Showing posts with label Physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Physics. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Ohmmm.....


Friday, October 25, 2013

A joke to Einstein

A six-year-old boy spotted Albert Einstein walking down the street and decided to try out his favorite joke on him: "Mr. Einstein! Why did the chicken cross the road?" 

To which the famous physicist replied, 

"My young burgeoning mind, the question does not have a definite answer. Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends on your frame of reference." 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Derived quantities

Here are some derived quantities with their units

Derived Quantity
Unit
Symbol
 Force
Newton
N
Energy/Work done
Joule
J
Power
Watt
W
Pressure
Pascal
Pa
Frequency
Hertz
Hz
Electric charge
Coulomb
C
Voltage/emf (electromotive force)
Volts
V
Capacity
Farads
F
Electric resistance
Ohm
W
Magnetic flux density
Tesla
T
Magnetic flux
Weber
Wb

Of course, there are many other units other than these few!!

Friday, October 18, 2013

Basic units

There are six fundamental units that are accepted. Every other unit is derived out of these.

Basic Quantity
Unit
Symbol
 Mass
Kilograms
 kg
Time
Seconds
s
Length
Meter
m
Thermodynamic temperature
Kelvin
K
Electric current
Ampere
A
Amount of substance
mole
mol
Luminous Intensity
Candela
cd

But two more units are there, which are fundamental, but are not considered so.

Quantity
Unit
Symbol
Plane angle
Radian
rad
Solid angle
Steradian
sr

Newton's laws of motion

These three laws govern the fundamental Newtonian physics. However, there are some situations where these equations doesn't apply.

1. For massive objects (such as celestial objects)

2. For objects and particles travelling at speeds closer to the speed of light.

3. Sometimes for the motions in quantum realm.

Newton's first Law

An object will continue to be at rest or travel with uniform velocity, unless an external, unbalanced force acts on it.

In other words, for an object which is at rest or moving with constant velocity, the state of motion can only be changed by an external resultant force.

Newton's second Law

The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the net force acting on the same direction.

F = (mv-mu)/t

F = ma

Here, F - Resultant force

           m - mass

           v- final velocity

           u - initial velocity

            a - acceleration

            t - time

Newton's third Law

If an unbalanced force is exerted on B by A, B will also exert an equal but opposite force on A.

In other words, every action has an equal, but opposite reaction.

For further information, search the web search bar for "Newton's laws of motion" or go to Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Fundamental equations of motion

There are four fundamental equations of motion in physics. They govern the basic motion of an object or a particle. However, these equations are only applicable under the following conditions.

1. The motion should be linear (not applicable for circular motion or any other type of motion)

2. Motion must be with uniform acceleration or no acceleration. (not applicable for varying acceleration)


The symbols mean,
                               1. s - displacement

                               2. a - acceleration

                               3. t - time

                               4. u - initial velocity

                               5. v - final velocity


Equation 1
 v = u+at

Equation 2
s = ½(u+v)t

Equation 3
s = ut+ ½ at2

Equation 4
v2 = u2+2as



For further information, search "equations of motion" in the web search bar.