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Unit 4
Unit 4
PHYSICS
Assist. Prof. Dr. Duygu Kuzyaka
Ostim Technical University
October 2022
Ankara, Turkey
Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Force:
Galileo (1564-1642):
Aristotle (384-322 BC):
✓ A force is required to keep an ✓ It is just as natural for an object to
object moving along a horizontal be in motion with a constant
plane velocity as it is for it to be at rest
✓ The natural state of an object was ✓ If no force is applied to a moving
at rest object, it will continue to move
✓ A force is necessary to keep an with constant speed in a straight
object in motion line
✓ The greater the force on the object, ✓ An object slows down only if a force
the greater its speed is exerted on it = friction
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Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia):
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Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s Second Law of Motion:
ΣF=ma
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Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s Third Law of Motion:
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Weight-The Force of Gravity; and The Normal Force
Galileo claimed that all objects dropped near the
surface of the Earth would fall with the same
acceleration, if air resistance was negligible. The
force that causes this acceleration is called the
force of gravity or gravitational force.
Fg=mg
In SI units g=9.80 m/s2=10 N/kg
Gravitational force
The magnitude of the force of gravity on an object, mg, is commonly called the object’s
weight.
The force exerted by the table is often called a contact force, since it occurs when two
objects are in contact. When a contact force acts perpendicular to the common surface of
contact, it is referred to as the normal force (“normal” means perpendicular); hence it is
labeled as FN.
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