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    MECHANICS

    Projectile Motion
    Projectile

    Body given an initial velocity


    and then allowed to travel
    freely under gravity
    Trajectory Of A Projectile

    Path of a projectile

    It is a parabola
    Assumptions Made In Our Discussion

     No air resistance

    g constant

     Rotationof the earth and the curvature


    of the earth are neglected
    Projectile Motion Is Two Dimensional
    Motion
     Horizontal motion …. uniform
    motion

     Vertical
    motion …. uniformly
    accelerated motion
     Velocity
    along the
    horizontal remains constant

     Velocityin the vertical


    direction decreases,
    becomes zero and then
    increases
    Maximum height
     For vertical motion,[from A to B]
     [final velocity]2 = [initial velocity]2 + 2aS

     0 = (usinθ)2 + 2 (-g) H

    H= u2 sin2 θ
    B
    2g
    H
    D
    A
    Time of Flight (T)
     For vertical motion,[from A to C]

    displacement = initial velocity x time + (1/2)at2


    0 = (usinθ) T + (1/2)(-g)T2
    Time taken by the projectile to travel from A to C
    T = 2 u sin θ
    g

    C
    A
    Range

    A C
     R = Range is AC
     R =ucos θx T
     R = u2 sin 2 Θ
     g
     For a particular value of u,R max for

    θ = 45°
    For same u ,R same for θ and (90°- θ) with
    the horizontal
     An airplane is carrying a bomb and
    traveling with a velocity of 1,100 mph
    east. If it releases its bomb and
    continues at that velocity, will the
    bomb land:
    • A. Directly underneath the plane
    • B. Behind the plane
    • C. Ahead of the plane
    Answer!

     If they’re going at the same x-velocity, it will land


     Suppose two balls released
    from the same height: one
    is dropped from rest, and
    the other is thrown
    horizontally. Which will hit
    the ground first? Why?
     They will hit at the
    same time, because
    they are both being
    pulled by gravity at the
    same rate! Only one
    will have a greater x-
    range.
    Projectile motion with air resistance

     Height and range less


     Way down steeper than the way up

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