Exercises 20 through 22 show a free-body diagram. For each, write a short description of a real
Question:
Exercises 20 through 22 show a free-body diagram. For each, write a short description of a real object for which this would be the correct free-body diagram. Use Examples 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 as examples of what a description should be like.
FIGURE EX5.20:
Example 5.4:
An elevator, suspended by a cable, speeds up as it moves upward from the ground floor. Identify the forces and draw a free-body diagram of the elevator.
MODEL Model the elevator as a particle.
VISUALIZE
FIGURE 5.20 Free-body diagram of an elevator accelerating upward
Example 5.5:
Bobby straps a small model rocket to a block of ice and shoots it across the smooth surface of a frozen lake. Friction is negligible. Draw a pictorial representation of the block of ice.
MODEL Model the block of ice as a particle. The pictorial representation consists of a motion diagram to determine au, a force-identification picture, and a free-body diagram. The statement of the situation implies that friction is negligible.
VISUALIZE
FIGURE 5.21 Pictorial representation for a block of ice shooting across a frictionless frozen lake.
Example 5.6:
A tow rope pulls a skier up a snow-covered hill at a constant speed. Draw a pictorial representation of the skier.
MODEL This is Example 5.2 again with the additional information that the skier is moving at constant speed. The skier will be modeled as a particle in mechanical equilibrium. If we were doing a kinematics problem, the pictorial representation would use a tilted coordinate system with the x-axis parallel to the slope, so we use these same tilted coordinate axes for the free-body diagram.
VISUALIZE
FIGURE 5.22 Pictorial representation for a skier being towed at a constant speed.
Step by Step Answer:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0133942651
4th edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight