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How does the see temperature affect hurricane formation?

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The higher the sea surface temperature, the faster the warm, moist air rises into the atmosphere. This updraft creates a donut shaped vortex that is rising in the middle and going downward on the sides. The more moisture in the air (humidity), the stronger the vortex will become as the moisture rises through convective currents, cools, and falls through convective currents. This eventually causes rotation of the storm mass and you get a tropical cyclone. So, the high sea surface temperatures and humidity are actually the engine that forms a hurricane and causes it to increase in strength.

High level horizontal winds can prevent a hurricane from forming. These are called shear winds and they literally blow the top of the cyclone off, preventing it from forming properly.

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A pendulum of length L=36.1 cm and mass m=168 g is released from rest when the cord makes an angle of 65.4 degrees with the vert

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(a) -0.211 m

At the beginning the mass is displaced such that the length of the pendulum is L = 36.1 cm and the angle with the vertical is

$\theta=65.4^{\circ}$

The projection of the length of the pendulum along the vertical direction is

$L_y = L cos \theta = (36.1 cm)(cos 65.4^{\circ})=15.0 cm$

the full length of the pendulum when the mass is at the lowest position is

L = 36.1 cm

So the y-displacement of the mass is

$\Delta y = 15.0 cm - 36.1 cm = -21.1 cm = -0.211 m$

(b) 0.347 J

The work done by gravity is equal to the decrease in gravitational potential energy of the mass, which is equal to

$\Delta U = mg \Delta y$

where we have

m = 168 g = 0.168 kg is the mass of the pendulum

g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the acceleration due to gravity

$\Delta y = 0.211 m$ is the vertical displacement of the pendulum

So, the work done by gravity is

$W=(0.168 kg)(9.8 m/s^2)(0.211 m)=0.347 J$

And the sign is positive, since the force of gravity (downward) is in the same direction as the vertical displacement of the mass.

(c) Zero

The work done by a force is:

$W=Fd cos \theta$

where

F is the magnitude of the force

d is the displacement

$\theta$ is the angle between the direction of the force and the displacement

In this situation, the tension in the string always points in a radial direction (towards the pivot of the pendulum), while the displacement of the mass is tangential (it follows a circular trajectory): this means that the tension and the displacement are always perpendicular to each other, so in the formula

$\theta=90^{\circ}, cos \theta = 0$

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3 years ago

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Answer:

Range of the projectile: approximately $1.06 \times 10^{3}\; {\rm m}$ .

Maximum height of the projectile: approximately $80\; {\rm m}$ (approximately $45.0\; {\rm m}$ above the top of the cliff.)

The projectile was in the air for approximately $7.07\; {\rm s}$ .

The speed of the projectile would be approximately $155\; {\rm m \cdot s^{-1}}$ right before landing.

(Assumptions: drag is negligible, and that $g = 9.81\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}$ .)

Explanation:

If drag is negligible, the vertical acceleration of this projectile will be constantly $a_{y} = (-g) = (-9.81)\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-2}}$ . The SUVAT equations will apply.

Let $\theta$ denote the initial angle of elevation of this projectile.

Initial velocity of the projectile:

vertical component: $u_{y} = u\, \sin(\theta) = 153\, \sin(11.2^{\circ}) \approx 29.71786\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}$
horizontal component: $u_{x} = u\, \cos(\theta) = 153\, \cos(11.2^{\circ}) \approx 150.086\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}$ .

Final vertical displacement of the projectile: $x_{y} = (-35)\; {\rm m}$ (the projectile landed $35\: {\rm m}$ below the top of the cliff.)

Apply the SUVAT equation $v^{2} - u^{2} = 2\, a\, x$ to find the final vertical velocity $v_{y}$ of this projectile:

${v_{y}}^{2} - {u_{y}}^{2} = 2\, a_{y}\, x_{y}$ .

$\begin{aligned} v_{y} &= -\sqrt{{u_{y}}^{2} + 2\, a_{y} \, x_{y}} \\ &= -\sqrt{(29.71786)^{2} + 2\, (-9.81)\, (-35)} \\ &\approx (-39.621)\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}\end{aligned}$ .

(Negative since the projectile will be travelling downward towards the ground.)

Since drag is negligible, the horizontal velocity of this projectile will be a constant value. Thus, the final horizontal velocity of this projectile will be equal to the initial horizontal velocity: $v_{x} = u_{x}$ .

The overall final velocity of this projectile will be:

$\begin{aligned}v &= \sqrt{(v_{x})^{2} + (v_{y})^{2}} \\ &= \sqrt{(150.086)^{2} + (-39.621)^{2}} \\ &\approx 155\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}} \end{aligned}$ .

Change in the vertical component of the velocity of this projectile:

$\begin{aligned} \Delta v_{y} &= v_{y} - u_{y} \\ &\approx (-39.621) - 29.71786 \\ &\approx 69.3386 \end{aligned}$ .

Divide the change in velocity by acceleration (rate of change in velocity) to find the time required to achieve such change:

$\begin{aligned}t &= \frac{\Delta v_{y}}{a_{y}} \\ &\approx \frac{69.3386}{(-9.81)} \\ &\approx 7.0682\; {\rm s}\end{aligned}$ .

Hence, the projectile would be in the air for approximately $7.07\; {\rm s}$ .

Also the horizontal velocity of this projectile is $u_{x} \approx 150.086\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}$ throughout the flight, the range of this projectile will be:

$\begin{aligned}x_{x} &= u_{x}\, t \\ &\approx (150.086)\, (7.0682) \\ &\approx 1.06 \times 10^{3}\; {\rm m} \end{aligned}$ .

When this projectile is at maximum height, its vertical velocity will be $0$ . Apply the SUVAT equation $v^{2} - u^{2} = 2\, a\, x$ to find the maximum height of the projectile (relative to the top of the $35\; {\rm m}$ cliff.)

$\begin{aligned}x &= \frac{{v_{y}}^{2} - {u_{y}}^{2}}{2\, a} \\ &\approx \frac{0^{2} - 29.71786^{2}}{2\, (-9.81)} \\ &\approx 45.0\; {\rm m}\end{aligned}$ .

Thus, the maximum height of the projectile relative to the ground will be approximately $45.0\; {\rm m} + 35\; {\rm m} = 80\; {\rm m}$ .

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