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NotMrX
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Suppose you had two bars with mass m and length L and there were parallel to each other, along the same line and a distance d apart. How do we calculate the force between them?
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|-----L--------| |------d-------| |-------L-------|
I figured out how to do it if it is a bar and point mass. Then I thought maybe if add up the particles forces along the line but I couldn't get it to work out.
Density = E = M/L; dm = E dr
F = G(massofparticle)E dr/r^2 = G(mass of particle)(1/r)
mass of partlcle = dm = E dr
And then evaluate the integral again to get the force for the sum of particles but I don't think that method works.
______________ ______________
|-----L--------| |------d-------| |-------L-------|
I figured out how to do it if it is a bar and point mass. Then I thought maybe if add up the particles forces along the line but I couldn't get it to work out.
Density = E = M/L; dm = E dr
F = G(massofparticle)E dr/r^2 = G(mass of particle)(1/r)
mass of partlcle = dm = E dr
And then evaluate the integral again to get the force for the sum of particles but I don't think that method works.