Newton’s First Law of Motion states explains that a force is needed to change the motion of an object. It states that objects do not move or change their speed unless a force acts upon them. The first law applies to gymnastics in some areas‚ particularly on the bars and the balance beam. For example‚ on the bars when a gymnast performs a giant she is doing complete revolutions around the high bar while keeping her body straight. In order to begin this skill she had to apply some force to get into
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atmosphere is subjected to two external forces. The first force is the gravitational force‚ expressed as the weight of the object. The weight equation which is weight (W) = mass (M) x gravitational acceleration (A) which is 9.8 meters per square second on the surface of the earth. The gravitational acceleration decreases with the square of the distance from the center of the earth. If the object were falling in a vacuum‚ this would be the only force acting on the object. But in the atmosphere‚ the
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Q2 b) Consider the velocity field V = Ax/(x²+y²)i + Ay/(x²+y²)j in the xy plane‚ where A = 10 m²/s‚ and x and y are measured in meters. i) Show this is an incompressible flow field. ii) Derive an expression for the fluid acceleration. iii) Evaluate the acceleration along the x axis‚ the y axis‚ and along a line defined by y = x. (14 marks) Question 1 ( 15 markah ) a) Define and explain briefly the following : i) velocity potential‚ f (x‚y) ( 4 markah ) ii) stream function
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to place more emphasis on the results of dead reckoning the gyroscope measurements and less on the magnetometer readings. The proposed method was tested in an indoor environment in the presence of various magnetic distortions and under various accelerations (up to 3g). In the experiments‚ the proposed algorithm achieves < 2 ◦ Static Peak-to-Peak error and < 5 ◦ Dynamic Peak-to-Peak error‚ significantly outperforming previous methods. Index Terms—AHRS‚ Particle filter‚ Data Fusion‚ Inertial Measurement
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about pendulums. For other uses‚ see Pendulum (disambiguation). "Simple gravity pendulum" model assumes no friction or air resistance. | An animation of a pendulum showing the velocity and acceleration vectors (v and a). | | A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely.[1] When a pendulum is displaced from its restingequilibrium position‚ it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it
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Design Rationale It is known that the acceleration due to gravity (or g) is approximately 9.8m/s2 [down] or -9.8m/s2 [up]. What we are trying to do is design an experiment to measure and confirm this value. Our plan was to drop an object from a reasonable height and use a ticker tape timer to measure the amount of time and distance travelled between each time. The weight of the object used would have to be heavy enough that it would not be affected by air resistance. For example‚ you shouldn’t use
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F2000G342 Seoul 2000 FISITA World Automotive Congress June 12-15‚ 2000‚ Seoul‚ Korea Theoretical Study of Steering Effort - using Autosim Park Il Rae Chassis Design Team 1‚ 700‚ YangJung‚ Buk-Ku‚ Ulsan‚ Korea The steering effort is an important characteristic of vehicles because it influences driver comfort directly. Steering effort and steering feel are of interest in this report. This report used AutoSim to model the vehicle and to prepare simulation code. FORTRAN was used to analyse
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Video "The Law of Falling Bodies" The answers are in red Questions: 1. The video introduces one of the "deepest mysteries in all of physics." The deepest mystery in all of physics is that in a vacuum all bodies fall with the same constant acceleration. 2. In the next sequence‚ we see a person diving from a board and a leaf falling from a tree. It is stated that the speed of a falling body increases as it falls. If the statement concerning falling bodies is true‚ then why does the leaf seem
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Name: Planetary Orbit Simulator – Student Guide Background Material Answer the following questions after reviewing the “Kepler’s Laws and Planetary Motion” and “Newton and Planetary Motion” background pages. Question 1: Draw a line connecting each law on the left with a description of it on the right. only a force acting on an object can change its motion Kepler’s 1st Law Kepler’s 2nd Law planets move faster when close to the sun Kepler’s 3rd Law Newton’s 1st Law planets orbit the sun in elliptical
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it roll down. Use a stopwatch to record the time the car rolled. Use this information to calculate the acceleration of the car. Measure the distance the car rolled using the meter stick. Record in your lab book. Repeat the process 3 times. Before each trial‚ add weight to the car by taping a penny to the car. Compare the graphs from each trial. What do you notice about the acceleration of the cars? Record your observation in your lab book. In your observation‚ discuss how this corresponds
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