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PROJECTILE PART-1

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Key takeaways

Educational

Main ideas / concepts

  • Definition of projectile

    • A projectile is a body “thrown with an angle with the horizontal.”

  • Trajectory

    • The path traced by a projectile is called its trajectory.
    • The trajectory is a parabola.

  • Forces acting

    • A projectile moves under only the force of gravity (no other forces are considered).
    • The initial velocity is directed at an angle other than (90^\circ) with the horizontal.

  • Initial velocity and angle

    • If a body is projected with initial velocity (U) at an angle (\theta) to the horizontal (often the x-axis), then the velocity components can be resolved into:
      • Horizontal component (u_x)
      • Vertical component (u_y)

Key methodology: resolving projectile motion into components

Projectile motion is analyzed as the sum of two independent straight-line motions:

1) Horizontal motion (x-direction)

  • No horizontal acceleration (acceleration is zero because gravity acts vertically).

  • Therefore, the horizontal component of velocity remains constant: [ u_x = U\cos\theta ]

  • Horizontal displacement after time (T): [ x = u_x T = (U\cos\theta)T ]

2) Vertical motion (y-direction)

  • Constant downward acceleration due to gravity: [ a_y = -G ]

  • Vertical component of initial velocity: [ u_y = U\sin\theta ]

  • Vertical velocity after time (T): [ v_y = u_y - GT = U\sin\theta - GT ]

  • Using the kinematics relation for vertical motion: [ v_y^2 = u_y^2 - 2Gs ]

  • Substituting (u_y = U\sin\theta) and vertical displacement (s=y): [ v_y^2 = (U\sin\theta)^2 - 2Gy ]

  • This is similar to vertical projection upward kinematics, where:

    • The velocity is initially upward,
    • Its magnitude decreases until it becomes zero at maximum height.

Overall lesson takeaway

  • Projectile motion (with gravity only) can be treated as two independent motions:
    • Uniform horizontal motion
    • Uniformly accelerated vertical motion
  • Their combination produces a parabolic trajectory.

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