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His motion graph would be as follows.
If a high altitude diver jumps off a hovering However, with decrease in speed, air
aircraft, accelerates downwards. resistance decreases therefore the
unbalanced force downwards also
decreases. The deceleration decreases until
the two forces once again balances. The
parachutist once again travels downwards
at a constant speed, a lower terminal
velocity which is safe to land.
d) Drag force.
This happens until he achieves terminal This refers to fluid resistance. Bodies
velocity after which he opens the moving through fluid experiences friction
parachute. force called drag or viscous drag or simply
viscosity. The size of this force depends on:
i) The shape and the size of the
object. Wide block shaped object
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have more drag than narrow
streamlined ones.
Racing cars, boats, aeroplanes and
high speed trains are streamlined.
f) Ticker timer.
It is an instrument that is used to make
dots at a constant time interval. If it has a
frequency of 50Hz, it makes 50 dots in a
second.
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decelerating, the spacing decreases as Determine the initial velocity, u, by
shown in the third tape. dividing the length of the 1st space
by a tick and the final velocity, v,
using the last space.
Calculate the time between the two
velocities by multiplying the number
of spaces minus one by a tick.
Using the formula below acceleration
is obtained.
vu
a= t
28c
m
The acceleration or deceleration of a body
can also be calculated using a tape as
follows:
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h) Measuring acceleration.
Galileos experiment.
When a ball is rolled down a slope, its
speed increases or it accelerates. Galileo
devised an experiment to study this
acceleration. The rolling ball was made to
strike series small bells as shown below.