1.2.10 · D1 · Physics › Newton's Laws & Dynamics › Atwood machine — derivation
Do weights ek single rope ke dono siron se latke hain jo ek wheel ke upar draped hai; kyunki rope stretch nahi kar sakti, dono ko ek coupled system ki tarah move karna padta hai — same speed ke saath. Bhaari wali side jeetti hai, lekin usse halki wali side ko bhi kheenchna padta hai, isliye wo free-fall se dheere girti hai — aur yahi poori kahani hai.
Derivation padhne se pehle, tumhe uske har symbol ko apna banana hoga. Yeh page har ek symbol ko ek picture se build karta hai, usi order mein jis order mein wo ek doosre pe depend karte hain. Yahan kuch bhi yeh assume nahi karta ki tumne parent derivation dekhi hai.
Definition "String" aur "rope" yahan ek hi cheez hai
Is poore page mein (aur poore topic mein) string aur rope shabd ek hi idealised object ke liye use hote hain: ek patla cord jo stretch nahi kar sakta aur jiska koi weight nahi hai. Dono shabd sirf readability ke liye use hote hain — har property (inextensible, massless) dono namon ke under apply hoti hai.
Pehle physical picture fix karte hain taaki baad ke har symbol ka ek ghar ho. Neeche ke figure mein, labels dekho: wheel ko pulley kaha jaata hai, cord ko string , aur dono ends se do blocks latke hain. Chhote arrows motion ke directions dikhate hain jab left block bhaari hota hai. (Blocks ko unke symbols m 1 aur m 2 Section 1 mein milenge, jab hum "mass" define karenge.)
Definition Setup — shabdon mein
Ek pulley (ek wheel jo freely spin karta hai) upar baitha hai. Ek string uske upar se latki hai. Left end pe ek block hai; right end pe doosra block hai. Gravity dono blocks ko neeche kheenchti hai; string dono blocks ko wheel ki taraf upar kheenchti hai. Agar left block bhaari hai, to wo neeche jaata hai aur right block upar jaata hai (figure mein labelled arrows).
Neeche sab kuch usi ek picture ki chezon ka careful naam rakhna hai.
m
Saral shabdon mein: kisi object mein kitna stuff hai — use chalana ya rokna kitna mushkil hai. Kilograms (kg) mein measure hota hai.
Picture: ek block. Bada block = bada m = dhakka dena mushkil.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: dono blocks hamare poore cast hain, isliye har ek ko ek mass symbol dete hain: left block ki mass m 1 , right block ki mass m 2 . Chhote subscript 1 aur 2 sirf name-tags hain — "block one" aur "block two" — kuch nahi.
Common mistake "Mass aur weight ek hi cheez hai."
Kyun sahi lagta hai: bhaari chezon mein zyada mass hoti hai, isliye dono ghul-mil jaate hain.
Kyun galat hai: mass (m , kg mein) = stuff ki matra ; weight = wo force jo Earth us stuff pe lagaati hai. Wahi block Moon pe: same mass, kam weight. Fix: m (kg) aur weight m g (ek force) ko mentally alag rakho — g agle section mein define karenge.
Blocks move kyun karte hain? Kyunki Earth unhe neeche kheenchti hai. Hume "kitni strongly" ka ek number chahiye.
Definition Gravitational field strength
g
Saral shabdon mein: Earth kisi bhi girai hui cheez mein har second kitne metres-per-second ki downward speed add karti hai. Earth ki surface ke paas g ≈ 9.8 m/s 2 (hum aksar 10 round karte hain).
Picture: ek ball jo rest se chhodi gayi — 1 s baad g m/s se move karti hai, 2 s baad 2 g m/s se.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: g engine hai. Gravity ke bina, kuch nahi latka, kuch nahi girta.
Intuition Multiply kyun karte hain?
Kisi cheez ko thaame rakhne ke liye zaruri force uski mass ke saath scale hoti hai: double stuff → double pull. Proportionality constant hai g . Isliye weight = m × g bas "stuff ki matra × field ki strength" hai.
"Positive directions" ki baat karne se pehle, hume wo quantity chahiye jiska direction hota hai aur jise hum ultimately solve karte hain. Yeh ek pehle wale shabd se banti hai: velocity .
Definition Speed aur velocity
Saral shabdon mein: speed batata hai koi cheez kitni fast move kar rahi hai (jaise 3 m/s). Velocity hai speed plus uska direction (jaise 3 m/s neeche ki taraf ). Hamare blocks ke liye, jo seedha upar ya neeche move karte hain, dono ek hi number hain ek sign ke saath.
Picture: ek speedometer needle (speed) ke saath ek chhota arrow jo direction batata hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: acceleration ek velocity ke change ke roop mein define hota hai, isliye pehle "velocity" haath mein honi chahiye.
a
Saral shabdon mein: velocity kitni tezi se change hoti hai — speed kitni tezi se badh rahi hai. Units m/s 2 ("metres per second, har second add hote hain").
Picture: ek speedometer jiska needle chadh raha hai. Agar wo har second 2 se chadhe, to a = 2 m/s 2 .
Topic ko kyun chahiye: a star answer hai — system kitni tezi se wind up hota hai. Jaadu (Section 6) yeh hai ki dono blocks same a share karte hain .
F
Saral shabdon mein: ek push ya pull. Iske paas ek size (newtons mein) aur ek direction hoti hai.
Picture: ek arrow. Length = strength, arrowhead = kis taraf push karta hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: yahan har physics move yeh hai — "ek block pe saare arrows add karo."
Kyunki forces ka direction hota hai, unhe add karne se pehle hume decide karna hoga ki kaunsa direction positive hai. Yahi woh jagah hai jahan zyattar beginners slip karte hain — isliye ise bhi ek picture banate hain.
Definition Sign convention
Saral shabdon mein: ek direction chuno aur use "+" kaho. Us direction mein koi bhi force positive hai; us ke against koi bhi force negative hai. Tum har block ke liye alag positive direction le sakte ho — yeh bilkul allowed hai aur derivation exactly yahi karti hai.
Picture: har block ke paas ek chhota "+" arrow drawn.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: hum girate block ke liye neeche = + aur utha rahe block ke liye upar = + lete hain, taaki dono accelerations a (Section 3 mein defined) ek hi positive number niklen.
String kheenchti hai. Us pull ka apna naam hai.
T
Saral shabdon mein: rope ke andar carry ki jaane wali pulling force. Rope sirf pull kar sakti hai, kabhi push nahi — isliye tension hamesha block se door, pulley ki taraf point karti hai.
Picture: rope pe do arrows har end ki taraf bahar point karte hain; block pe, tension arrow upar string ke saath point karta hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: T doosra unknown hai (alongside a ) jo hum solve karte hain. Yeh woh "handshake" force hai jo ek block ko doosre ko feel karaati hai.
T dono sides pe same kyun hai?
Kyunki string ki (idealised) zero mass hai. Newton ka law kehta hai F n e t = ma ; agar string ki mass 0 hai, to chahe uski acceleration kuch bhi ho , string ke kisi bhi piece pe net force 0 hona chahiye. Isliye ek end mein pull barabar hai doosre end se bahar pull ke — ek akela value T end to end. Dekho Tension in Strings .
Definition mein do idealised words bahut bada kaam karte hain. Inhe earn karte hain.
Saral shabdon mein: string stretch nahi kar sakti — uski total length kabhi nahi badalti.
Picture: agar left block x distance se girta hai, to utni rope kahin se aani chahiye, isliye right block exactly usi x se upar jana chahiye.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: har instant pe equal displacement ⇒ equal speed ⇒ equal acceleration magnitude . Yahi woh constraint hai jo blocks ko couple karti hai.
Definition Massless & frictionless pulley
Saral shabdon mein: wheel ka koi weight nahi aur zero resistance ke saath spin karta hai.
Picture: rope simply ek smooth peg ke upar bend karti hai.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: pulley tab sirf rope ko redirect karti hai — na force khata hai na koi add karta hai, isliye tension iske upar se jaate waqt unchanged rehti hai. Dekho Pulley Systems & Mechanical Advantage .
Upar sab kuch ek single law mein pour hota hai.
F n e t
Saral shabdon mein: F n e t (padho "F-net") woh single bacha hua arrow hai jo tumhe milta hai jab ek block pe saare force arrows, apne sign ke saath, add karte ho. Agar gravity − m g hai aur tension + T hai (upar ko + maan ke), to F n e t = T − m g .
Picture: block pe bahut se arrows ek "winner" arrow mein collapse ho jaate hain.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: neeche Newton ka law is total ke terms mein stated hai, kisi single force ke terms mein nahi.
Intuition YEH law kyun, koi aur kyun nahi?
Hum forces (gravity, tension) ko motion (acceleration) se connect karna chahte hain. Newton's Second Law precisely woh bridge hai "kya push karta hai" aur "kaise move karta hai" ke beech — isliye yeh akela tool hai jo hamare sawaal ka jawaab deta hai. Dekho Newton's Second Law .
Ise apply karne ke liye hum ek free body diagram draw karte hain: ek block ko isolate karo, sirf woh arrows draw karo jo use touch kar rahe hain (gravity neeche, tension upar), phir unhe F n e t mein add karo. Neeche ka figure exactly yahi dikhata hai dono blocks ke liye.
Recall Free body diagram, ek line mein
Question: har latke block pe kaun si do forces kaam karti hain? ::: gravity m g neeche aur tension T upar — aur kuch nahi. Dekho Free Body Diagrams .
Intuition Agar dono masses equal hain to kya hoga?
Agar m 1 = m 2 hai, to dono sides wheel ko equally neeche kheenchti hain — perfect tie. Isliye kuch bhi accelerate nahi karta : a = 0 , aur system wahan baitha rehta hai (ya constant speed se drift karta hai agar nudge karo). Rope tab bas har block ko thaame rakhti hai. Yeh picture yaad rakho: jab bhi tumhara worked answer equal masses ke liye a = 0 deta hai, to tum jaante ho tumhare signs sahi hain.
Intuition Kaunsi side bhaari hai yeh physics nahi badalti
Derivation usually m 1 ko bhaari side maanti hai, isliye m 1 girta hai aur m 2 utha hai. Lekin prakriti labels nahi padhti. Agar instead m 2 > m 1 hai (right pe bhaari block), to m 2 neeche jaata hai aur m 1 upar jaata hai — bas arrows mirror kar do. Wahi formulas apply hote hain, kyunki physics sirf dono masses ke difference aur total ki parwah karta hai, na ki tumne pehle kaunsa likha. Hamesha bhaari mass ko woh maano jo neeche jaata hai.
Tension ka answer m 1 + m 2 2 m 1 m 2 g jaisa niklegaa. Tumhe yahan derive karne ki zarurat nahi — bas shape pehchaano, aur g notice karo: tension ek force hai (newtons), isliye isme g hona chahiye, exactly jaise weight mein hota hai.
Definition Harmonic-mean-type combination
Saral shabdon mein: mass part m 1 + m 2 2 m 1 m 2 ek aisa average hai jo do masses mein se chhoti wali ki taraf jhukata hai; ise g se multiply karne par yeh force ban jaata hai.
Picture: m 1 = 5 kg , m 2 = 3 kg ke liye: mass part hai 8 2 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 3 = 3.75 kg — chhoti mass 3 ke zyada paas, 5 se kam — aur tension hai 3.75 g newtons.
Topic ko kyun chahiye: tension formula m 1 , m 2 mein symmetric hai (blocks ko swap karne se rope ki pull nahi badal sakti), aur is combination mein exactly wohi symmetry hai. Dekho Harmonic Mean .
Is map ko top-to-bottom padho: upar ke plain-language boxes building blocks hain; arrows dikhate hain kaunsa idea agle mein feed hota hai; sab kuch neeche Atwood derivation mein funnel hota hai.
Weight equals mass times g
Newtons Second Law net force equals mass times acceleration
Sign convention plus and minus
Equal acceleration for both blocks
Massless frictionless pulley
Atwood derivation solve for a and T
Right side cover karo aur khud test karo. Agar koi bhi jawaab surprising lage, to derivation se pehle woh section dobara padho.
m kya measure karta hai, aur kis unit mein?Stuff ki matra (inertia), kilograms mein.
g saral shabdon mein kya hai?Gravity har second kitni downward speed (m/s) add karti hai; ≈ 9.8 m/s 2 .
Mass m ke block ka weight likho. m g (ek force, newtons mein, neeche point karta hua).
Speed aur velocity mein kya fark hai? Speed = kitna fast; velocity = kitna fast plus direction.
Symbol a kise represent karta hai? Acceleration — velocity kitni tezi se change hoti hai, m/s 2 mein.
F n e t ka matlab kya hai?Ek body pe saare force arrows (signs ke saath) add karne ke baad bachi hui single leftover force.
String (rope) kya kar sakti hai — push, pull, ya dono? Sirf pull; tension block se pulley ki taraf point karti hai.
Kya "string" aur "rope" yahan alag cheezein hain? Nahi — dono ek hi idealised inextensible, massless cord hain.
Rope mein tension T poori rope mein same kyun hai? String massless hai, isliye kisi bhi piece pe net force zero hona chahiye.
"Inextensible" dono blocks ke baare mein kya force karta hai? Unka equal displacement, speed, aur acceleration magnitude hota hai.
Forces add karne se pehle sign convention kyun chahiye? Forces ka direction hota hai; tumhe fix karna hoga kaunsa way "+" hai unhe sahi se add karne ke liye.
Newton's Second Law batao. F n e t = ma .
Ek hanging block ke liye free body diagram kya dikhata hai? Sirf gravity m g neeche aur tension T upar.
Agar m 1 = m 2 hai, to acceleration kya hai aur kyun? a = 0 — dono weights balance karte hain, isliye koi net driving force nahi hai.
Agar m 2 > m 1 hai, to kaunsa block neeche jaata hai? m 2 (bhaari side neeche jaati hai); wahi formulas apply hote hain.
Tension formula m 1 aur m 2 mein symmetric kyun hai? Dono blocks ko swap karne se rope ki pull nahi badal sakti.
Atwood machine — derivation (index 1.2.10) — woh page jo yeh foundations unlock karta hai.
Newton's Second Law — woh single equation jisme sab kuch reduce hota hai.
Free Body Diagrams — hum ek block ke arrows kaise isolate karte hain.
Tension in Strings — T ek uniform value kyun hai.
Constraint Relations — inextensible string ⇒ equal accelerations.
Pulley Systems & Mechanical Advantage — pulley rope ke saath kya karta hai.
Harmonic Mean — tension answer ki shape.