Force Definition and 1000 Threads

Lets say you have a completely rigid blue-colored object shaped as shown below. The object had one wide protrusion on one side and four smaller protrusions on the other side. Everything is completely symmetric so that the weight would be evenly distributed. Let's say you press with 12 N of force...

Exercise like this: I think that the friction force can assume two direction, up and down, but how can i know the direction of the force? I want to say, i don't even know which mass is greater to say i the block will upward or downward. that is the doubt. That is the correct forces directions...

This is a fairly straightforward problem. I'll just post the way that I'd solved it: for some reason I'm getting the wrong answer. $$m\times a_{0} = F - w$$ $$a_{0} = \frac{F}{m} - g$$ $$v_{0} = (\frac{F}{m} - g) \times t$$ $$y_{0} = (\frac{F}{m} - g) \times \frac{t^{2}}{2}$$ This gives us the...

Hi,I couldn't do this problem.I hope someone could help meths is my first time in this forum

In a salt crystal, the distance between adjacent sodium and chloride ions is 2.82×10^−10m. What is the force of attraction between the two singly charged ions?

Suppose we define our system to contain a few deformable bodies that exert gravitational forces on each other, and are consequently moving towards each other in some vague sense. We might want to express the total energy of the system as the sum of the mechanical energy and internal energy...

U=-∫F*v*dt= -∫(m*g/3)*cos(ω*t) dt = -(m*g/3 )* (v/ω )* sin(ω*t) except that according to the official solution, I should be getting positive sign instead of negative. Am I doing something wrong?

I am using the Stanford “Dynamics: Inverted pendulum on a cart” document, https://web.stanford.edu/class/me161/documents/InvertedPendulumOnCartSolution.pdf, as the basis for the Arduino c code. I need help with the term Fc (Feedback force on the cart A) because the motor I’m using is a stepper...

With the above in mind, I have a cable of E=60GPa, cross sectional area 7e-4m^2. I want to understand the relationship between the tension applied resisting the deflection of the cable when a force is applied so that the cable will not deflect more than 0.7m in this case. Take the force as...

Given: q = 1.6*10^-19 C B = 0.3 T north v = 3*10^6 m/s north-west θ = 37 (degrees) Solution Attempt: a) F = Bqvsinθ = (0.3)(1.6*10^-19)(3*10^6)(sin(37)) = 8.7*10^-14 N b) Via right hand rule, F is into the page c) a = F/m = 8.7*10^-14/1.6 × 10^−27 = 5.4*10^13 m/s^2 When I checked my answers...

Let's say that on the surface of the cladding we have evanescent field due to the total internal reflection between the core and the cladding. The refractive indices of the the core is 1.45 and the refractive index of the cladding is 1.4, and I want to use the gradient force of the evanescent...

if i pick up a bucket i apply torque to the bucket. my shoulder is the fulcrum. is my elbow the point of application of force? just trying to understand the physics?

The definition of rigid body says it cannot be deformed (theoretically). Now, Newton’s third law is caused (I mean the reaction force is caused ) due to the deformation of the body. What I have learned is that every body is like a spring, when we push on it we compress it and hence feel a...

My initial attempt: Total Centripetal force on the cylinder would be given by $$\textbf{F}_{net} = mR\omega^2 \textbf{e}_1+mr_{cm}\omega^2 \textbf{e}_2$$ where the vectors e_1 and e_2 have magnitude 1 and point radially outwards (and continuously changing as the cylinder rolls down) as marked in...

Hello all. Right now I am taking physics 1 and were doing the Work-Kinetic Energy Chapter. I was just reading the derivation for the work done by a spring's force. I understand how to get the result but what i don't understand what to make of it. I understand that because a spring's force...

So I was wondering how I calculate the magnetic force between two magnets. When we learned about magnets, we only covered magnetic fields and electricity (laplace's law) and how electricity can create a B-Field. But how will two B-fields (or magnets) affect each other? Is there a simple formula...

I am designing a machine at the moment, and I am struggling to get my head around impact forces. I have established that the force applied is mgh/d, but I am struggling to work out the value for d. Taking it in isolation, assuming that the falling weight does not "give" in any significant way...

I have a question about the following 33 and 34. For number 33 I think the answer is B because you have to life up against the force of gravity. While with A you have gravity helping you out. The correct answer is A but I am not sure how. for 34 I think B because you have an extra pulley so...

The EMF of the cell is the potential of the cathode subtract that of the anode, consistent with ##\Delta G = -nF\varepsilon##. If the cell is running as a galvanic cell/discharging, the EMF should be positive. If it is charging, the cathode (the one gaining electrons) is now negative and at...

Hi all. New to the forum and new to making electromagnets. I want to pick your brains as I know extremely little about electromagnets. So I have a 2 1/2 inch round x 1 inch thick rare Earth magnet that I’m trying to repel with force using an electro magnet. The repel would be in bursts. I know...

I seem to remember from my school days that Tension Force can only be linear. Is this true? In 1 (in the graphic) the tension will follow the line of the rope In 2 there is an unbendable, unbreakable, steel cable formed into an arch. a ] In 3 which direction will the Tension be? b ] In 3 if...

Hi all, I have just started work experience at an engineering company in the design department. I've be tasked to develop a test rig, Similar to a charpy rig. Intended to measure the impact strength of materials. The design will consist of an A-frame structure with swing arm attached to the...

(not a homework question - I left education over 45 years ago) Hi, this just out of interest as I have been googleing this and can't find the answer I know the equation for tension force, for example a weight on a string, block on a ramp, etc. But is there something similar for a horizontal...

A known force is doubling (egal) over a known distance, accelerating a mass. How do I calculate the final velocity of the mass at the end of the known distance , when the mass has doubled? I don't know the time. The mass is accelerated from 0 meter and from 0 velocity.

I am new to physics I have no idea how the forces work and how to calculate the tension with f=ma thank you very much..

I have watched a couple of videos regarding contact force, but I am still confused in solving this problem. which is its contact force? Fc=ma =20kg x 9.8=196N ?? then what's the acceleration a=2.7 for? im kind of self-taught right now.. my professor does not explain these simple questions...

Obviously, friction is not a result of other three kinds of force, and electricmagnetic force is conserved, then why friction is not conserved?

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Hi guys, I am working on design where I am using a torsion spring. And I need make an analysis and see the deflection of the walls. How can I calculate the forces that applied from Spring's legs to walls. Thank you all in advance.

Hi folks, I have an interesting problem here from the real world, it's a design i am working on. So I have an object that is pressed by an hydraulic press with 50kN, let's call it F_before. Then I drive in a jig to fixate it. But the part that holds the jig has a limited stiffness. Hence if I...

I understand that the weight of the car does not change (assuming mass of the car stays the same) because of f=mg. But I am not so sure about of the aerodynamics of the car plays a role. Say, a faster car might have more air under their wheels and might exert less force on to the ground. Maybe a...

Here is the diagram to the right. (a) Clearly, owing the fact that the bar is pinned at P, the net force on the bar is zero: ##\boxed{\Sigma \vec F = 0}##. The pin P applies an equal and opposite force to the one applied. This force keeps the bar from translating to a different position in...

If the first equation for force is not formatted please refer to the pic. I did not post my full attempt as the problematic equation leads to a complex integral. Should I be converting r vector into its univector. The two outlined equations refer to the force. I am making an error transforming...

Say I want to determine if a rope/ attachment equipment is strong enough for a person falling at some height. I am unable to have a mass fall at that height so I decide to up the mass and reduce the height. Should I use kinetic energy or conservation of momentum? Because the impulsive force...

Hello! I am confused about when the nuclear force is attractive and when not. Based on deuteron (the book I am following is Wong), we see that we can't have bound state with isospin T=1 (otherwise we would see, for example, a stable double neutron and no proton nucleus). Also, in the book I see...

In defining the moment of a force about a point as "the tendency of one or more applied forces to rotate an object about an axis [going through a point, hence also about a point]", I see it logical to infer that it is somehow related to the angle between the force and the moment arm, but why put...

The correct answer is the second one. I honestly have no idea why this is so. I understand that the right rope has less tension that the left one since it's at a shallower angle from real world experience, but I don't really know why this is so, let alone how the forces compare to gravitational...

As all attempts to get it right but without success this is one of the problems with my workout . Where i did wrong calculations ? The questions got the answers in brackets.

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If a block slides down an inclined surface under the presence of the kinetic friction, does that mean the total energy lost by the block is equal to the work done by the kinetic friction? Thanks in advance.

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My thought is that they both stem from PRESSURE. Sharp objects have more pressure than blunt objects given the same force and therefore can penetrate softer material better. Some of my associates are suggesting that cutting by stabbing is entirely different than blunt force. But the definition...

Hi! hope you are doing well , I'm trying to solve this problem ( mechanical problem) about structure with load F as it showing in the next figure , i want to determine to critical force F , the stability force ( which means if my load is bigger than the critical load my system will be unstable)...

I'm running some molecular dynamic simulations and I came across this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_formation#Cloud_collapse , and I was wondering if there was a specific force potential to use in this case. Supposing I have a ensemble of heated atoms moving around and I cool them down...

Well, I considered the two wheels as two different bodies and I wrote Newton's equations for both of them I considered the wheel closer to the centre of the circle, we have: ##\mu N_1 =mR\dot (\theta)## So we can find ##N_1## Doing the same thing, we can find ##N_2## ##\mu N_2 =m(R+d)...

I attempted this a few times but keep getting the same wrong answer... Converted the values: q1 = 6.6E-6 q2 = 1.42E-6 q3 = -2.04E-6 d1 = .03m d2 = .02m Calculation for force on 1 F1 = - F12 + F13 = - (9E9*6.6E-6*1.42E-6 / .03^2) + (9E9*6.6E-6*2.04E-6 / .02^2) (I used negative for F12 to...

Recently I viewed the Searaser video at After watching it, I feel the numbers given in the video could be wrong but not sure. So I'd like to know how I can calculate the amount of water pushed by the Searaser device at some height in one wave shot e.g. at 100 ft, 200 ft and 300 ft above sea...

Since the magnetic field is pointing down, I can derive that the magnetic force is into the page. With this, I can't really imagine how the particle can move in a circular motion as I cannot visualise how the centripetal force will look like when the force is into the page (instead of usual...