Newton mechanics Definition and 61 Threads

Homework Statement A person would like to pull a car out of a ditch. This person ties one end of a chain to the car's bumper and wraps the other end around a tree so that the chain is taut. The person then pulls on the chain perpendicular to its length. If the distance between the car and tree...

In the above cases I want to find the acceleration a for m1. I can do it by considering m1 and m2 to be a system, which would give me a = F/(m1+m2). How can I use a free-body diagram instead to calculate the acceleration? Using a free-body diagram, m2 only affects the vertical motion by exerting...

I have been asked by someone if it is true that in general, for a constantly accelerating reference frame, i.e. a non-inertial reference frame, the acceleration of a particle (as observed in this frame) due to the corresponding fictitious force is independent of its mass. My response was yes...

Homework Statement Block 1 (mass 2 kg) is moving rightward at 10 m/s and block 2 (mass 5kg kg) is moving rightward at 3 m/s. The surface is frictionless, and a spring with spring constant of 1120 N/m is fixed on the left side on block 2. When the blocks collide, the compression of the spring is...

let's look at force at the atomic level to understand the Newtons third law of motion. I'll use Helium atoms as an example. Now imagine we start with one atom HE2 stationary, and throw another atom HE1 at it.It is the velocity of HE1 that affects the motion of HE2 , because the system of these...

in shm,if minimum potential energy of an shm is not zero,does that mean that in mean position ,spring is stretched. eg mass attached to a vertical spring.

Homework Statement I have two analog MEMS accelerometers ADXL337, ADXL377. The ADXL337 can measure acceleration upto +/- 3g (where g = gravitational acceleration) and ADXL377 can measure upto acceleration of +/- 200g. More than this much amount of acceleration, would create noise and random...

Basically my question is this( and sorry if my formulations are at times a bit sloppy, English is not my first language) : 1. we know energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only neconverted from one form into another 2.We know that an object in space, that is moving, will move...

just asking, because it seems abstract and complicated for me.

Homework Statement According to Newtonian mechanics the momentum of the bus in the preceding problem is p= mv. According to relativity, p = gamma*mv. How does the actual momentum of the bus moving at .99c compare with the momentum it would have if classical mechanics were valid? *Note* The...

A 1940 kg Oldsmobile traveling west on Saginaw Street at 17.4 m/s is unable to stop on the ice covered intersection for a red light at Abbott Road. The car collides with a 4166 kg truck hauling animal feed south on Abbott at 9.5 m/s. The two vehicles remain locked together after the impact...