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Assignment N°1 and 2

The document contains 6 exercises on dimensional analysis and vector analysis: 1) The exercises involve determining which equations are dimensionally correct, finding the dimensions of physical quantities like momentum and constants like the gravitational constant G, and relating physical quantities using dimensional analysis. 2) The exercises involve calculating vectors graphically and algebraically, finding perpendicular vectors, and using vector operations like addition, subtraction, scalar product, and cross product. 3) The exercises also involve using vector analysis concepts like gradient, divergence and curl to calculate these quantities for given vectors and scalar functions.

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Assignment N°1 and 2

The document contains 6 exercises on dimensional analysis and vector analysis: 1) The exercises involve determining which equations are dimensionally correct, finding the dimensions of physical quantities like momentum and constants like the gravitational constant G, and relating physical quantities using dimensional analysis. 2) The exercises involve calculating vectors graphically and algebraically, finding perpendicular vectors, and using vector operations like addition, subtraction, scalar product, and cross product. 3) The exercises also involve using vector analysis concepts like gradient, divergence and curl to calculate these quantities for given vectors and scalar functions.

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Assignment N°1 (Dimensional analysis)

Exercise 1:

Which of the following equations are dimensionally correct?


 v f  vi  a. x

 y  (2m) cos( kx ) , where k = 2 m-1.

Exercise 2:

Kinetic energy K has dimensions kg.m2/s2. It can be written in terms of the momentum
p and mass m as:
p2
K
2m
a) Determine the proper units for momentum using dimensional analysis.
b) The unit of force is the newton N, where 1N=1 kg. m/s2. What are the units of
momentum p in terms of a newton?
Exercise 3:
Suppose we are told that the acceleration a of a particle moving with uniform speed v
in a circle of radius r is proportional to some power of r, say rn, and some power of v,
say vm. Determine the values of n and m and write the simplest form of an equation for
the acceleration.
Exercise 4:
The period T of a simple pendulum is the duration of one complete oscillation. What is
the relationship between T, the suspended mass m, the length l of the wire and the
gravity acceleration g.
Exercise 5:
a) Assume the equation x = At3 + Bt describes the motion of a particular object,
with x having the dimension of length and t having the dimension of time.
Determine the dimensions of the constants A and B.
b) Determine the dimensions of the derivative dx/dt = 3At2 + B.
Exercise 6:
1. Find the dimensions of the following physical quantities:
The universal gravitational constant G, the vacuum permittivity 𝜀0 and the vacuum
magnetic permeability 𝜇0, knowing that these three constants appear in the following
equations:
m1.m2 1 q1q2 0 LI 2
F  G F . F .
r2 4 0 r2 2 r

Where F is a force, m1 and m2 are masses, q1 and q2 are electric charges, L and r are
distances and I is the intensity of the electric current.
2. The speed of light is a function of these three constants: c  kG   0 0
Find the expression for c.
Exercise 7:
Consider the following function:
3u 2  v 2
g
6u
Give the uncertainty on the quantity g using:
1. The total differential method.
2. The logarithmic method
Assignment N°2 (Vector analysis)

Exercise 1:
Three vectors are shown in Figure 1. Their modules are A  5.0m , B  4.5m and
C  3.0m . Let the vector be R  2 A  B  C . Calculate the vector R graphically.

B C

30°
x

35°

A
Figure 1

Ecercise:3
We are given the vectors: A  2i  3 j and A  i  a j  5k

Choose a value of ‘a’ that make A and B perpendicular.


Exercise3:
We are given the vectors:
A  2i  3 j and A  i  4 j  5k

Find a vector V  ai  b j  ck that has unit length V  1 and is perpendicular to both A

and B .
Exercise 4:
You are given
A  5i  3 j  k and B  2i  j  3k

Calcul:
a) A  B
b) A  B
c) 2 A  3B
d) A.B and B. A
e) A  B and B A

Exercise 5:
A hiker begins a trip by first walking 25.0 km southeast from her car. She stops and
sets up her tent for the night. On the second day, she walks 40.0 km in a direction
60.0° north of east, at which point she discovers a forest ranger’s tower.
a) Determine the components of the hiker’s displacement for each day.
b) Determine the components of the hiker’s resultant displacement R for the trip.
Find an expression for R in terms of unit vectors.
c) After reaching the tower, the hiker wishes to return to her car along a single
straight line. What are the components of the vector representing this hike?
What should the direction of the hike be?
Exercise 6:
1) Consider a vector A  xzi   2 x 2  y  j  yz 2 k and a scalar function

  x, y, z   3x 2 y  2 y 2 z 3

Calculate:

grad , div A   and rot A 


2) Calculate at point (1,0,1):
a. grad

b. div A  
c. rot A  

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