From 7f60ea012dd2524dae921a2a35adbf7ef21f2bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: prashantsinalkar Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:27:19 +0530 Subject: initial commit / add all books --- 3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce (limited to '3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce') diff --git a/3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce b/3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8945ae57 --- /dev/null +++ b/3845/CH6/EX6.6/Ex6_6.sce @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +//Example 6.6 +G=6.67*10^-11;//Universal gravitational constant (N.m^2/kg^2) +M=5.98*10^24;//Mass of the Earth (kg) +r=3.84*10^8;//Radius of Moon's orbit (m) +g=G*M/r^2;//Acceleration due to gravity (m/s^2) +printf('a.Acceleration due to Earth''s gravity at the distance of the moon = %0.2e m/s^2',g) +delta_theta=2*%pi;//One complete rotation of Moon's orbit (rad) +delta_t=27.3*(1*24*60*60);//Period to make one complete rotation of Moon's orbit = 27.3 days,converted to seconds +omega=delta_theta/delta_t;//Angular velocity (rad/s) +a_c=r*omega^2;//Centripetal acceleration (m/s^2) +printf('\nb.Centripetal acceleration = %0.2e m/s^2',a_c) +printf('\nDiscussion: Centripetal acceleration found in (b.) differs from acceleration due to Earth''s gravity found in (a.) \nby %0.2f%%',(a_c-g)/g*100) +//Discussion : In agreement with answer in textbook; less than 1% +//Openstax - College Physics +//Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11406/latest -- cgit