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- Homework Statement
- FIRST PICTURE
The body ##A## has a mass of ##6 kg##. It lies on the body ##B## which has a mass of ##14 kg##. There is no friction between these two bodies. Draw the free body diagram for both of them
SECOND PICTURE
A body ##A## of ##m=9.2 kg## slides down a body ##B## of ##m=17 kg##. ##B## doesn't move because of the force applied by the spring, which suffers a deformation of ##9 cm##. The friction between the two bodies is negligible. Draw the free body diagrams, determine the acceleration of ##A## with respect to ##B## and the elastic constant of the spring.
- Relevant Equations
- ##W=m.g##
##W_x=m.sin(\alpha)##
##W_y=m.cos(\alpha)##
##F_e=-k \Delta x##
FIRST PICTURE
I have some doubts here because of the spring... I'll tell you what forces I've drawn. For ##A##, I drew the weight and the force applied by ##B## (the normal force) on the vertical axis; and the elastic force pointing to the right on the horizontal axis.
For ##B##, I drew the weight, the normal force and the force applied by ##A## on the vertical axis; on the horizontal axis I drew the force ##F## showed in the picture.
Is this correct? Because I don't know if the spring applies a force on ##B##, and in that case, I don't know what its direction would be.
SECOND PICTURE
For ##A##, if I take a coordinate system where the normal force is aligned with the vertical axis, I have the normal force and vertical component of the weight in the ##Y## axis and the horizontal component of the weight on the ##X## axis.
For ##B##, we have the normal force and the weight on the vertical axis; and the elastic force on the horizontal axis.
But I don't know what should I do with the data from ##B##, the spring doesn't affect ##A##, does it? Also, if there is no friction, shouldn't ##B## be moving to the left?
I have some doubts here because of the spring... I'll tell you what forces I've drawn. For ##A##, I drew the weight and the force applied by ##B## (the normal force) on the vertical axis; and the elastic force pointing to the right on the horizontal axis.
For ##B##, I drew the weight, the normal force and the force applied by ##A## on the vertical axis; on the horizontal axis I drew the force ##F## showed in the picture.
Is this correct? Because I don't know if the spring applies a force on ##B##, and in that case, I don't know what its direction would be.
SECOND PICTURE
For ##A##, if I take a coordinate system where the normal force is aligned with the vertical axis, I have the normal force and vertical component of the weight in the ##Y## axis and the horizontal component of the weight on the ##X## axis.
For ##B##, we have the normal force and the weight on the vertical axis; and the elastic force on the horizontal axis.
But I don't know what should I do with the data from ##B##, the spring doesn't affect ##A##, does it? Also, if there is no friction, shouldn't ##B## be moving to the left?