a) 893 N
b) 8.5 m/s
c) 3816 W
d) 69780 J
e) 8030 W
Explanation:
a)
The net force acting on Bolt during the acceleration phase can be written using Newton's second law of motion:
![F_{net}=ma](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bnet%7D%3Dma)
where
m is Bolt's mass
a is the acceleration
In the first 0.890 s of motion, we have
m = 94.0 kg (Bolt's mass)
(acceleration)
So, the net force is
![F_{net}=(94.0)(9.50)=893 N](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bnet%7D%3D%2894.0%29%289.50%29%3D893%20N)
And according to Newton's third law of motion, this force is equivalent to the force exerted by Bolt on the ground (because they form an action-reaction pair).
b)
Since Bolt's motion is a uniformly accelerated motion, we can find his final speed by using the following suvat equation:
![v=u+at](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=v%3Du%2Bat)
where
v is the final speed
u is the initial speed
a is the acceleration
t is the time
In the first phase of Bolt's race we have:
u = 0 m/s (he starts from rest)
(acceleration)
t = 0.890 s (duration of the first phase)
Solving for v,
![v=0+(9.50)(0.890)=8.5 m/s](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=v%3D0%2B%289.50%29%280.890%29%3D8.5%20m%2Fs)
c)
First of all, we can calculate the work done by Bolt to accelerate to a speed of
v = 8.5 m/s
According to the work-energy theorem, the work done is equal to the change in kinetic energy, so
![W=K_f - K_i = \frac{1}{2}mv^2-0](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=W%3DK_f%20-%20K_i%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7Dmv%5E2-0)
where
m = 94.0 kg is Bolt's mass
v = 8.5 m/s is Bolt's final speed after the first phase
is the initial kinetic energy
So the work done is
![W=\frac{1}{2}(94.0)(8.5)^2=3396 J](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=W%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%2894.0%29%288.5%29%5E2%3D3396%20J)
The power expended is given by
![P=\frac{W}{t}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=P%3D%5Cfrac%7BW%7D%7Bt%7D)
where
t = 0.890 s is the time elapsed
Substituting,
![P=\frac{3396}{0.890}=3816 W](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=P%3D%5Cfrac%7B3396%7D%7B0.890%7D%3D3816%20W)
d)
First of all, we need to find what is the average force exerted by Bolt during the remaining 8.69 s of motion.
In the first 0.890 s, the force exerted was
![F_1=893 N](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_1%3D893%20N)
We know that the average force for the whole race is
![F_{avg}=820 N](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bavg%7D%3D820%20N)
Which can be rewritten as
![F_{avg}=\frac{0.890 F_1 + 8.69 F_2}{0.890+8.69}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bavg%7D%3D%5Cfrac%7B0.890%20F_1%20%2B%208.69%20F_2%7D%7B0.890%2B8.69%7D)
And solving for
, we find the average force exerted by Bolt on the ground during the second phase:
![F_{avg}=\frac{0.890 F_1 + 8.69 F_2}{0.890+8.69}\\F_2=\frac{(0.890+8.69)F_{avg}-0.890F_1}{8.69}=812.5 N](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bavg%7D%3D%5Cfrac%7B0.890%20F_1%20%2B%208.69%20F_2%7D%7B0.890%2B8.69%7D%5C%5CF_2%3D%5Cfrac%7B%280.890%2B8.69%29F_%7Bavg%7D-0.890F_1%7D%7B8.69%7D%3D812.5%20N)
The net force exerted by Bolt during the second phase can be written as
(1)
where D is the air drag.
The net force can also be rewritten as
![F_{net}=ma](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=F_%7Bnet%7D%3Dma)
where
is the acceleration in the second phase, with
u = 8.5 m/s is the initial speed
v = 12.4 m/s is the final speed
t = 8.69 t is the time elapsed
Substituting,
![a=\frac{12.4-8.5}{8.69}=0.45 m/s^2](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=a%3D%5Cfrac%7B12.4-8.5%7D%7B8.69%7D%3D0.45%20m%2Fs%5E2)
So we can now find the average drag force from (1):
![D=F_2-F_{net}=F_2-ma=812.5 - (94.0)(0.45)=770.2 N](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=D%3DF_2-F_%7Bnet%7D%3DF_2-ma%3D812.5%20-%20%2894.0%29%280.45%29%3D770.2%20N)
So the increase in Bolt's internal energy is just equal to the work done by the drag force, so:
![\Delta E=W=Ds](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20E%3DW%3DDs)
where
d is Bolt's displacement in the second part, which can be found by using suvat equation:
![s=\frac{v^2-u^2}{2a}=\frac{12.4^2-8.5^2}{2(0.45)}=90.6 m](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=s%3D%5Cfrac%7Bv%5E2-u%5E2%7D%7B2a%7D%3D%5Cfrac%7B12.4%5E2-8.5%5E2%7D%7B2%280.45%29%7D%3D90.6%20m)
And so,
![\Delta E=Ds=(770.2)(90.6)=69780 J](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20E%3DDs%3D%28770.2%29%2890.6%29%3D69780%20J)
e)
The power that Bolt must expend just to voercome the drag force is given by
![P=\frac{\Delta E}{t}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=P%3D%5Cfrac%7B%5CDelta%20E%7D%7Bt%7D)
where
is the increase in internal energy due to the air drag
t is the time elapsed
Here we have:
![\Delta E=69780 J](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20E%3D69780%20J)
t = 8.69 s is the time elapsed
Substituting,
![P=\frac{69780}{8.69}=8030 W](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=P%3D%5Cfrac%7B69780%7D%7B8.69%7D%3D8030%20W)
And we see that it is about twice larger than the power calculated in part c.