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What things affect how levers work

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Length of lever, inertia of lever, amount of force applied

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What’s newtons 1st law

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(Inertia) An object will remain at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external, unbalanced force

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What’s newtons 2nd Law

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(Acceleration) acceleration is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely proportional to the objects mass. F=ma, a= F/m

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What’s newtons 3rd law

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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

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What is the force motion principle

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If force is applied to an object, motion will occur

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What’s friction

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The resistance that objects encounter when moving over another

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What’s static friction

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Force keeping objects at rest

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What’s kinetic friction

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Force that opposes movements

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What’s inertia

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An objects resistance to a change in its motion. Greater inertia = more force required to change its state of motion

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What’s momentum

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The quantity of motion of a moving body

P=mv

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What’s impulse

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change of momentum

I=Ft

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What’s the impulse-momentum relationship

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the impulse applied to an object will be directly proportional to the change in its momentum

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What’s the law of conservation of momentum

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The total momentum of two colliding objects will remain the same after the collision.

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What are the types of collision

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Perfectly elastic - all ‘p’ is conserved
Imperfectly elastic - some p lost
Perfectly inelastic - all p is lost

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What’s coefficient of restitution

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A measure of elasticity between two objects. 0-1 where 0 is perfectly inelastic collision and 1 is perfectly elastic

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Example of perfectly elastic collision

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Ball bouncing back to the exact drop height

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Perfectly inelastic

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Ball is dropped but there is no rebound

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Imperfectly elastic collision

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Ball bouncing lower than drop height

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How to work out COR:

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FV of one object - FV of other ➗ IV of other - IV of one object

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Things that affect coefficient of restitution

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  • equipment & materials
  • temp of materials (^temp=^COR)
  • velocity of collision (^v = decrease COR)
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What’s a concentric force

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A force applied directly through an objects centre of mass, resulting in translation

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Example of concentric force

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Pushing the puck in ice hockey

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What’s Eccentric force

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Force applied to an object offset from its centre of mass resulting in translation and rotation

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Example of eccentric force

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  • Tipping a waterbottle over by pushing the top

- tackle in AFL

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What’s a force couple
When two equal but oppositely directed forces act on opposite sides of an axis of rotation at an equal radius, resulting in rotation of the object in a fixed position
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What’s an example of a force couple
- bike pedals to move around | - steering wheel
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What is Torque
A rotational force, resulting in angular motion | - T = F x radius (from axis)
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What is a moment arm
The distance from force application to the axis of rotation
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What happens when you change the length of the moment arm
Increase moment arm creates more torque but with the same amount of force exerted and vice versa
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How to create more torque
Increase force and/or radius | T = Fr
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What’s angular motion
The motion of an object about a relatively fixed axis
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What’s angular velocity
(w) - rate of change in angular displacement
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What’s angular acceleration
(a) rate of change in angular velocity over time
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What’s moment of inertia
And objects resistance to a change in its angular motion. Dependent on distribution of mass and mass itself moi = mass x radius of rotation^2 Inertia is related to radius
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What’s angular momentum
(L) the quantity of angular motion possessed by a rotating body L = moi x w
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What’s a mechanical advantage (lever)
Force arm longer than resistance arm
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What’s a speed advantage
Resistance arm longer than force arm
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What’s a first class lever
(RAF) - the further force is applied from the axis, the less force is needed to lift the resistance - C1 vertebrae
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Second class lever
ARF - longer force arm than resistance arm (mechanical advantage) - standing on tip toes
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Third class lever
AFR - force arm shorter than resistance arm (speed advantage) - arm
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What is Bernoulli’s principle
Increased velocity of fluid results in a decrease in pressure
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What is lift
The force that a fluid imparts on an object as it flows over it, that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction
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How is lift created
Fluid flowing over top of an object has to flow faster than fluid flowing over the bottom to reach the end at the same time. Pressure difference cause by Bernoulli’s principle causes fluid flow from high pressure to low pressure (up) and causes object to have lift
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What’s laminar flow
Fluid flowing in parallel layers with no disruption, at the same velocity and pressure
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What’s turbulent flow
Fluid flowing with irregular fluctuations, appearing random and at different velocities and pressure.
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How does flow affect boundary layer
Laminar- creates less surface drag, early separation point | Turbulent- creates more surface drag, late separation point
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What’s drag
A force that acts to oppose the motion of an object through fluid
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Total drag
Pressure drag + surface drag + wave drag
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What’s pressure drag
Force creates via pressure difference between the front and back of an object moving through fluid
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How is pressure drag created
Size of Low pressure region behind object (turbulent wake) determines size of pressure difference. Fluid flows from high to low pressure - Bernoulli’s principle - and slows down object. ^frontal cross sectional area = ^ pressure drag
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What’s surface drag
Drag caused by friction between the surface and the fluid flowing over it. A rougher surface traps more fluid and creates more friction
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What is wave drag
Drag created by the movement of water and generation of waves at the surface of water, occurring as a loss of energy from the creator.
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How to reduce wave drag
Decrease interaction with the surface. Either increase buoyancy, Change technique or go deeper.
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How can wave drag be advantageous vs disadvantaged
Adv- create waves behind, propelling forward | Disadv. - pushes water forward creating resistance
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What is buoyancy
An upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of the immersed body. Affected by: - density of body in comparison to fluid - volume of fluid displaced
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Factors affecting drag
- Size of frontal cross sectional area - velocity and resulting pressure of object - texture of surface - Direction of fluid flow - size of wake - shape of object - slipstreaming - fluid viscosity
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Environmental factors affecting drag
- altitude - ⬆️ altitude = ⬇️drag - humidity- ⬆️humidity = ⬇️drag - temperature - ⬆️temp of fluid = ⬇️ viscosity = ⬇️ drag
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What’s the Magnus effect
The way an objects path through fluid is changed due to spin, occurring perpendicular to fluid flow through the axis of rotation
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How does spin affect flight paths
Backspin- stays in the air longer Topspin- stays in the air less Sidespin - travels side to side
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What’s not Magnus
Anything that doesn’t spin | Eg. Swing (cricket), knuckleball, float serve
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Top spin rebound
Moves fast, kicks on, travels further after bounce
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Back spin rebound
Bounces high, slows down, travels less distance after bounce
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What’s buoyancy affected by
- Density of body in comparison to fluid | - volume of fluid displaced

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