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Chapter 5
Physics for Scientists &
Engineers, with Modern
Physics, 4th edition

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 Chapter 5
Using Newton’s Laws: Friction,
Circular Motion, Drag Forces

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 Units of Chapter 5

• Applications of Newton’s Laws Involving

Friction
• Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics
• Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
• Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked
• Nonuniform Circular Motion
• Velocity-Dependent Forces: Drag and
Terminal Velocity

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction

Friction is always present when two solid

surfaces slide along each other.

The microscopic details

are not yet fully
understood.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction

Sliding friction is called kinetic friction.

Approximation of the frictional force:
Ffr = μkFN .
Here, FN is the normal force, and μk is the
coefficient of kinetic friction, which is
different for each pair of surfaces.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Static friction applies when two surfaces
are at rest with respect to each other
(such as a book sitting on a table).
The static frictional force is as big as it
needs to be to prevent slipping, up to a
maximum value.
Ffr ≤ μsFN .
Usually it is easier to keep an object
sliding than it is to get it started.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Note that, in general, μs > μk.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Example 5-1: Friction: static and kinetic.
Our 10.0-kg mystery box rests on a horizontal floor. The
coefficient of static friction is 0.40 and the coefficient of kinetic
friction is 0.30. Determine the force of friction acting on the box
if a horizontal external applied force is exerted on it of
magnitude:
(a) 0, (b) 10 N, (c) 20 N, (d) 38 N, and (e) 40 N.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Conceptual Example 5-2: A box against a wall.

You can hold a box against a rough

wall and prevent it from slipping
down by pressing hard
horizontally. How does the
application of a horizontal force
keep an object from moving
vertically?

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Example 5-3: Pulling against friction.
A 10.0-kg box is pulled along a horizontal
surface by a force of 40.0 N applied at a 30.0°
angle above horizontal. The coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.30. Calculate the
acceleration.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Conceptual Example 5-4: To push or to pull a
sled?
Your little sister wants a
ride on her sled. If you
are on flat ground, will
you exert less force if
you push her or pull
her? Assume the same
angle θ in each case.

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Example 5-5: Two boxes and a pulley.
Two boxes are connected by a cord
running over a pulley. The coefficient of
kinetic friction between box A and the
table is 0.20. We ignore the mass of the
cord and pulley and any friction in the
pulley, which means we can assume
that a force applied to one end of the
cord will have the same magnitude at
the other end. We wish to find the
acceleration, a, of the system, which
will have the same magnitude for both
boxes assuming the cord doesn’t
stretch. As box B moves down, box A
moves to the right.
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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Example 5-6: The skier.
This skier is descending a
30° slope, at constant
speed. What can you say
about the coefficient of
kinetic friction?

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 5-1 Applications of Newton’s Laws
Involving Friction
Example 5-7: A ramp, a pulley, and two boxes.
Box A, of mass 10.0 kg, rests on a surface inclined at 37° to the
horizontal. It is connected by a lightweight cord, which passes
over a massless and frictionless pulley, to a second box B,
which hangs freely as shown. (a) If the coefficient of static
friction is 0.40, determine what range of values for mass B will
keep the system at rest. (b) If the coefficient of kinetic friction is
0.30, and mB = 10.0 kg, determine the acceleration of the system.

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 5-2 Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics
Uniform circular motion: motion in a circle of
constant radius at constant speed
Instantaneous velocity is always tangent to the
circle.

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 5-2 Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics
Looking at the change in velocity in the limit that
the time interval becomes infinitesimally small,
we see that
.

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 5-2 Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics

This acceleration is called the centripetal, or

radial, acceleration, and it points toward the
center of the circle.

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 5-2 Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics
Example 5-8: Acceleration of a revolving
ball.
A 150-g ball at the end of a string is
revolving uniformly in a horizontal circle of
radius 0.600 m. The ball makes 2.00
revolutions in a second. What is its
centripetal acceleration?

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Example 5-9: Moon’s centripetal acceleration.

The Moon’s nearly circular orbit about the
Earth has a radius of about 384,000 km and a
period T of 27.3 days. Determine the
acceleration of the Moon toward the Earth.

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 5-2 Uniform Circular Motion—Kinematics

A centrifuge works by
spinning very fast. This
means there must be a
very large centripetal
force. The object at A
would go in a straight
line but for this force; as
it is, it winds up at B.

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Example 5-10: Ultracentrifuge.

The rotor of an ultracentrifuge
rotates at 50,000 rpm (revolutions per
minute). A particle at the top of a test
tube is 6.00 cm from the rotation
axis. Calculate its centripetal
acceleration, in “g’s.”

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 5-3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
For an object to be in uniform circular motion,
there must be a net force acting on it.
We already know the
acceleration, so can
immediately write the
force:

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 5-3 Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion

We can see that the

force must be inward
by thinking about a
ball on a string.
Strings only pull;
they never push.

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There is no centrifugal force pointing outward;
what happens is that the natural tendency of the
object to move in a straight line must be
overcome.
If the centripetal force vanishes, the object flies
off at a tangent to the circle.

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Example 5-11: Force on revolving ball

(horizontal).
Estimate the force a person must exert on a
string attached to a 0.150-kg ball to make
the ball revolve in a horizontal circle of
radius 0.600 m. The ball makes 2.00
revolutions per second. Ignore the string’s
mass.

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Example 5-12: Revolving ball (vertical circle).

A 0.150-kg ball on the end of a

1.10-m-long cord (negligible
mass) is swung in a vertical
circle. (a) Determine the
minimum speed the ball must
have at the top of its arc so
that the ball continues
moving in a circle. (b)
Calculate the tension in the
cord at the bottom of the arc,
assuming the ball is moving
at twice the speed of part (a).

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Example 5-13: Conical pendulum.

A small ball of mass m,

suspended by a cord of
length l, revolves in a circle of
radius r = l sin θ, where θ is
the angle the string makes
with the vertical. (a) In what
direction is the acceleration
of the ball, and what causes
the acceleration? (b)
Calculate the speed and
period (time required for one
revolution) of the ball in terms
of l, θ, g, and m.
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 5-4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked
When a car goes around a curve, there must be
a net force toward the center of the circle of
which the curve is an arc. If the road is flat, that
force is supplied by friction.

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 5-4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked

If the frictional force is

insufficient, the car will
tend to move more
nearly in a straight line,
as the skid marks
show.

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As long as the tires do not slip, the friction is
static. If the tires do start to slip, the friction is
kinetic, which is bad in two ways:
1. The kinetic frictional force is smaller than the
static.
2. The static frictional force can point toward the
center of the circle, but the kinetic frictional
force opposes the direction of motion, making
it very difficult to regain control of the car and
continue around the curve.

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 5-4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked
Example 5-14: Skidding on a curve.

A 1000-kg car rounds a curve

on a flat road of radius 50 m
at a speed of 15 m/s (54
km/h). Will the car follow the
curve, or will it skid?
Assume: (a) the pavement is
dry and the coefficient of
static friction is μs = 0.60; (b)
the pavement is icy and μs =
0.25.

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 5-4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked

Banking the curve can help keep

cars from skidding. In fact, for
every banked curve, there is one
speed at which the entire
centripetal force is supplied by the
horizontal component of
the normal force, and no
friction is required. This
occurs when:

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 5-4 Highway Curves: Banked and Unbanked

Example 5-15: Banking angle.

(a) For a car traveling with speed v
around a curve of radius r, determine a
formula for the angle at which a road
should be banked so that no friction is
required. (b) What is this angle for an
expressway off-ramp curve of radius 50
m at a design speed of 50 km/h?

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 Summary of Chapter 5
• Kinetic friction:

• Static friction:
• An object moving in a circle at constant
speed is in uniform circular motion.
• It has a centripetal acceleration of
• There is a centripetal force given by

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