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    This document contains problems related to work-energy theorem, conservative force, and potential energy. It includes 6 problems covering topics like the work done in changing the radius of a mass rotating in a circle, finding potential energy and force functions, using Stokes' theorem to calculate work, and determining whether given forces are conservative.

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    This document contains problems related to work-energy theorem, conservative force, and potential energy. It includes 6 problems covering topics like the work done in changing the radius of a mass rotating in a circle, finding potential energy and force functions, using Stokes' theorem to calculate work, and determining whether given forces are conservative.

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    PH111: Tutorial Sheet 3

    This tutorial sheet contains problems related to work-energy theorem, conservative force,
    and potential energy.
    1. Mass m rotates on a frictionless table, held to circular path by a string which passes
    through a hole in the table. The string is slowly pulled through the hole so that the
    radius of the circle changes from R0 to R1 . Show that the work done in pulling the
    string equals the increase in kinetic energy of the mass.
    2. A particle of mass m moves in one dimension along the positive x axis. It is acted on
    by a constant force directed towards the origin with the magnitude B , and and inverse
    law repulsive force of magnitude A/x2 .
    (a) Find the potential energy function V (x)
    (b) Plot the potential energy as a function of x, and the total energy of the system,
    assuming that the maximum kinetic energy is K0 = 12 mv02 .
    (c) What is the point of equilibrium, i.e., the point where net force acting on the
    particle is zero.
    3. A particle of mass M is held xed at the origin. The gravitational potential energy of
    another particle of m, in the eld of the rst mass, is given by
    GM m
    V (r) = − ,
    r
    where G is the gravitational constant, and r is the distance of mass m from the origin.
    (a) What is the force acting on the particle of mass m?
    (b) Calculate the curl of this force.
    4. Consider a 2D force eld F = A(y 2 î + 2x2 ĵ). Calculate the work done by this force
    in going around a closed path which is a square made up of sides of length a, lying in
    the xy -plane, with two of its vertices located at the origin, and point (a, a). Find the
    answer by doing the line integral, as well as by using the Stokes' theorem. The path
    is traversed in a counter clockwise manner.
    5. Find the forces for the following potential energies
    (a) V (x, y, z) = Ax2 + By 2 + Cz 2
    (b) V (x, y, z) = A ln(x2 + y 2 + z 2 )
    (c) V (r, θ) = A cos θ/r2 (r and θ are plane polar coordinates)
    Above, A, B, and, C are constants.
    6. Determine whether each of the following forces is conservative. Find the potential
    energy function if it exists. A, α, β are constants.

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    (a) F = A(3î + z ĵ + y k̂)
    (b) F = Axyz(î + ĵ + k̂)
    (c) Fx = A sin(αy) cos(βz), Fy = −Axα cos(αy) cos(βz) , Fz = Ax sin(αy) sin(βz)

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