Sit anywhere at tables 18 but arrange yourselves Problem Solving Tool: Setting up Basic idea behind components

in groups of 3 for todays experiment.

Make a careful drawing
Last Lecture
Think carefully about all of the forces Want to do a quantitative calculation with vectors
Force as a vector
!
Static equilibrium ! F = 0
Chose an axis, put it on your drawing Need to convert multi-dimensional object to
Think carefully about the angles numbers, add or subtract or multiply the numbers,
Addition and subtraction on vectors and then generate the multi-dimensional answer
Today Problem Solving Tool: Component checklist
Write each vector as a sum of smaller sub-vectors,
Examples, examples, examples Loop through vectors:
all of which point in the same direction.
Is there a component?
Experiment # 1: Static equilibrium
Is there an angle factor
Important Concepts Is it sine or cosine?
Force is a vector, both magnitude and direction matter Is it positive or negative?
Vectors: Think with arrows, calculate with components

F1
Y
F2
Think with Calculate with
arrows components - X
version 1

F3
Does it move?


Calculate with
components -
X Find B,
version 1 Y
Summary - II
Practice the component checklist and the guidelines
for setting up static equilibrium problems. Dont try
to remember special cases, each problem is different!
The units of force are Newtons.
Force of gravity on an object of mass M near the
surface of the Earth is Mg where: g = 9.81 N
kg
Some forces (for example, the normal force) will
rarely be given but, instead, will usually be found
using sums of forces.
Summary - I
A
I: Given C, and =90o-
Find A,B Different ways of writing vectors are related by:
B F = F cos(! ) = F sin(" )
II: Given A, C, x
F = F sin(! ) = F cos(" )
y F
C F = F 2 + F 2 tan(! ) = y F
F
III: Given A, B, C x y x Fy
Y Find , F Fx
tan(" ) = x F
! Fx = "A cos(# ) + Bsin($ ) = 0 y
! !
X ! Fy = Asin(# ) + B cos($ ) " C = 0 Unit vector notation: F = F x + F y or F = F i + F j
x y x y
Experiment Advice - I Experiment Advice - II
Make sure that the Force sensor is plugged into the Try to be as careful as possible about your
750 interface, the interface is plugged into the USB measurements of the two distances.
on the side of the monitor, and that the interface is
turned on. Check regularly that the weight hanger is in the
middle of the string. It tends to move away from
One member of the group should log onto the
the center as you loosen the string.
computer to download the LabVIEW program
to run the experiment. Notice that there are questions on both sides of the
answer sheet.
Dont forget to use a section of L10 and decide Each group should list all names on a single
around your table who will be groups A, B, and C.
answer sheet turned in at the end.