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3 years ago

How can you prove that acceleration is a derived unit

Physics

2 answers:

saul85 [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Acceleration is derived unit because it has two fundamental units involved i.e. meter and second square.

Aliun [14]3 years ago

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a = (dx / dt)²

Explanation: Unit of distance is m (metres) and unit of time is s (seconds) speed v is first derivative of distance x versus time:

v = dx / dt, unit is m/s. Acceleration is second derivative of

speed versus time a = (dx / dt)² = (dv/dt) , unit is m/s²

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<h2>Answers:</h2>

(a) The kinetic energy of a body is that energy it possesses due to its movement and is defined as:

$K=\frac{1}{2}m{V}{2}$ (1)

Where $m$ is the mass of the body and $V$ its velocity.

In this specific case of the satellite, its kinetic energy $K_m$ taking into account its mass $m$ is:

$K_{m}=\frac{1}{2}m{V}^{2}$ (2)

On the other hand, the velocity of a satellite describing a circular orbit is constant and defined by the following expression:

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Where $G$ is the gravity constant, $ME$ the mass of the Earth and $r$ the radius of the orbit (measured from the center of the Earth to the satellite).

Now, if we substitute the value of $V$ from equation (3) on equation (2), we will have the final expression of the kinetic energy of this satellite:

$K_{m}=\frac{1}{2}m{\sqrt{G\frac{ME}{r}}}^{2}$ (4)

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$K_{m}=\frac{1}{2}Gm\frac{ME}{r}$ (5) >>>>This is the kinetic energy of the satellite

(b) According to Kepler’s 2nd Law applied in the case of a circular orbit, its Period $T$ is defined as:

$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{r^{3}}{\mu}}$ (6)

Where $\mu$ is a constant and is equal to $GME$ . So, this equation in these terms is written as:

$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{r^{3}}{GME}}$ (7)

As we can see, the Period of the orbit does not depend on the mass of the satellite $m$ , it depends on the mass of the greater body (the Earth in this case) $ME$ , the radius of the orbit and the gravity constant.

(c) The gravitational force described by the law of gravity is a central force and therefore is a conservative force. This means:

1. The work performed by a gravitational force to move a body from a position A to a position B only depends on these positions and not on the path followed to get from A to B.

2. When the path that the body follows between A and B is a closed path or cycle (as this case with a circular orbit), the gravitational work is null or zero.

<h2>This is because the gravity force that maintains an object in circular motion is a centripetal force, that is, it always acts perpendicular to the movement. </h2>

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$K_{m}=\frac{1}{2}Gm\frac{ME}{r}$ (5)

And its potential energy due to the Earth gravitational field as:

$P_{m}=-G\frac{mME}{r}$ (9)

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So, the total mechanical energy of the orbit, also called the Orbital Energy is:

$E=\frac{1}{2}Gm\frac{ME}{r}+(- G\frac{mME}{r})$ (10)

Solving equation (10) we finally have the Orbital Energy:

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