Fisika 3
Fisika 3
Fisika 3
PROJECTILE MOTION
Learning outcomes:
Build the competencies of students to
understand the concept of combined
vertical-horizontal movements and to find
the formula to predict:
This diagram is
drawn using a
correct scale.
Which velocity is
changing as time
goes by?
The speed in the x-
direction is constant; in
the y-direction the object
moves with constant
acceleration “g”.
This photograph shows two
y
balls that start to fall at the
same time. The one on the right
has an initial speed in the x-
direction. It can be seen that
vertical positions of the two
x balls are identical at identical
times, while the horizontal
position of the yellow ball
increases linearly.
If an object is launched at an initial angle of θ0
with the horizontal, the analysis is similar except
that the initial velocity has a vertical component.
This diagram is
drawn using a
correct scale.
Which velocity is
changing as time
goes by?
Objectives when launching projectiles:
• Angle of projection
• Projection speed
• General shapes
– Perfectly vertical (angle = ?)
– Parabolic (angle = ?)
– Perfectly horizontal (angle = ?)
• Implications in sports
Range:
– horizontal displacement.
Initial velocity:
• Horizontal component is constant
– Horizontal acceleration = 0
• Vertical component is constantly changing
– Vertical acceleration = -9.81 m/s2
A projectile launched with velocity will have both vertical &
horizontal components of that velocity.
Force of Gravity:
– Constant, unchanging
A body projected
– Negative acceleration (-9.81 straight upward will
m/s2) have the same speed
Apex: at the end of its flight
as it did when it was
– Highest Point launched
– Vertical velocity = 0 m/s
Influence of Air Resistance
Horizontal component : a = 0
v2 = v1
S = v1t
V22 = v21
Equations of
Constant Acceleration
h
A movie stunt driver on a motorcycle speeds
horizontally off a 50.0-m-high cliff. How fast
must the motorcycle leave the cliff top to land
on level ground below, 90.0 m from the base of
the cliff where the cameras are? Ignore air
resistance.
Driving Off A Cliff Through a Ramp