Motion & Friction

Motion & Friction

Motion

When an object shifts its position in relation to a reference point within a specific time frame, it is said to be motion. The change in a body's position with respect to a frame of reference as time changes is measured and expressed mathematically in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of reference.

Scalar Quantities: Physical quantities which have magnitude only and no direction are called scalar quantities.

Example: Mass, speed, volume, work, time, power, energy etc.

Vector Quantities: Physical quantities which have magnitude and direction both and obey triangle law are called vector quantities.

Example: Displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, momentum, torque etc.

Electric current, though has a direction, is a scalar quantity because it does not obey triangle law.

Note: Moment of inertia, refractive index, stress are tensor quantities.

Distance:

Distance is the length of actual path covered by a moving object in a given time interval.

Displacement:

Shortest distance covered by a body in a definite direction is called displacement.

• Distance is a scalar quantity whereas displacement is a vector quantity both having the same unit (metre)
• Displacement may be positive, negative or zero whereas distance is always positive. In general, magnitude of displacement < distance

Speed:

Distance travelled by the moving object in unit time intervals is called speed i.e.

It is a scalar quantity and speed SI unit is metre/second (m/s)

• If an object covers half of the distance with uniform speed V₁ and the other half with uniform speed V_2, then the average speed of an object is  

Velocity:

Velocity of a moving object is defined as the displacement of the object in unit time interval i.e. 

It is a vector quantity and velocity SI unit is metre/second (m/s).

Acceleration:

Acceleration of an object is defined as the rate of change of velocity of the object i.e.

It is a vector quantity and acceleration SI units is metre/second² (m/s²)

If velocity decreases with time then acceleration is negative and is called retardation.

Equation of motion in one dimension

1. Motion with uniform velocity. S = vt

2. Motion with uniform acceleration

• In case of motion with uniform acceleration average velocity = 

u = initial velocity     v = final velocity

a = acceleration       t = time

s = distance in straight line/displacement

Circular Motion:

If an object describes a circular path (circle) its motion is called circular motion. If the ob e~ moves with uniform speed, its motion is uniform circular motion.

Uniform circular motion is an accelerated motion because the direction of velocity changes continuously, though the magnitude of velocity i.e speed of the body remains unchanged.

Angular Velocity:

The angle subtended by the line joining the object from the origin of circle in unit time interval is called angular velocity. 

It is generally denoted by  

 If T = time period = time taken by the object to complete one revolution,

n = frequency = no. of revolutions in one second.

Then nt = 1 and 

• In one revolution, the object travels 2πr distance.

Linear Speed =  angular speed X radius

Newton's laws of motion:

Newton, the father of physics established the laws of motion in his book "principia" in 1687.

Newton's first law of motion:

Everybody maintains its initial state of rest or motion with uniform speed on a straight line unless an external force acts on it.

• First law is also called law of Galileo or law of inertia.

Inertia:

Inertia is the property of a body by virtue of which the body opposes change in its initial state of rest or motion with uniform speed on a straight line.

Inertia is of two types 1. Inertia of rest 2. Inertia of motion

Some examples of Inertia/first Law:

1. When a car or train starts suddenly, the passengers bend backward.

2. When a running horse stops suddenly, the rider bends forward.

3. When a coat/blanket is beaten by a stick, the dust particles are removed.’

First law gives the definition of force.

Force:

Force is that external cause which when acts on a body changes or tries to change the initial state of rest or motion with uniform velocity of the body.

Push, Pull, tension in a string, tension in a coiled spring, action, reaction, normal reaction, friction are forces;

Momentum:

Momentum is the measure of amount/ quantity of motion contained in body. Clearly it is the property of a moving body and is defined as the product of mass and velocity of the body. i.e.momentum = mass × velocity.

It is a vector quantity. momentum SI unit is kgm/s.

Newton's second law of motion:

The rate of change in momentum of a body is directly proportional to the applied force on the body and takes place in the direction of force.

If F = force applied, a = acceleration produced and m = mass of body then

F = ma.

• Newton's second law gives the magnitude/strength of force.
• Newton's first law is contained in the second law.

Newton's Third Law of Motion:

To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Examples of third law- 1. Recoil of a gun 2. Motion of rocket 3. Swimming 4. While drawing water from the well, if the string breaks up the man drawing water falls back 5. It is difficult to fix a nail on a freely suspended wooden frame.

Principle of conservation of linear momentum:

If no external force acts on a system of bodies, the total linear momentum of the system of bodies remains constant.

As a consequence, the total momentum of bodies before and after collision remains the same.

Rocket works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

Impulse:

When a large force acts on a body for very small time, then force is called impulsive force. Impulse is defined as the product of force and time.

Impulse = force × time = change in momentum

• It is a vector quantity and its direction is the direction of force. Its SI unit is newton second (Ns).
• Force in a spring is given as F = kx where k is the force constant. If a spring of force constant k is cut into n equal parts, force constant of each part is nk.

Friction

The force which opposes the relative motion between two bodies in contact is called friction.

Friction is of two types

1. Static friction:

The force of friction which is introduced when there is no relative motion is called a static friction. Static friction is a self adjusting force. Its value becomes maximum when the applied force on its body is such that the body is about to slide. Maximum value of static friction is called limiting friction.

2. Kinetic friction:

The friction which acts when a body slides over the surface of other body is called kinetic or dynamic friction.

• Kinetic friction is less than the limiting friction.
• Kinetic friction is independent of relative speed between the bodies provided the speed is small.
• Friction depends upon nature of contact surface. Due to roughness, the friction increases.
• Friction is independent of macroscopic area of contact. »- Friction is proportional to the normal reaction.

Rolling friction: This kind of friction acts when a body rolls over the surface of other body. Rolling Friction is much smaller than the kinetic friction.

Centripetal Force:

When a body travels along a circular path, its velocity changes continuously. Naturally an external force always acts on the body towards the centre of the path. The external force required to maintain the circular motion of the body is called centripetal force. If a body of mass m is moving on a circular path of radius R with uniform speed v, then the required centripetal force, 

Examples of centripetal force:

• If a stone attached to a string is whirled in a circular path, the required centripetal force is supplied by the tension in the string.
• For the motion of planets around the sun, the required centripetal force is supplied by the gravitational attraction of sun.
• For the motion of electron around the nucleus in an atom, the required centripetal force is supplied by the electrostatic attraction produced by the proton in the nucleus.
• A cyclist negotiating a curved path bends towards the centre of the path so that the horizontal component of normal reaction on the cyclist by the ground should supply the required centripetal force.
• Due to this reason the outer edge of a curved road is raised. This is called banking of roads.

Centrifugal Force:

In applying the Newton's laws of motion, we have to consider some forces which can not be assigned to any object in the surrounding. These forces are called pseudo force or inertial force. Centrifugal force is such a pseudo force. It is equal and opposite to centripetal force.

• Cream separator, centrifugal drier work on the principle of centrifugal force.

• Centrifugal force should not be confused as the reaction to centripetal force because forces of action and reaction act on different bodies.

Moment of force:

The rotational effect of a force on a body about an axis of rotation is described as moment of force. Moment of a force about an axis of rotation is measured as the product of magnitude of force and the perpendicular distance of direction of force from the axis of rotation.

i.e. Moment of force = Force x moment arm

• It is a vector quantity. Moment of force SI unit is Newton Metre (Nm).

Centre of Gravity:

The centre of gravity of a body it that point through which the entire weight of body acts. The centre of gravity of a body does not change with the change in orientation of body in space.

The weight of a body acts through centre of gravity in the downward direction. Hence a body can be brought to equilibrium by applying a force equal to its weight in the vertically upward direction through centre of gravity.

Equilibrium:

If the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero then the body is said to be in equilibrium.

If a body is in equilibrium, it will be either at rest or in uniform motion. If it is at rest, the equilibrium is called static otherwise dynamic.

Static equilibrium is of the following three types:

1. Stable Equilibrium: If on slight displacement from equilibrium position, a body has tendency to regain its original position, it is said to be in stable equilibrium.

2. Unstable equilibrium: If on slight displacement from equilibrium position, a body moves in the direction of displacement and does not regain its original positioa the equilibrium is said to unstable equilibrium. In this equilibrium, the centre of gravity of the body is at the highest position.

3. Neutral Equilibrium: If on slight displacement from equilibrium position a body has no tendency to come back to its original position or to move in the direction of displacement, it is said to be in neutral equilibrium. In neutral equilibrium, the centre of gravity always remains at the same height.

Conditions for stable Equilibrium:

For stable equilibrium of a body, the following two conditions should be fulfilled.

1. The centre of gravity of the body should be at the minimum height.

2. The vertical line passing through the centre of gravity of the body should pass through the base of the body.