Sunday, December 12, 2010

different types of energy

Thermal energy
-  A specialized term that refers to the part of the internal energy of a system which is the total present kinetic energy resulting from the random movements of atoms and molecules.


sound energy
sound energy is the energy produced by sound vibrations as they travel through a specific medium. Sound vibrations cause waves of pressure which lead to some level of compression and rarefaction in the mediums through which the sound waves travel.


Mechanical potential energy
-  mechanical energy is the sum of energy in a mechanical system. This energy includes both kinetic energy, the energy of motion, and potential energy, the stored energy of position. A mechanical system is any group of objects that interact based on basic mechanical principles.


Chemical potential energy
-   Chemical potential energy is a form of potential energy related to the structural arrangement of atoms or molecules. This arrangement may be the result of chemical bonds within a molecule or otherwise. Chemical energy of a chemical substance can be transformed to other forms of energy by a chemical reaction.


Gravitational potential energy
-   Gravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field. The most common use of gravitational potential energy is for an object near the surface of the Earth where the gravitational acceleration can be assumed to be constant at about 9.8 m/s2.


Elastic potential energy
-  Elastic potential energy is Potential energy stored as a result of deformation of an elastic object, such as the stretching of a spring. It is equal to the work done to stretch the spring, which depends upon the spring constant k as well as the distance stretched.

cannon!

yeah!! we'll be building our cannons on Thusday!! the cannon is made of 5 pop cans. according to last unit(projectile motion), we know that the best angle to set our cannons is 45°、because it would reach the farthest distance.
But of course, the real cannon is not made of pop cans..
A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile.


Cannon, Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, France.jpg

Newton!!!

For equilibrium:
assumptions:
-          no air resistance
-          no friction
-          a=0 ( ax=0 and ay=0 )
-          break down in to x and y components
-          T1x=T2x
-          set positive axis⊕
for inclined problems:
assumptions:
-          no air resistance
-          FN  perpendicular to the surface
-         +axis is the direction of the motion
-          break down in to x and y components
-          acceleration does not equal to zero
-          FN-Fgy=0
-          Fgx-f=ma
 
for pulley problems:
assumptions:
-          pulley is frictionless
-          rope is frictionless
-          no air resistance
-          + axis is the position of the
-          2 Free Body Diagrams
-          T1=T2
-          ay1 = ay2
-          break down in to x and y components acceleration
 
for train prblems,
we consider the trains as a whole, to solve for ax.
Assumptions:
- 3 FBD to find T
- no air resistance
- ay = 0
- cables weightless
- positive along acceleration
- acceleration is consistent

projectile motion

when we do projectile motion problems, we always break the motion into to components. x component and y component. for x component, the acceleration is always zero, in other words, no acceleration for x. for y component, the acceleration is the same as gravity which is 9.8m/s
 

there are 4 types of projectile motion:
-the first one is when someone throw something from the higher level to the horizon.



-the second one is someone throw something from the horizon to the horizon.


-the third one is someone throw something from the horizon to the higher level.

-the last one is someone throw something from the horizon to the lower level.