Find the horizontal displacement due to the rotation of the earth if a body dropped from a fixed platform at a height (h) at the equator, neglecting the effects of air resistance. What is the displacement if h=5 km?

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Find the horizontal displacement due to the rotation of the earth if a body dropped from a fixed platform at a height (h) at the equator, neglecting the effects of air resistance. What is the displacement if h=5 km?

 

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**Section b:**

Write your available equations (in this case the three components of the Coriolis acceleration \( \frac{du}{dt}, \frac{dv}{dt}, \frac{dw}{dt} \) and the vertical acceleration due to gravity as explained in the notes above):

\[
\frac{du}{dt} = 2 \Omega v \sin \phi - 2 \Omega w \cos \phi
\]

\[
\frac{dv}{dt} = -2 \Omega u \sin \phi
\]

\[
\frac{dw}{dt} = 2 \Omega u \cos \phi
\]

**Section c:**

Cancel out the unnecessary terms in part b—do it right there (there are no initial horizontal motions) and write down the useful equation.
Transcribed Image Text:**Section b:** Write your available equations (in this case the three components of the Coriolis acceleration \( \frac{du}{dt}, \frac{dv}{dt}, \frac{dw}{dt} \) and the vertical acceleration due to gravity as explained in the notes above): \[ \frac{du}{dt} = 2 \Omega v \sin \phi - 2 \Omega w \cos \phi \] \[ \frac{dv}{dt} = -2 \Omega u \sin \phi \] \[ \frac{dw}{dt} = 2 \Omega u \cos \phi \] **Section c:** Cancel out the unnecessary terms in part b—do it right there (there are no initial horizontal motions) and write down the useful equation.
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d. **Figure out an expression for w in terms of t and g by integrating the vertical acceleration equation** (from zero to w and from zero to t).

e. **Substitute w in the Coriolis equation** (leftover in part c).

f. **Integrate your equation** (zero to u and zero to t). You should end up with an expression for u as a function of t.

g. **But what you need is the displacement x, so you need to change u in terms of x and integrate again** (zero to x and zero to t). You should end up with an expression for x as a function of t. This is not the end of the problem since you don’t have t. All you have is h.

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Note: There are no graphs or diagrams in this text.
Transcribed Image Text:--- d. **Figure out an expression for w in terms of t and g by integrating the vertical acceleration equation** (from zero to w and from zero to t). e. **Substitute w in the Coriolis equation** (leftover in part c). f. **Integrate your equation** (zero to u and zero to t). You should end up with an expression for u as a function of t. g. **But what you need is the displacement x, so you need to change u in terms of x and integrate again** (zero to x and zero to t). You should end up with an expression for x as a function of t. This is not the end of the problem since you don’t have t. All you have is h. --- Note: There are no graphs or diagrams in this text.
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