Bellaire High School Advanced Physics - Chapter 3 - Projectile Motion
Physics of Projectile Motion
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Physics of Projectile Motion
Exploding fireworks follow a parabolic trajectory.
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What’s wrong with this picture ?
Answer: It never happens ! Only whenthere is no gravity.
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Why do projectiles fly in a parabola?
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A History of Projectile Motion
Aristotle: The canon ball travels in a straight line until it lost its
‘impetus’.
Galileo: - a result of Free Fall Motionalong y-yaxis and Uniform Motion along x-axis.
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1. Along x, the projectile travels with constant velocity. vx=vxo x = vxot
2. Along y, the projectile travels in free-fall fashion.vy = vyo – gt y = vyot – (1/2) gt2 , g= 9.8 m/s2
Projectile motion = a combination of uniform motion along x and uniformly accelerated motion (free fall) along y.
Projectile Motion = Sum of 2 Independent Motions
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What’s the similarity between a freely-falling ball and a projectile ?
A dropped ball falls in the same time as a ball shot horizontally.Along the vertical, their motions are identical (uniformly accelerated motion (free-fall).
Along the horizontal, notice the ball fired horizontally covers the Same distance in the same unit time intervals (uniform motion along x)
x
yuniform motion
verticalmotion
Projectilemotion
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Launch speed = Return Speed. Speed is minimum at apex of parabolic trajectory.
Horizonal component
Net velocity
vx
vertical component
vy v
Above: Vectors areadded in geometricFashion.
Velocity Components at various points of the Trajectory
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At what angle do I launch for Maximum Range ?
Need to stay in air for the longest time, and with the fastest horizontal velocity componentAnswer: 45°
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Everyday Examples of Projectile Motion
1.Baseball being thrown2.Water fountains3.Fireworks Displays4.Soccer ball being kicked5.Ballistics Testing