PHYSICS EQUATIONS AND FORMULAS

Saša Stanković, 2701

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Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Computer
Science, University of Niš, Serbia

Abstract
Physics is filled with equations and formulas that deal with many
important areas.1 . Section 1 is devoted to moments of inertia, while
Section 2 is devoted to linear motion - look also formulas (2) and (3).

Contents
1 MOMENTS OF INERTIA 1

2 LINEAR MOTION 2

3 ELECTRICITY 2
3.1 Lightning arrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

List of Tables
1 Lightning arrestors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1 MOMENTS OF INERTIA
The rotational equivalent of mass is inertia, l, which depends on how an ob-
jects mass is distributed through space. The moments of inertia for various
shapes are shown here:

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Including, among others, angular motion, Carnot engines, fluids, forces,
moments of inertia, linear motion, thermodynamics, . . .

1
 ˆ Disk rotating around its center:
1
l = mr2
2

ˆ Hollow cylinder rotating around its center: l = mr2

ˆ The kinetic energy of a rotating body, with moment of inertia, l, and

angular velocity, w:
1
KE = lw2 (1)
2

2 LINEAR MOTION
When an object at position x moves with velocity v and acceleration a,
resulting in displacement s, each of these components is related by the fol-
lowing equations:
δx xf − xi
x = = (2)
δt tf − ti
1
s = vi (tf − ti ) + a(tf − ti )2
2
vf2 − vi2 = 2as = 2a(xf − xi ) (3)

3 ELECTRICITY
3.1 Lightning arrester

Table 1: Lightning arrestors

Type Designation Voltage protection for networks Price
Ungrounded Rigid
star point grounded
star point
Normal Permitted Normal Permitted
conductor range conductor range
voltage voltage
kV kV kV kV DM
H 481-1 1 1.15 1.25 1.45 220.–
H 484-1-1.5 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.2 233.–
H 484-2 2 2.3 2.5 2.9 252.–