Mechanics of practical situations

A student who is currently studying in class 11 t h 11th gets excited to learn about projectiles and decides to test one out himself. He buys a ball throwing cannon for this purpose whose angle and velocity can be adjusted accordingly. He throws the projectile from a point on the ground at a velocity 10 2 m / s 10\sqrt{2} m/s at an angle 45 0 {45}^{0} .

He expects that he would get the exact range but the observed range is somewhat different. Let the percentage difference in the range of the projectile be P P . Then find P + 0.5 \lfloor P+0.5 \rfloor

Details and Assumptions

1)Consider only stokes drag, no newtonian drag.

2)Co-efficient of viscosity of air(Dynamic Viscosity) = 1.8 × 10 5 P a . s 1.8 \times {10}^{-5} Pa.s

3)Mass of the ball 3.3929 g 3.3929 g , Radius of the ball = 1 m e t r e = 1 metre

3)Calculate percentage difference as :

T h e o r t i c a l R a n g e O b s e r v e d R a n g e T h e o r t i c a l R a n g e × 100 \frac{Theortical Range - Observed Range}{TheorticalRange} \times 100

4)Range is calculated as the distance between the points when the centre of sphere were at the same point when it touched the ground. See diagram.

5)Neglect buoyancy.


The answer is 12.

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1 solution

Mvs Saketh
Feb 13, 2015

So, as we all know, in an infinite medium, the drag (viscous) is given by

6 π η r v 6\pi \eta rv

now, this is directed exactly opposite to velocity, clearly, this being linearly proportional to velocity, we can break into components and write

F d r a g x = 6 π η r v x F d r a g y = 6 π η r v y { F }_{ drag-x }=6\pi \eta r{ v }_{ x }\\ \\ { F }_{ drag-y }=6\pi \eta r{ v }_{ y }

Now let us not forget gravity as well , and write the equations of motion as

m x ¨ = 6 π η r x ˙ m y ¨ = 6 π η r y ˙ + m g \\ -m\ddot { x } =\quad 6\pi \eta r\dot { x } \\ \\ -m\ddot { y } =\quad 6\pi \eta r\dot { y } +mg

Integrate the y- part twice (dont forget to put proper boundary conditions)

v y ( 0 ) = 10 , v x ( 0 ) = 10 , x ( 0 ) = 0 , y ( 0 ) = 0 { v }_{ y }(0)=10, { v }_{ x }(0)=10, x(0)=0, y(0)=0

and get

( k v y + g ) ( 1 e t k ) k 2 g t k \frac { (k{ v }_{ y }+g)(1-{ e }^{ -tk }) }{ { k }^{ 2 } } -\frac { gt }{ k }

where k = 6 π η r m k=\frac { 6\pi \eta r }{ m }

(if you dont believe me, you may use taylor series expansion for exponential function which is e x = 1 + x 1 + x 2 2 + . . . . . { e }^{ x }=1+\frac { x }{ 1 } +\frac { { x }^{ 2 } }{ 2 } +..... neglecting higher order terms and you shall see that it reduces to :

v y t g 2 t 2 { v }_{ y }t-\frac { g }{ 2 } { t }^{ 2 }

Now equate y y to 0 0 , (it comes back to ground)

use g = 10 g=10 and input values,

and after thanking Ronak for giving really nice values you get the expression

t = 11 ( 1 e t 10 ) t=11(1-{ e }^{ -\frac { t }{ 10 } })

now using a graph plotter to get ( the graph is what i have uploaded, the point is marked)

t = 1.937 t= 1.937 and also more usably 11 ( 1 e t 10 ) = 1.937 11(1-e^{\frac{-t}{10}})=1.937

Now integrate the x x equation twice to get

x = v x k ( 1 e t 10 ) = 100 11 ( 1.937 ) x=\frac { { v }_{ x } }{ k } (1-{ e }^{ -\frac { t }{ 10 } })=\quad \frac { 100 }{ 11 } (1.937)

which is 17.6090 m 17.6090 m

Now the simple model (no air , nothing, all ideal, way) gives 20 m 20m

Calculating percent gives us a deviation of 11.95 11.95 percent

add 0.5 0.5 and box it to get 12 12

(please notify of any printing errors) (or correct them if you are moderator)

The object is lighter than air, it will never come to ground!

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 4 months ago

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I will write neglect buoyancy. I know I sometimes neglect very important things.

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 4 months ago

Man , this question Takes my very long time , but Really Good Situation !

Deepanshu Gupta - 6 years, 3 months ago

This was my intended way you know when you practically analyse situations math gets tough, hence use of computer resources are essential, you must post your solution @Mvs Saketh

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 4 months ago

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Ronak! The question is wrong! It's grams not milli grams! I lost two tries because of that! Then I thought this might be a mistake since I was getting unrealistic values. Please fix it soon!!!! Good question though! Couldn't do it without wolfram alpha.

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 4 months ago

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you are correct, it should be milikilograms which is grams

Mvs Saketh - 6 years, 4 months ago

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@Mvs Saketh Millikilograms? Huh?

Pranjal Jain - 6 years, 1 month ago

Thanks for highlighting the point that for t < < 1 t << 1 the given equation of motion reduces to normal equation of motion without air drag. I noticed this thing while doing the analysis of this question.

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 3 months ago

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welcome bro, But it is never t less than less than 0, rather t less than less than 'k' , or t /k tends to 0 from the right side, relative

Mvs Saketh - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Sorry I mistyped it.

Ronak Agarwal - 6 years, 3 months ago

The values are really nice.. only flaw that it can't be done without the involvement of graphing calculator...

Abhishek Bakshi - 5 years, 8 months ago

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