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LaPlace's and Poisson's Equations
LaPlace's and Poisson's EquationsA useful approach to the calculation of electric potentials is to relate that potential to the charge density which gives rise to it. The electric field is related to the charge density by the divergence relationshipSince the potential is a scalar function, this approach has advantages over trying to calculate the electric field directly. Once the potential has been calculated, the electric field can be computed by taking the gradient of the potential.
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Potential of a Uniform Sphere of ChargeThe use of Poisson's and Laplace's equations will be explored for a uniform sphere of charge. In spherical polar coordinates, Poisson's equation takes the form:
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Calculate Escape Velocity
Time requirement: 50 minutes as an activity for older or mathematically advanced students.
Materials
- Calculator (with square root function)
Procedures
You have learned that the escape velocity (vesc) of a body depends on the mass (M) and the radius (r) of the given body. The formula which relates these quantities is:vesc = (2 * G * M / r)1/2where G is called the Gravitational constant. The notation
(2 * G * M / r)1/2means (2 * G * M / r) to the one-half power, which is equal to the square root of (2 * G * M / r).
You will calculate the escape velocity for a number of bodies using the MKS system where the units for distance are meters, the units for mass are kilograms, and the units for time are seconds. In this system, the gravitational constant has the value:
G = 6.67 * 10-11 Newton-meter2/kilogram2.As an example, the mass M of the Earth is 5.98 * 1024 kilograms. The radius r of the Earth is 6378 kilometers, which is equal to 6.378 * 106 meters. The escape velocity at the surface of the Earth can therefore be calculated by:
vesc | = | (2 * G * M / r)1/2 |
= | ( 2 * (6.67 * 10-11) * (5.98 * 1024) / (6.378 * 106) ) 1/2 | |
= | 1.12 * 104 meters/second | |
= | 11.2 kilometers/second |
The escape velocity for the Earth is therefore 11.2 kilometers per second. This is the velocity that an object (or gas molecule!) needs at the surface of the Earth to be able to overcome the gravitational attraction of the Earth and escape to space.
A table of masses and radii is given below for many bodies in the Solar System. Make sure to convert the radii from kilometers to meters when making the calculation, and make sure that you can calculate the escape velocity of the Earth correctly. Then, calculate the escape velocity at each of the other bodies.
Body | Mass (kg) | Radius (km) |
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Earth | 5.98 * 1024 | 6378 |
Mercury | 3.30 * 1023 | 2439 |
Venus | 4.87 * 1024 | 6051 |
Mars | 6.42 * 1023 | 3393 |
Jupiter | 1.90 * 1027 | 71492 |
Saturn | 5.69 * 1026 | 60268 |
Uranus | 8.68 * 1025 | 25559 |
Neptune | 1.02 * 1026 | 24764 |
Pluto | 1.29 * 1022 | 1150 |
Moon | 7.35 * 1022 | 1738 |
Ganymede | 1.48 * 1023 | 2631 |
Titan | 1.35 * 1023 | 2575 |
Sun | 1.99 * 1030 | 696000 |
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Escape Velocity
Escape VelocityIf the kinetic energy of an object launched from the Earth were equal in magnitude to the potential energy, then in the absence of friction resistance it could escape from the Earth.
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Orbit Velocity and Escape VelocityIf the kinetic energy of an object m1 launched from the a planet of mass M2 were equal in magnitude to the potential energy, then in the absence of friction resistance it could escape from the planet. The escape velocity is given by |
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Parallel Axis Theorem
Parallel Axis Theorem
The moment of inertia of any object about an axis through its center of mass is the minimum moment of inertia for an axis in that direction in space. The moment of inertia about any axis parallel to that axis through the center of mass is given byThe moment of inertia about Z-axis can be represented as:
Where
Icmis the moment of inertia of an object about its centre of mass
m is the mass of an object
r is the perpendicular distance between the two axes.
Proof:
Assume that the perpendicular distance between the axes lies along the x-axis and the centre of mass lies at the origin. The moment of inertia relative to z-axis that passes through the centre of mass, is represented as
Moment of inertia relative to the new axis with its perpendicular distance r along the x-axis, is represented as:
We get,
The first term is Icm,the second term is mr2and the final term is zero as the origin lies at the centre of mass. Finally,
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proof of perpendicular axis theorem
Q.
(a) Prove the theorem of perpendicular axes.
(Hint: Square of the distance of a point (x, y) in the x–y plane from an axis through the origin perpendicular to the plane is x2 + y2).
(b) Prove the theorem of parallel axes.
(Hint: If the centre of mass is chosen to be the origin ).
(a)The theorem of perpendicular axes states that the moment of inertia of a planar body (lamina) about an axis perpendicular to its plane is equal to the sum of its moments of inertia about two perpendicular axes concurrent with perpendicular axis and lying in the plane of the body.
A physical body with centre O and a point mass m,in the x–y plane at (x, y) is shown in the following figure.
Moment of inertia about x-axis, Ix = mx2
Moment of inertia about y-axis, Iy = my2
Moment of inertia about z-axis, Iz =
Ix + Iy = mx2 + my2
= m(x2 + y2)
(b)The theorem of parallel axes states that the moment of inertia of a body about any axis is equal to the sum of the moment of inertia of the body about a parallel axis passing through its centre of mass and the product of its mass and the square of the distance between the two parallel axes.
Suppose a rigid body is made up of n particles, having masses m1, m2, m3, … , mn, at perpendicular distances r1, r2, r3, … , rn respectively from the centre of mass O of the rigid body.
The moment of inertia about axis RS passing through the point O:
IRS =
The perpendicular distance of mass mi, from the axis QP = a + ri
Hence, the moment of inertia about axis QP:
Now, at the centre of mass, the moment of inertia of all the particles about the axis passing through the centre of mass is zero, that is,
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Perpendicular Axis Theorem
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Perpendicular Axis TheoremThe perpendicular axis theorem for planar objects can be demonstrated by looking at the contribution to the three axis moments of inertia from an arbitrary mass element. From the point mass moment, the contributions to each of the axis moments of inertia are |
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