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Solutions to three physics problems related to surface velocity, angular momentum, and white dwarf angular frequency. The solutions involve calculations using given data and physical concepts such as angular momentum theorem, conservation of angular momentum, and homogeneous spheres.
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29.1. What is the surface velocity of the line segment connecting the Earth and the Moon?
Solution:
Let us first calculate the area of the triangle created by ๐โ and ๐๐โ:
๐๐ก = lim^ โ๐กโ
or if we define the surface velocity as a vector-type quantity:
๐ดโฬ =
๐ดโฬ = 12 ๐ฃโ ร ๐ฃโ + 12 ๐โ ร ๐โ = 0, that is ๐ดโฬ = ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก. Therefore we can get the surface velocity using the minimal value of ๐โ and at the same time the maximal value of ๐ฃโ. These two vectors are perpendicular to each other, therefore the magnitude of their vector (cross) product is ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ,
๐ดฬ =
2 ๐
29.2. What is the angular momentum of the reader respect to the center of the Earth? (The radius of Earth is 6373 km.)
Solution:
๐ = 6373๐๐ = 6.73 โ 10^6 ๐ ๐ผ = 47.3^0 cos ๐ผ = 0.
The definition of the angular momentum of a mass point with respect to a point of reference is
๐ฟโโ(๐) = ๐โ ร ๐๐ฃ.โโโโ
From this definition in our case we have got the following relation between ๐ฟโโ and ๐โโโ:
where
๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง = โ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง = โ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง = ๐(๐ฅ^2 + ๐ฆ^2 ).
Using these relations:
= ๐๐๐งโ(๐ฅ^2 + ๐ฆ^2 )๐ง^2 + (๐ฅ^2 + ๐ฆ^2 )^2 = ๐๐๐งโ(๐ cos ๐ผ)^2 (๐ sin ๐ผ)^2 + ((๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ)^2 )^2 =
= ๐๐๐ง๐ ^2 โ(cos ๐ผ)^2 ((sin ๐ผ)^2 + (๐๐๐ ๐ผ)^2 ) = ๐๐๐ง๐ ^2 cos ๐ผ.
|๐ฟโโ| = ๐ โ 7.27 โ 10โ5^1 ๐ โ 6.37^2 โ 10^12 ๐^2 โ 0.678 = ๐ โ 2.00 โ 10^9 ๐
2 ๐ .
Be careful! The well known ๐ฟ(๐ง)๐ง^ = ฮ(๐ง)๐๐ง connection applies to the ๐ง-component of the angular momentum vector, here
ฮ(๐ง)^ = ๐(๐ cos ๐ผ)^2 ,
๐ฟ๐ง(๐ง)^ = ฮ(๐ง)๐๐ง = ๐๐๐ง๐ ^2 (cos ๐ผ)^2 = ๐ โ 2.00 โ 10^9
2 ๐ .
โ ฮ๐ฅ๐ง = โ2 โซ ๐๐ด(๐ cos ๐ผ cos ๐)
๐ 02 (๐ sin ๐ผ)๐๐ = = โ2๐๐ด cos ๐ผ cos ๐ sin ๐ผ โ
( 2 ๐)^3 3 = โ^
๐ 12 ๐
(^2) cos ๐ผ cos ๐ sin ๐ผ
๐^2 cos ๐ผ sin ๐ sin ๐ผ
(^2) (cos ๐ผ) 2
|๐ฟโโ| = โฮxz^2 + ฮyz^2 + ฮzz^2 ๐๐ง = ๐๐ง
(^2) โ(cos ๐ผ) (^2) (sin ๐ผ) (^2) + (cos ๐ผ) (^4) =
(^2) cos ๐ผ.
29.8. Two 10 dkg balls with negligible size are attached to a rod with negligible mass and length of 20 cm. The center of this dumbbell is welded to a vertical axis in a 5 degree angle with respect to the horizontal axis. The 20 cm long vertical axis' endpoints are put in bearings, and than we rotate the whole body with an angular frequency of 400rad/s. What is the force acting on the bearings?
Solution:
2 cos ๐ผ cos ๐ sin ๐ผ
๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง = โ2๐๐ฆ๐ง = โ2๐ ( 2 ๐)
2 cos ๐ผ sin ๐ sin ๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ง = 2๐(๐ฅ^2 + ๐ฆ^2 ) = 2๐ ( 2 ๐)
2 (cos ๐ผ)^2.
The rate of change of angular momentum on the one hand is
๐๐ฟโโ ๐๐ก = ๐โโโ ร ๐ฟโโ,
on the other hand from the angular momentum theorem
๐๐ฟโโ ๐๐ก = โ
(The two bearing-forces are need to be equal in magnitude because of the equilibrium of the center of mass of the system.)
From the equations ๐น๐ฅ =
2 โ(cos ๐ผ cos ๐ sin ๐ผ )^2 + (cos ๐ผ sin ๐ sin ๐ผ )^2 =
=
2 sin ๐ผ cos ๐ผ =