Chapter_2

MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE

UNIVERSITY PHYSICS: MECHANICS
(PHY1001)

Dr. Subhashree Choudhury

Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE,
Faculty of Engineering and Technology (ITER)
S`O'A Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India-751030
➢List of Topics:-
2.1 Introduction to topic
2.2 Displacement
2.3 Average and Instantaneous Velocity
2.4 Average and Instantaneous Acceleration (v-t, x-t graphs explanation)
2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
2.6 Freely falling bodies
2.7 Velocity and Position by integration
2.8 TYU
2.9 In Class Problems

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 ➢Goal of the chapter:-
❖ 2.1 How the ideas of displacement and average velocity help us describe straight-line motion.

❖ 2.2 The meaning of instantaneous velocity; the difference between velocity and speed.

❖ 2.3 How to use average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration to describe changes in
velocity.

❖ 2.4 How to use equations and graphs to solve problems that involve straight-line motion with
constant acceleration.

❖ 2.5 How to solve problems in which an object is falling freely under the influence of gravity
alone.

❖ 2.6 How to analyze straight-line motion when the acceleration is not constant.
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2.1 Introduction to topic

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2.2 Distance, Displacement, Speed and Average Speed

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Velocity

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2.3 Average and Instantaneous Velocity

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2.4 Average and Instantaneous Acceleration

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2.4 Average and Instantaneous Acceleration

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2.4 (x-t graphs explanation)
1. If the displacement remains parallel to the time axis, body is said to be in rest position.
2. Displacement changes uniformly with time, so called as constant velocity or uniform velocity.
3. Displacement increases with increase in time, so called as increasing velocity.
4. Displacement decreases with increase in time, so called as decreasing velocity.
5. Displacement decreases to zero and slope became negative, so called as uniform negative velocity.
6. First displacement decreases to zero and then uniformly increases in a negative direction, so called as first
negative velocity and then uniform velocity.

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2.4 (v-t graphs explanation)
1.When velocity does not change with time and remain parallel with time axis, then the graph represent the
uniform velocity or zero acceleration.
2. When velocity changes uniformly with time, then the graph represents uniform acceleration.
3. When velocity increases with increase in time, then the graph represents increasing acceleration..
4. When velocity decreases with increase in time, then the graph represents decreasing acceleration.
5. When velocity decreases with time and the slope became negative, then the graph represents uniform negative acceleration.
6. When velocity decreases with time, became zero and then increase with time, then the graph represents uniform negative
acceleration with positive uniform acceleration.

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2.4 (General graphs explanation)
These two graphs represent different physical situations.
(i) A ball is dropped from top of a tower to the ground (ii) A ball is projected into space.

(i) (ii)
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2.4 (General graphs explanation)

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2.4 (General graphs explanation)

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2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration

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2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration

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2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration

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2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
Summary of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kinematic Equation

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2.6 Freely Falling Bodies

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2.6 Freely Falling Bodies

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2.7 Velocity and Position by integration

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2.7 Velocity and Position by integration

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2.8 (Q2.1)Test Your Understanding

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2.8 (Q2.1)Test Your Understanding

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2.8 (Q2.3)Test Your Understanding

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2.9 (Q2.4) In Class problem

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2.9 (Q2.4) In Class problem

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2.9 (Q2.7) In Class problem

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• Textbook: University Physics, 13th Edition, Young and
Freedman, Pearson.

No Other Text book will be used or entertained

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