Unit 3
Unit 3
Unit 3
MODEL TOWN
REEMEE SHAKIL
PHYSICS
Unit 3. Dynamics
Content
3.1 Forces
3.2 Friction
3.3 Circular motion
1.5.1 Balanced and unbalanced forces
1 Identify and use different types of force, including weight (gravitational force),
friction, drag, air resistance, tension (elastic force), electrostatic force, magnetic
force, thrust (driving force) and contact force
2 Identify forces acting on an object and draw free-body diagram(s) representing
the forces
3 State Newton’s first law as ‘an object either remains at rest or continues to move
in a straight line at constant speed unless acted on by a resultant force’
4 State that a force may change the velocity of an object by changing its direction
of motion or its speed
5 Determine the resultant of two or more forces acting along the same straight line
6 Recall and use the equation
resultant force = mass × acceleration
F = ma
7 State Newton’s third law as ‘when object A exerts a force on object B, then
object B exerts an equal and opposite force on object A’
8 Know that Newton’s third law describes pairs of forces of the same type acting
on different objects
What is a force?
A force is a “push” or a “pull”. Some common examples:
WEIGHT – pulls
things downwards
What is a force?
A force is a “push” or a “pull”. Some common examples:
SI units
Forces are measured in
newtons (N)
D
When
F1
forces are balanced
F2
F2 = DRIVING FORCE, FORCE OF ENGINE
F1= RESISTIVE FORCE, FORCE OF AIR RESISTANCE, FORCE OF FRICTION
WHEN F1=F2
FOR EXAMPLE F1=2N
F2=2N
Unbalanced forces:
If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced then the object will
change its speed. It will begin to move, speed up, slow down or
stop.
Two vertical forces are acting on the object.
There are no horizontal forces.
Net force=0
a=0
v=0
1.5.2 Friction
1 Describe friction as a force that may impede motion
and produce heating
2 Understand the motion of objects acted on by a
constant weight or driving force, with and without drag
(including air resistance or resistance in a liquid)
3 Explain how an object reaches terminal velocity
4 Define the thinking distance, braking distance and
stopping distance of a moving vehicle
5 Explain the factors that affect thinking and braking
distance including speed, tiredness, alcohol, drugs,
load, tyre surface and road conditions
Friction and Stopping Forces
Mmh, a level
crossing! I should
stop now!
Stopping distance
The distance needed for a car, travelling at a given
speed, to stop (m).
Just in time!
1.5.3 Elastic deformation
1 Know that forces may produce a change in size
and shape of an object
2 Define the spring constant as force per unit
extension; recall and use the equation
spring constant = force x extension
k = Fx
3 Sketch, plot and interpret load–extension graphs
for an elastic solid and describe the associated
experimental procedures
4 Define and use the term ‘limit of proportionality’
for a load–extension graph and identify this point
on the graph (an understanding of the elastic limit
is not required)
Robert Hooke Hooke’s Law and forces acting
was born in 1635 on a stretched spring.
and the 1660’s he
devised an
equation
describing
elasticity.
X
Spring constant:
PARALLELOGRAM
If both pairs of opposite sides are equal and parallel,
then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram
DETERMINE THE RESULATANT OF TWO VECTORS
BY PARRALELOGRAM METHOD
50 N
40 N
scale
10 N= 1 cm
40 N= 4 cm
90 N= 9cm
50 N
40 N