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Projectile Motion

Submitted BY: Guide Teachers:

Jayant Modi Mr. Hariom Ojha
S-1B Mr. G.D. Gupta
(Department of Physics)
Index
1. Guide Certificate
2. Acknowledgement
3. Need of this project
4. Introduction
5. Examples of Projectile
Motion
6. Important Points of
Projectile Motion
7. Important Terms Related
to It
8. Bibliography and
Webliography
 Guide Certificate

This is to certify that Jayant Modi has

completed this project under my
guidance. During the completion of this
project, he has exhibited great interest
and enthusiasm. He has successfully
completed the project.
His insight and recommendations of his
project reports were extremely useful.

Date :5/10/22 Mr. Hariom Ojha

(H.O.D of Physics)
Acknowledgement
First of all, I am grateful to the almighty god for
establishing me to complete this project.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Ms. Kamaljeet
Yadav , Principal of Subodh Public School, for providing me
with all the necessary facilities.
I place on record, my sincere gratitude to Mr. Hariom Ojha,
Head of the department of Physcis for his constant
encouragement.
I also thanks Mr. Ghanshyam das Gupta , Lab incharge.

Jayant Modi
(S-1B)
 What's the need of this
project ?
The projectile motion emphasizes one important aspect
of constant acceleration that even constant acceleration,
which is essentially unidirectional, is capable to produce
two dimensional motion. The basic reason is that force
and initial velocity of the object are not along the same
direction.
 What is projectile ?
A projectile is any object thrown into space upon which the
only acting force is gravity. The primary force acting on a
projectile is gravity. This doesn’t necessarily mean that other
forces do not act on it, just that their effect is minimal
compared to gravity. The path followed by a projectile is
known as a trajectory. A baseball batted or thrown is an
example of the projectile

What is Projectile Motion?

When a particle is thrown obliquely near the earth’s

surface, it moves along a curved path under constant
acceleration directed towards the centre of the earth (we
assume that the particle remains close to the earth’s
surface). The path of such a particle is called a projectile,
and the motion is called projectile motion.
Examples of Projectile
Motion

1. Firing a Canon
2. Throwing a basketball in the
basket
3. Sneezing
4. Javelin throw
5. Archery
6. Water escaping a hose
7. Car and bike stunts
8. Golf ball
 Important Points of
Projectile Motion
The linear momentum at the highest point is mu cos
Θ and the kinetic energy is (1/2)m(u cos Θ)2
After t seconds, the horizontal displacement of the
projectile is x = (u cos Θ) t
After t seconds, the vertical displacement of the
projectile is y = (u sin Θ) t – (1/2) gt2
The equation of the path of the projectile is y = x
tan Θ – [g/(2(u2 cos Θ)2)]x2
The path of a projectile is parabolic.
At the lowest point, the kinetic energy is (1/2) mu2
At the lowest point, the linear momentum is = mu
Throughout the motion, the acceleration of projectile
is constant and acts vertically downwards being
equal to g.
The angular momentum of projectile = mu cos Θ × h
where the value of h denotes the height.
The angle between the velocity and acceleration in
the case of angular projection varies from 0 < Θ <
180 degrees.
 Terms Related to
Projectile Motion

1.Initial velocity
If a projectile is launched at an angle to the horizontal, then the initial velocity
of the projectile has both a horizontal and a vertical component. The horizontal
velocity component (vx) describes the influence of the velocity in displacing the
projectile horizontally.
The initial velocity can be expressed as x components and y components:
𝑢x=u⋅cos𝜃
𝑢y=u⋅sin𝜃

2.Time of flight
The time of flight of projectile motion is defined as the time from when the
object is projected to the time it reaches the surface. As we discussed
previously, TT depends on the initial velocity magnitude and the angle of the
projectile:
𝑇=2⋅uyg
i.e.𝑇=2⋅u⋅sin𝜃g
 3.Velocity:
The horizontal velocity remains constant, but the vertical velocity
varies linearly because the acceleration is constant. At any time, t,
the velocity is:
𝑢𝑥=𝑢⋅cos𝜃
𝑢𝑦=𝑢⋅sin𝜃–𝑔⋅𝑡

4.Maximum Height:
The maximum height is reached when v_y=0. Using this we can
rearrange the velocity equation to find the time it will take for the
object to reach maximum height.
ℎ=𝑢2⋅sin2𝜃2⋅𝑔

5.Range
The range of a projectile is the horizontal distance the projectile
travels from the time it is launched to the time it comes back down
to the same height at which it is launched.
In a projectile motion, there is no horizontal acceleration at work.
Therefore, the horizontal distance is determined by the initial
velocity.
Calculate the range of a projectile by using the formula given as,
R= v^2 sin2theta/g
 Bibliography &
Webliography

For this project I have used some articles

of Physics world website .
For reference I have also read some part
of NCERT & HC Verma book of class 11.
I have also read some articles published by
Institute of Physics(IOP).
TEACHER'S
REMARKS