of a body means
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1 1here ls a neL force buL Lhe book ls Loo
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1 1he neL force depends on Lhe penguln's
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2 1he neL force ls zero 3 1he neL force depends on Lhe penguln's
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PHYS1171, Semester 1, 2014
Forces and Motion
Lecture 2

Answers to recommended textbook questions

2.1 (a) 49 N; (b) 49.6 N; (c) 49 N; (d) 48 N
2.7 (a) 0.018 N (upwards); (b) 1.98 N (upwards); (c) Same as (b) but downwards
2.8 (a) 420 N; (b) 9.5 times larger

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