formulas Flashcards
velocity
displacement/time taken
acceleration
change in velocity/time taken
uniform acceleration
v-u/t in secs
displacement
1/2 (u+v) t
average velocity
1/2 (u+v)
pressure (N/m^2 or Pa)
force (Fn)/ area (Am^2)
mass (kg)
density x volume
weight (N)
mass (kg x m/s^2 or kg x N/kg) x gravity
pressure in liquid (Pa or N/m^2)
hpg (depth beneath surface x pressure in kg/m^3 x gravitational field strength (10 on earth) )
F1/A1 = F2/A2
F1 x D1 = F2 x D2
density (kg/m^3)
mass (kg)/ volume(m^3)
moment
Fd (Force in N x Perpendicular distance in m)
efficiency
useful energy output/ total energy input x 100%
work done (J)
Fs (constant force in N x distance moved in direction of force in m)
kinetic energy (J)
1/2 mv^2 (mass in kg x speed in m/s)
gravitational potential energy (J)
mgh (mass in kg x gravitation field strength in N/kg or m/s^2 x height in m)
sini/sinr
constant
n (refractive index)
c/v (speed of light in vacuum/ speed in light in medium)
n (refractive index)
sini/sinr (angle of incidence in vacuum/angle of incidence in medium)
sinc (critical angle of medium)
1/n (1/refractive index of medium)
f (frequency in Hz)
1/T (1/period in s)
v (speed of wave in m/s)
wavelength (m)/ period (s)
frequency (Hz) x wavelength (m)
period
time taken/ no. of waves
I (current in A)
Q (charge in c)/ T (time in s)
E (e.m.f. of electrical energy source in V)
W (work done in J)/ Q (amt. of charge in c)
V (p.d. in V)
W (work done in J)/ Q (amount of charge in C)
R (resistance in ohm)
V ( p.d in V)/ I (current in A)
R (resistance)
pL (resistivity x length)/ A (cross-sectional area)
P (resistivity in ohm x m)
RA (resistance in ohm x cross-sectional area in m^2)/ l (length in m)
I1=I2=I3
series current all the same
Ve=V1+V2
potential difference across series circuit = sum of p.d.
I=I1+I2
sum of individual current = main current
Ve=V1=V2
p.d. across parallel circuit all the same
R=R1+R2+….+R3
series resistance = sum of all resistance
1/R=1/R1+1/R2+….+1/Rn
parallel circuits resistance = sum of reciprocal of effective resistance
P ( power in W)
VI (p.d. in V x electric current in A)
V^2/R (p.d square/resistance in ohm)
I^2 x R (current square x resistance)
E (energy in J)
Pt (power in W x time in s)
VIt (p.d. in V x current In A x time in s)
V^2t/R (current in A square x time in s/resistance in ohm)
I^2Rt (current square x resistance in ohm x time in s)
1kWh
3.6 x 10^6
cost of electricity consumption
no. of consumed kWh x cost per kWh
energy
Pt (power x time)