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Physics 201 2: Vectors
•Coordinate systems •Vectors and scalars•Rules of combination for vectors•Unit vectors•Components and coordinates•Displacement and position vectors•Differentiating vectors•Kinetic equations of motion in vector form•Scalar (=dot) product of vectors
Coordinate Systems
•1. Fix a reference point : •ORIGIN
•2. Define a set of directed lines that intersect at origin:
•COORDINATE AXES•3. Instructions on how to label point with respect origin and axes.
r
x
yb
a
p
•rectangular cartesian coordinates of point “p” = (a,b)•plane polar coordinates of point “p” = (r,)
Transformation from polar coordinates
to cartesian coordinates
x rcosy rsin
Transformation from cartesian coordinates
to polar coordinates
r x2 y2
tan 1 y
x
;
y
x 0 then
y 0 0,90 y 0 180,270
y
x 0 then
y 0 90,180 y 0 270,360
Vectors and scalars
•Scalar: •has magnitude but no direction
•e.g. mass, temperature, time intervals, .....
•Vector: •has magnitude and direction
•e.g. velocity, force, displacement, ......
•Displacement vector•line segment between final position and initial position.
can always represent a vector by a directed line segment:
x
y
Properties of vectors
denoted by : v or v or v
magnitude = length
denoted by : v or v or v
•Two vectors are equal if they have•same length•same direction
=
parallel transport is
moving vector without changing length or direction
Addition is
Commutative: a b b a
Associative: a (b c) (a b) c
a = vector that has same length as a
but opposite direction
Multiplication by scalar:
ma
m 0 vector in same direction as a
but m times as long
m 0 vector in opposite direction as a
but m times as long
•1-1 correspondence between vectors and their coordinates•V = x i + y j =(x, y)
Addition:
aaxiay jax,ay bbxiby jbx,by
abaxb
x i ay by ja
xb
x,ayb
y
Polar form of vectors
v vxi v
yj v cos i v sin j
v cos i sin j v cos , sin
now cos i sin j cos 2 sin 2 1
Thus ˆ v cos i sin j is a unit vector
in the direction of v and
v v ˆ v POLAR FORM of the vector v
ˆ v =vv
differentiating vectors
differentiate coordinate functions
r t x t i +y t jdr t dt
dx t dt
i dy t dt
j v t
d2r t dt2
d 2x t dt2
i d2y t dt 2
j dv t dt
a t
v t vx t i vy t j
a t ax t iay t j
Vector Kinetic Equations of Motion
r t 1
2at 2 v 0 t r 0
d t 12
at 2 v 0 t
v t at v 0 Kinetic Equations for each component/
coordinate
Solving Problems Involving Vectors
1. Graphically
! Draw all vectors in pencil ! Arrange them tip to tail
! Draw a vector from the tail of the first vector to the tip of the last one.
! measure the angle the vector makes with the positive x-axis
! measure the length of the vector.
! measure the length of its X component
! measure the length of its Y component