Motion in a Plane - Part 1

Motion in a plane
Examples of motion in two dimensions.

Circular motion Projectile Motion

Equations of motion in a straight line Equations of motion in a plane

v=u + at Apply equations of motion in a straight line

separately in both directions, X and Y.
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s=ut+a t
v x =u x + a x t v y =u y +a y t
2 2
v =u +2 as
1 2 1 2
v= final velocity of the particle s x =u x t+ ax t s y =u y t + a y t
2 2
u=initial velocity of the particle
2 2 2 2
s=displacement of the particle v x =u x + 2 a y s v y =u y +2 a y s
a=acceleration of the particle

t=the time interval in which the particle is in

consideration

Projectile motion

 Projectile refers to an object that is in flight along the horizontal and vertical direction.
 Acceleration acts only in the vertical direction due to acceleration due to gravity(g).
 No acceleration in the horizontal direction.
 Projectile motion is always in form of parabola.
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y=ax+ b x
Formulas for projectile motion

Components of velocity at time tU x =⋃ cos θ

U y =⋃ sin 0−g t

Position at time t x=¿

y=¿
Equation of path of projectile motion y= ( tanθ ) x−g x 2 / g x 2 /2(ucosθ)2

Time of maximum height t m=usinθ/ g

Time of flight2 t m =2(usinθ/ g)

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Maximum height of h m=(usinθ) /2 g

Horizontal range of projectile R=u2 sin 2 θ/ g

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Maximum horizontal range Rm =u /g