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Physics 3210

Physics 3210. Week 3 clicker questions. q. a. A particle of mass m slides on the outside of a cylinder of radius a. What condition must be satisfied by the force of constraint at the point (angle q 0 ) where the particle leaves the cylinder?. Q r = mg Q r = mg sin q 0 Q r = 0 Q r = –mg

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Physics 3210

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  1. Physics 3210 Week 3 clicker questions

  2. q a A particle of mass m slides on the outside of a cylinder of radius a. What condition must be satisfied by the force of constraint at the point (angle q0) where the particle leaves the cylinder? Qr= mg Qr= mg sin q0 Qr= 0 Qr= –mg Qr= –mg sin q0

  3. A. B. C. D. What can you conclude from the following relation?

  4. A. Nothing. B. Angular momentum is conserved (for a closed system). C. Momentum is conserved (for a closed system). D. Energy is conserved (for a closed system). E. Lagrangian mechanics is fun. What can you conclude from the following relation?

  5. A. B. C. D. Which of these choices is a valid way to rewrite the following relation?

  6. How many of the following statements are true?1. Momentum is conserved because space is homogeneous.2. Angular momentum is conserved because space is homogeneous.3. Angular momentum is conserved because space is isotropic.4. Momentum is conserved because space is isotropic.5. Energy is conserved because space is homogeneous and isotropic. • Exactly one • Exactly two • Exactly three • Exactly four • All five

  7. A. B. C. D. Which of these choices is the correct expression for the time derivative of the Lagrangian of a closed system?

  8. Physics 3210 Week 3 - Wednesday clicker questions

  9. A. B. C. D. How can we rewrite the following expression?

  10. A. B. C. D. If we know thatwhat can we say about the terms in parentheses?

  11. Physics 3210 Week 3 - Friday clicker questions

  12. There has been a request to have the homework due Thursday (instead of Wednesday) to avoid conflicts with other classes. Which would you prefer? • Change to Thursday. • Stick with Wednesday. • I don’t care.

  13. There has been a request to change the course grading so that the lowest of the 3 midterm exam grades is dropped. Which would you prefer? • Count all 3 exams. • Drop the lowest of the 3 exams. • I don’t care.

  14. A. B. C. D. Hamilton’s canonical equations are:If the Hamiltonian is independent of pj, which of the following is true?

  15. A. B. C. D. A particle slides on a helical wire defined by z=kq, r=const. If we use q as the generalized coordinate, what is the generalized momentum p?

  16. A. B. C. D. A particle slides on a helical wire defined by z=kq, r=const. If we use q as the generalized coordinate, the generalized momentumWhat is the Hamiltonian of the system?

  17. A. B. C. D. An Atwood machine has total free-hanging length of string l connected to two masses m1 (on the left) and m2 (on the right). Use x as a generalized coordinate. What is the generalized momentum p? x l-x m1 m2

  18. A. B. C. An Atwood machine has a Hamiltonian: What are Hamilton’s equations of motion? x l-x m1 D. E. m2

  19. A. x moves with constant gravitational acceleration with effective mass B. x moves with constant gravitational acceleration with effective mass x moves with constant gravitational acceleration with effective mass x moves with constant velocity x doesn’t change An Atwood machine has the following Hamiltonian equations of motion:How does the system move? x l-x m1 m2

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