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Physics-Freefall and Projectile Motion

This document discusses free fall and projectile motion in physics. It defines free fall as any motion where only gravity acts upon an object. Equations for uniformly accelerated motion like velocity and displacement can be applied to free fall using the gravitational acceleration of 9.81 m/s^2. Projectile motion involves an object projected at an angle, which can be resolved into independent vertical and horizontal motions according to the equations of motion and gravity. The maximum horizontal distance traveled is called the range.

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Physics-Freefall and Projectile Motion

This document discusses free fall and projectile motion in physics. It defines free fall as any motion where only gravity acts upon an object. Equations for uniformly accelerated motion like velocity and displacement can be applied to free fall using the gravitational acceleration of 9.81 m/s^2. Projectile motion involves an object projected at an angle, which can be resolved into independent vertical and horizontal motions according to the equations of motion and gravity. The maximum horizontal distance traveled is called the range.

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Free falling body & Projectile motion

Physics

Free fall

In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion


of a body where its weight is the
onlyforce acting upon it.
A body is said to be in free fall when it falls
under the gravitational attraction
of the Earth without any other
forces acting on it.

Without air resistance, all objects irrespective


of mass and shape would fall vertically
downwards with the same acceleration,
known as acceleration of free fall or
gravitational acceleration, g.

The value of g is assumed to be 9.81m/s^2


in the downwards direction.

Since the value of g is constant, equations


for uniformly accelerated motion derived
above can be applied for vertical motion
under gravity by substituting a= -g (assuming
vectors in the upward direction as positive)

v = u-gt
s = 0.5(u + v)t
s = ut- 0.5(gt^2)
v^2 = u^2 2gs

Examples of free falling objects:


-An object dropped at the top of a drop tube
-Falling of a coin after being released in a
vacuum tube with the air inside removed

Examples of non-free falling


objects:
-Flying in an aircraft: there is also
an additional force of lift.

Projectile Motion

A projectile is a body that is projected


with an initial velocity and travels in the
vertical plane under the action of gravity.

Based on the figure below, the projectile


motion of a body projected with a velocity u
at an angle 0 to the horizontal can be
resolved into 2 independent linear motion,
one along the x-axis, and vertical motion
along the y-axis

Analysis of the horizontal motion along the


x-axis and the vertical motion along the yaxis

The horizontal distance OP is know as


the range, R

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