Physics I Problems PDF
Physics I Problems PDF
Physics I Problems PDF
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CHALLENGE PROBLEMS
15.84 ... CP CALC A deep-sea
Figure P15.84
diver is suspended beneath the
surface of Loch Ness by a
100-m-long cable that is
attached to a boat on the surface
(Fig. P15.84). The diver and his
100 m
suit have a total mass of 120 kg
and a volume of 0.0800 m3. The
x
cable has a diameter of 2.00 cm
and a linear mass density of m =
1.10 kg>m. The diver thinks he
sees something moving in the
m 5 120 kg
murky depths and jerks the end
of the cable back and forth to
send transverse waves up the
cable as a signal to his companions in the boat. (a) What is the tension in the cable at its lower end,
where it is attached to the diver? Do not forget to include the buoyant force that the water (density 1000 kg>m3) exerts on him. (b)
Calculate the tension in the cable a distance x above the diver. The
buoyant force on the cable must be included in your calculation. (c)
The speed of transverse waves on the cable is given by v = 2F>m
(Eq. 15.13). The speed therefore varies along the cable, since the
tension is not constant. (This expression neglects the damping force
that the water exerts on the moving cable.) Integrate to nd the time
required for the rst signal to reach the surface.
15.85 ... CALC (a) Show that for a wave on a string, the kinetic
energy per unit length of string is
0y1x, t2 2
u k1x, t2 = 12 mvy21x, t2 = 12 m a
b
0t
where m is the mass per unit length. (b) Calculate u k1x, t2 for a
sinusoidal wave given by Eq. (15.7). (c) There is also elastic
potential energy in the string, associated with the work required to
deform and stretch the string. Consider a short segment of string at
position x that has unstretched length x, as in Fig. 15.13. Ignoring
the (small) curvature of the segment, its slope is 0 y1x, t2> 0x.
Assume that the displacement of the string from equilibrium is
small, so that 0 y> 0 x has a magnitude much less than unity. Show
that the stretched length of the segment is approximately
x B 1 + 12 a
0y1x, t2
0x
b R