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    AP Physics B 2014

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    AP Physics Notes Kinematics In Two Dimensions



    Table of Contents


    1. Relative Motion
    2. Horizontal Projectiles
    3. Projectiles at an Angle
    4. Links
    5. References






    Relative Motion:

    Kinematics in two Dimensions When handling 2-dimensional kinematics, you do
    everything the same way you do 1-dimensional kinematics problems except you keep
    your x and y components independent of each other. The one variable that links the
    two components together is time.

    Example 1: A motorboat is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/s across a river and
    encounters a current downstream of 2 m/s. The river is 150 m wide.
    What is the resultant velocity of the boat?
    How much time does it take the boat to cross the river?
    If there is a waterfall 28 meters downstream, will the boat make it to the
    other side in time?


















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    2

    Horizontal Projectiles:


    Horizontal Projectiles - When a projectile is released with a non-zero horizontal
    velocity, its trajectory takes on the shape of a parabola. There are now two
    dimensions to its motion. Vertically, gravity is still accelerating it at -9.8 m/sec
    2
    .
    But, horizontally, there is no acceleration since gravity acts at right angles to that
    velocity's component. Consequently, the trajectory must be analyzed in two parts.

    Initial Conditions When a projectile is released completely horizontally, then we start
    with the following conditions:
    Horizontal
    motion

    Vertical
    motion

    time
    a = 0 a = - 9.8 m/s
    2

    v = v
    x
    v
    yo
    = 0


    x = v
    x
    t

    y = v
    yo
    t + !gt
    2

    Time is a parameter that applies to both columns - a common quantity.

    Example 2: A little girls meatball (all covered with cheese) slips off her fork onto
    the table, and proceeds to roll off the table with a horizontal velocity of 0.2 m/s. The
    table is 0.75 meters tall.
    How much time does the girl have to catch the meatball before it hits the
    ground?
    If she misses, how far away from the edge of the table will the meatball land
    on the floor?






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    Projectiles at an Angle:

    Angle Releases of Projectiles Everything is the same as horizontal projectiles except
    v
    yo
    " 0.

    Initial Conditions When a projectile is released completely horizontally, then we start
    with the following conditions:
    Horizontal
    motion

    Vertical
    motion

    time
    !

    a = 0 a = - 9.8 m/s
    2

    V
    x
    = v cos
    !
    v
    yo


    = v sin !

    x = v
    x
    t

    y = v
    yo
    t + !gt
    2


    Example 3: Shaun White jumps off a snowboarding ramp with an initial velocity of 20
    m/s at an angle of 70. If he is to land on a level snow beyond him that has the same
    vertical displacement as the ramp,
    what is his maximum height?
    wow long will he be in the air?
    what is his range?










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    Links:

    Horizontal cannonball:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/hlp.html
    Non-horizontal cannonball:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/nhlp.html
    Maximum range:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/mr.html
    Plane and package:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/pap.html
    Truck and cannonball:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/tb.html
    Shooting the monkey in a tree:
    http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/mzi.html
    http://online.cctt.org/physicslab/content/Phy1/lessonnotes/projectiles/monkey.asp


    References:

    http://online.cctt.org/physicslab/content/PhyAPB/review/summaries/mechanicsI.asp
    http://expn.go.com/xgames/wxg/2002/s/menspipe.html

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