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Gabovich, A. M.; Voitenko, A. I. – European Journal of Physics, 2012
The problem of charge motion governed by image force attraction near a plane metal surface is considered and solved self-consistently. The temporal dispersion of metal dielectric permittivity makes the image forces dynamic and, hence, finite, contrary to the results of the conventional approach. Therefore, the maximal attainable velocity turns out…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Motion
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Denny, Mark – European Journal of Physics, 2012
Trees transport water from roots to crown--a height that can exceed 100 m. The physics of tree hydraulics can be conveyed with simple fluid dynamics based upon the Hagen-Poiseuille equation and Murray's law. Here the conduit structure is modelled as conical pipes and as branching pipes. The force required to lift sap is generated mostly by…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Hydraulics, Science Instruction, College Science
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Nordmark, Arne B.; Essen, Hanno – European Journal of Physics, 2010
A particle that moves along a smooth track in a vertical plane is influenced by two forces: gravity and normal force. The force experienced by roller coaster riders is the normal force, so a natural question to ask is, what shape of the track gives a normal force of constant magnitude? Here we solve this problem. It turns out that the solution is…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
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Fan, Yale – European Journal of Physics, 2011
We examine a generalization of the one-dimensional Ising model involving interactions among neighbourhoods of "k" adjacent spins. The model is solved by exploiting a connection to an interesting computational problem that we call ""k"-SAT on a ring", and is shown to be equivalent to the nearest-neighbour Ising model in the absence of an external…
Descriptors: Models, Science Instruction, College Science, Computation
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Hong, Seok-In – European Journal of Physics, 2009
The exact expressions for the drain time and the height, velocity and acceleration of the free surface are found for the draining reservoir problem of the incompressible and non-viscous liquid. Contrary to the conventional approximate results, they correctly describe the initial time dependence of the liquid velocity and acceleration. Torricelli's…
Descriptors: Motion, Energy, Mechanics (Physics), Problem Solving
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Foong, S. K. – European Journal of Physics, 2010
This paper was first motivated by the following question: "A pair of twins, R and S, each gives the "same" hard push on a block. R's block is on a rougher floor than S's. Who does more work?" It is shown that S will do more work on his block if there is no constraint on the distance over which the force is applied. On the other hand, if the…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Science Instruction, Mathematical Formulas
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Membrado, M.; Pacheco, A. F. – European Journal of Physics, 2010
Considering our atmosphere as a steady viscous gaseous envelope that co-rotates with the Earth, we obtain a solution for the form in which this induced rotational effect decreases as a function of the distances to the centre of the Earth and to the rotation axis. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Motion, Problem Solving, Equations (Mathematics)
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Tothova, Jana; Vasziova, Gabriela; Glod, Lukas; Lisy, Vladimir – European Journal of Physics, 2011
During the century from the publication of the work by Einstein (1905 "Ann. Phys." 17 549) Brownian motion has become an important paradigm in many fields of modern science. An essential impulse for the development of Brownian motion theory was given by the work of Langevin (1908 "C. R. Acad. Sci.", Paris 146 530), in which he proposed an…
Descriptors: Motion, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Physics
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De Luca, R.; Ganci, S. – European Journal of Physics, 2011
We propose an analytic solution to the problem of the mechanical paradox consisting of a sphere rolling upwards on two diverging inclined guides as devised by Gardner. The presence of an unstable equilibrium point is highlighted and the analytic solution is found by means of elementary calculus concepts. (Contains 4 figures and 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Calculus, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Motion
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Mostowski, Jan – European Journal of Physics, 2010
In this paper, canonical transformations generated by constants of motion in the case of the Kepler problem are discussed. It is shown that canonical transformations generated by angular momentum are rotations of the trajectory. Particular attention is paid to canonical transformations generated by the Runge-Lenz vector. It is shown that these…
Descriptors: Motion, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Equations (Mathematics)
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Kunesch, M.; Usunov, A. – European Journal of Physics, 2010
This paper outlines the solution that the Team of Austria found to problem number 7, "skateboarder", presented in the finals of the 22nd International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) in Tianjin, China. We investigated how a skateboarder can accelerate from rest on a horizontal surface without touching an external support. The focus was laid on…
Descriptors: Physics, Problem Solving, Scientific Principles, Motion
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Llibre, J; Teixeira, M. A. – European Journal of Physics, 2010
In a recent paper (Denny 2002 Eur. J. Phys. 23 449-58), entitled "The pendulum clock: a venerable dynamical system", Denny showed that in a first approximation the steady-state motion of a weight-driven pendulum clock is shown to be a stable limit cycle. He placed the problem in a historical context and obtained an approximate solution using the…
Descriptors: Calculus, Motion, Physics, Scientific Principles
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Yang, Tianzhi; Fang, Bo; Li, Song; Huang, Wenhu – European Journal of Physics, 2010
A pendulum with periodically varying length is an interesting physical system. It has been studied by some researchers using traditional perturbation methods (for example, the averaging method). But due to the limitation of the conventional perturbation methods, the solutions are not valid for long-term prediction of the pendulum. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Computation, Motion, Scientific Principles
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Mertens, Stephan; Mingramm, Sebastian – European Journal of Physics, 2008
The classical problem of the brachistochrone asks for the curve down which a body sliding from rest and accelerated by gravity will slip (without friction) from one point to another in least time. In undergraduate courses on classical mechanics, the solution of this problem is the primary example of the power of variational calculus. Here, we…
Descriptors: Calculus, Motion, Problem Solving, Mechanics (Physics)
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Grober, S.; Jodl, H. -J. – European Journal of Physics, 2010
Problems are an important instrument for teachers to mediate physics content and for learners to adopt this content. This collection of problems is not only suited to traditional teaching and learning in lectures or student labs, but also to all kinds of new ways of teaching and learning, such as self-study, long-distance teaching,…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Experiments
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