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Pool Ball Physics: Questions on Impact Spins
1) Can the contact between two pool balls impart any kind of spin, other that about its horizontal axis due friction contact with the table surface? 2) If a ball is in motion (traveling in a straight line) and contacts a cushion, can that contact impart spin to the ball such that when leaving...- noname12345
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- Ball Change Physics Spin
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Thrust Ball bearing and Needle Bearing
Hello all friends, My questions about the these two types of bearings. I know that what is purpose of usage. But I don't know where can I use them. If someone knows information about that, please inform me. Thanks you all.- baris45
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- Ball Bearing Needle Thrust
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Rolling ball inside a shell problem
I was able to solve this problem easily by using the fact that the center of mass of the system is stationary as ##\sum F_{ext} = 0## for the ball and shell system. since COM's of both objects can be replaced with point masses at there center, the shell will have maximum displacement when its...- Hamiltonian
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- Ball Rolling Rolling ball Shell
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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A ball hitting a two-ball system (with a spring between them)
I honeslty don't quite know how to start. It seems like the Hooke's coefficent k is independent of the answer to this problem. I would also appreciate any clue of expressing the condition when "balls will collide again". The fact that all balls can keep moving make this rather difficult. It...- mattlfang
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- Ball Collision Energy Momentum Momentum and energy Spring System
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Rotation angle measurement of pedal with ball and socket joint
the device that I have is the same as the mirror of this truck.- Mousa saleh
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- Angle Ball Joint Measurement Pedal Rotation Socket
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Law of Conservation of Energy Problem (kicking a soccer ball)
a) So far, I have equated Ek to Eg to solve for h. 1/2(m)(27)^2 = m(9.8)h. I haven't taken the angle into consideration. I'm not sure if I have to use the x or y component. I got my answer to be 37m but again I don't believe this is correct. b) I did Ek = Eg + Ek. 1/2(m)(27)^2 = m(9.8)(3.5) +...- orangegalaxies
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- Ball Conservation Conservation of energy Energy Law
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ball rolling within a rolling cylinder
Cylinders rolling down inclines are a common demo. But how do you model the movement of a sphere rolling within a rolling cylinder? I teaching a physics class and this question came up and my dynamics math is a little rusty. But I haven't found anything like this in any book or online. There's...- ezfzx
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- Ball Cylinder Dynamics Mechanics Rolling Sphere
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Ball hitting racket - Momentum Question (ENGAA 2017)
Please scroll-sown to Question 52: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/engineering_s1_qp_2017.pdf The correct answer is 'B'. This is the working I did: F = (change in momentum) / (change in time) change in momentum = mv - mu, where v = final velocity and u = initial...- TomK
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- 2017 Ball Momentum
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Solving the Mystery of the Ball & Beakers: Determining the Layers of Fluids
a) I think in the beaker with A and B, A must be the top fluid and B must be the bottom. The ball sinks through the top layer but not through the bottom. In the second beaker (B and C), it does not sink through either layer. Therefore, both B and C are more dense than the ball. So B must be...- bw519
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- Ball Fluids Mystery
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculating Theoretical Reaction Force of Ball Traveling in Semi-Circle
Summary:: Theoretical reaction force due to ball traveling in a semi-circle circum Hi, Can anyone please help me with the following question: Setup... 1 x length of pipe bent 180 degrees with an inner diameter of 22mm, it's radius is 2mtrs, the mass of this object is 100kg. Total length of...- TonyCross
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- Ball Force Newton 3rd law Reaction Reaction force Theoretical
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Net force acting on a ping-pong ball
w= 0.50N, Fn= 7.8N, angle= 29 Fnet= Fn*fd* costheta = 7.8*0.50*cos(29 = 3.41 is my answer correct- bbbbb
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- Ball Force Net Net force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Is this formula for a ball rolling down a ramp incorrect?
I've got to do an experiment that essentially involves rolling a ball bearing down a (frictional) ramp and measuring its acceleration. It's quoted in the manual that the linear acceleration of a ball bearing rolling down a ramp at angle ##\theta## is ##a = \frac{5}{9} g \sin{\theta}##. When I...- etotheipi
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- Ball Formula Ramp Rolling
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Need help finding the launch angle of a ball
the mass is 0.8kg speed is 50m/s distance is 100m- abelmoore
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- Angle Ball Launch Launch angle
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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A bouncing ball hits a blob of putty on the rebound upward
Please someone help me- Arsen1451
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- Advance physics Ball Bouncing ball Homework Rebound Stuck
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Ball on a rotating inclined plane
I have problems to even start with this exercise.- EllaRuth
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- Ball Inclined Inclined plane Plane Rotating
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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A ball thrown at an angle above an inclined plane
I understand how the diagram below determined the ##x## and ##y## axis for the velocity vectors but I don't understand the gravity vectors. What I don't understand about the gravity vectors is why is ##-mg## in the ##y-##axis equal to ##-mg\cos\theta## and the ##x-##axis is equal to...- tryingtolearn1
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- Angle Ball Inclined Inclined plane Plane
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Two rods, each with a free and a fixed ball and a spring
Since there are no external forces, the angular momentum (##L##) and linear momentum (##P##) are conserved. Let's call the left rod ##A## and the right one ##B##. If all the balls were fixed, I'd write ##L_0=L_f## ##L_A+L_B=(I_A+I_B)\omega_f## From this equation I can find the final angular...- Like Tony Stark
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- Ball Conservation laws Spring System of particles
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ball hits a pivoting rod, what torque changes the angular momentum of the ball?
Okay, i know that as a ball collides with a pivoting rod on an axis, the ball has angular momentum. Therefore after the collision, the ball is stopped or slowed, and the rod swings. The ball provides a force and torque to the rod. But if I isolate the ball, isn't the only thing acting on the...- alkaspeltzar
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- Angular Angular momentum Ball Momentum Rod Torque
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Change in radius over time for a spherical ball formula
Algebra in this answer does not seem to flow right. Firstly, the 16, secondly the n term. Can someone explain or show me the right answer?- aspodkfpo
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- Ball Change Formula Radius Spherical Time
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Lift, Drag, Magnus, Bernoulli, Tennis ball fuzz, etc.
Hello, My background is not fluid mechanics. Yet, I am trying, very late in life (near retirement) to understand some things, now that I have time. I have always been confused about the qualitative descriptions about the role of dimples on golf balls and fuzz on tennis balls. Sometimes, the...- Trying2Learn
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- Ball Bernoulli Drag Lift Magnus Tennis
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- Forum: Aerospace Engineering
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Mechanics: A bowling ball is thrown and rolls with slipping
Summary:: A bowling ball is thrown on a bowling lane with the coefficient of friction ##\mu## with an initial velocity of ##v_0## and no rotation. After hitting the ground, it starts rolling with slipping. After how much time after hitting the lane will the ball stop slipping? What will be its...- enthusiast
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- Ball Bowling Mechanics Slipping Torque
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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(Conceptual Problem) Whether the ball can pass through the basket
Is it proved that the ball can pass through the basket if the positive value of time can be found? I am sure whether I did correct or not.- daphnelee-mh
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- Ball
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Steel ball oscillating in a tube
The problem is easy to solve, the question i have is another about static. Why when we get: F = (-A*p*γ/l)y Can't we just substitute p*a = m*g? If this is a oscillation, it will be about some equilibrium position, where the net force is zero and which was the initial position of the body, in...- LCSphysicist
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- Ball Oscillating Steel Tube
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ball rolling in a magnetic field
I first found the Lorentz force on the ball as a whole$$\vec{F}_m = \iiint_V \rho(\omega \times \vec{r} + \vec{V})\times \vec{B} dV = \rho \vec{\omega} \times \left( \iint_V \vec{r} dV \right) \times \vec{B} + \rho \iiint_V \vec{V} \times \vec{B} dV = Q\vec{V} \times \vec{B}$$due to the...- etotheipi
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- Ball Field Magnetic Magnetic field Rolling
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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A falling rotating rod strikes a ball of mass M....
A homogeneous rod of length l and mass m is free to rotate in a vertical plane around a point A, the constraint is without friction. Initially the rod is stopped in the position of unstable equilibrium, therefore it begins to fall rotating around A and hits, after a rotation of ## \pi ## , a...- Nexus99
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- Ball Falling Mass Mechanics Rod Rotating
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Is the Coriolis Effect an Illusion in a Tossed Ball's Motion?
Does ball (in video)when flying ,going in straight line or in curve line,so if I am inside this ball, will I feel like I am in car which accelarate in straight line or car which accelare in curve? I think ball is going straight,curved path is just illusion..- Aeronautic Freek
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- Ball Coriolis Coriolis effect Video
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Succesive collisions between a ball and a wall
Ignore the letter a. See b. I disagree with the variation of the velocity. To me, that need to be 2(Vo+V) " My point is that initial velocity before striking the wall was Vo towards the left and after the collision, the velocity is Vo + 2V towards the right, thus making the change of velocity...- LCSphysicist
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- Ball Collisions Wall
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Chance of x Red balls sharing a bucket with a Green ball
If I have 237 buckets, and there are n green balls distributed randomly over those buckets, and I put 34 new red balls randomly in those 237 buckets, what is the formula for the probability that x green balls share a bucket with a red ball? Any help appreciated.- Superposed_Cat
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- Ball Balls Green
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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Number of dimples on a golf ball
The approximate number of dimples is 1/(1-√(1-r^2/R^2))- johnred
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- Ball Golf
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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What happens if you put a sphere (ball) on the top of a pyramid?
I was wondering what happens if you put a perfect sphere (a ball) on the top of a perfect pyramid. To which side will the ball fall and why? It is random? An if it is, does a pattern emerge after many attempts? -
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Ball collides with a door and pushes it open
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Calculating Moment of Inertia from Ball Accelerations
Hey guys. Im trying to figure out how to calculate the moment of inertia from a homogeneous ball based on a series of accelerations. The ball is released from the top of an incline plane (3.33 deg) and with a motion sensor, 5 values of acceleration where captured . Together with the radius and...- Jonas
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- Ball Inertia Moment Moment of inertia
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Problem about a ball rolling on a rotating hoop
[No template as this thread was moved to the homework forums after it had attracted several replies] Here I have a tutorial problem as follows: The problem I have is about part a, whose answer is as follows: When I solve the partial derivative on Vf w.r.t. r, I get Vf = mω^2rsin^2(θ)/2...- Tony Hau
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- Ball Rolling Rotating
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The work done by gravity on a ball thrown vertically upward
It was just a conceptional question. I thought that the positive work is done while it arises and negative work is done while it falls. For the effect of air resistance, the work done on each case would be less than the work done in absence of air resistance. Is there any other things that I can...- Edel Crine
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- Ball Gravity Work Work done
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electric Field's Force on a Suspended Plastic Ball
Hi,I couldn't do this problem.I hope someone could help meths is my first time in this forum- EsinDerin
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- Ball Electric Electric field Force Plastic
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How Does Roughness Affect the Time Period of a Ball Rolling on a Vertical Hoop?
If the ball's rolling on a vertical hoop placed in contact with floor and with the lowest point being the mean position of the ball undergoing to and fro motion with small angular displacement. In what ways it's time period is solved out provided the surface of the hoop is rough. If the block is...- Bilbo B
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- Ball Rolling
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculate the period of a ball bouncing between two walls
For A) I just have to calculate the time taken to travel from the middle to the wall and multiply that number by 4, since it travels the same distance 4 times. ##t=\frac{x_0}{v_0}## B)The energy is an exponential function ##T(n)=T_0.(1-\frac{2}{100})^n## So ##v^2={v_0}^2.(1-\frac{2}{100})^n##...- Like Tony Stark
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- Ball Period
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Elastic Ball Problem: Is Something Wrong?
anything wrong with sol or my answer?- IamVector
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- Ball Elastic
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ideal Ball weight to get the maximum range from a ball launcher?
Hello guys, i am building a ball launcher to proper a line of baits into the sea, the line has 25 baits, each bait weights 30 grams (about 1oz) ideal shooting degree seems to be 45 to get maximum range, What I would like to figure out is the ideal weight of the ball to achieve the greatest... -
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Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it?
Physics question help required. Can a pool ball come off a cushion faster than it hits it? - something in my distant memory tells me this breaks one of Newtons laws or something like that. -
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3d simulation of a rolling ball
How did you find PF?: Google Hi, I'm looking for advice on how to simulate a golf ball rolling on a green. The green will have been scanned using a 3d scanner by an Engineering Surveyor. I'm trying to model putting a golf ball from any position on the green, looking for a path line to the...- scottla
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- 3d Ball Rolling Rolling ball Simulation
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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At what angle do we have to kick a ball up the hill for n-rebounds?
I decided to try and find a solution in a green (tilted) coordinate system. I started solving this problem with thinking about 1-rebound: ##⟹y=0, α=\text{angle under which we kick a ball}##; ##y=sin\alpha v_0t-\frac{1}{2}gt^2##; because I'm trying to solve this in a tilted system, I have to...- bolzano95
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- Angle Ball Hill Projectile motion
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Hello. If a closed ball is expanding in time would we say it's expanding or dilating in Riemannian geometry? better saying is I don't know which is which? and what is the function that explains the changes of coordinates of an arbitrary point on the sphere of the ball?- johnconner
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- Ball Closed Geometry Riemannian geometry
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- Forum: Differential Geometry
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Kinetic energy of a ball rolling down a ramp
Consider the situation in the attached photo. The kinetic energy in A is 10 J, in B is 30 J. What is the kinetic energy in C? Using that the mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy ##(E_p=mgh)## and kinetic energy ##(E_k=\dfrac{mv^2}{2})##, we get that the mechanical energies in...- kaloyan
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- Ball Energy Kinetic Kinetic energy Ramp Rolling
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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What happens to a ball thrown forward vs. backward in a moving train?
Can someone answer this question? If I throw a ball forward and another one backward (opposite to the train's movement) in a moving train, do both balls land at an equal distance from the thrower? I suspect throwing a ball forward is the same as throwing it in a motionless train but what about...- Transformati
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- Ball Train
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Conservation of momentum when a ball hits a wall
I think we can.Although the wall is not moving, it is just because the wall has a huge mass.As rhe law of the conservation of momentum states(suppose the ball hits the wall from the left), when the momentum decrease by J, the momentum of the wall increase by J, which means the momentum of the...- Amik
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- Ball Conservation Conservation of momentum Momentum Wall
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Charged metal ball wrapped in rubber or other insulator
If I have a metal electric conducting ball the size of an average snowball (Happy Holidays) and give it a charge of say 0.1 Coulombs and set it on a wooden table, will it ever discharge if not touched by anything else? If so, if it is wrapped in an electrical insulator, will it ever discharge...- PhDnotForMe
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- Ball Charged Insulator Rubber
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Modeling a ball thrown vertically including drag from air resistance
So I'm trying to figure out how to model a ball getting thrown vertically with the starting velocity v_0. So I've come up with a differential equation which I'm pretty sure is correct: Where D is a constant. So far so good. My problem is solving this. This is my attempt: And when i do this...- MigMRF
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- Air Air resistance Ball Drag Modeling Resistance
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Magnetic levitation of a ball within a transparent tube
Hi, after reading much interesting information on the subject I want to made a small project, the idea is to have a transparent plexiglass tube and a (diamagnetic?) material ball within the tube and to have permanent magnets outside the tube in such a way that I can suspend the ball so that it...- artis
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- Ball Levitation Magnetic Magnetic levitation Transparent Tube
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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How to Design a Ball Throwing Mechanism That Only Intakes One Ball at a Time?
So I am designing a mechanism where balls have to be fed from a feeder into a mechanism which can only intake 1 ball at a time. I have thought of multiple designs but all of them end up having the same problem i.e. the entry hole is choked if 2 balls try to enter at the same time. Does anyone...- Shuja
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- Ball Mechanism
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering