Newton's Second Law of Motion

This section introduces Newton's Second Law of Motion - The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

Newton's Second Law of Motion - The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

Newton's second law of motion can also be expressed as a formula: F = ma, where F represents the net force, m represents the mass of the object, and a represents the acceleration. The standard units of measure used in this formula are:

F (force): newton
m (mass): kilogram (kg)
a (acceleration): meter per second per second (m/s/s/)

Can a human pull an airplane to accelerate? Yes, Kevin Fast from Canada was able to pull and accelerate airplane of 188,000kg. If we assume that Kevin Fast can give the airplane a constant net force of 1,000 newtons, the airplane will be accelerated at 0.00532m/s/s constantly.

How far can Kevin pull the airplane after 60 seconds (1 minute)? The answer can be calculated with the following steps:

Initial speed is 0.0m/s
Acceleration is 0.00532m/s/s
Final speed at 60s time is 0.31915m/s
Average speed is 0.159574m/s
Distance at 60s time is 9.57447m

So Kevin can pull the airplane for almost 10 meters with 60 seconds!

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Newton's Second Law of Motion

Actually, Newton's First Law of Motion is a special case of the Second Law of Motion, where F is 0.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Space

 Introduction of Frame of Reference

 Introduction of Time

 Introduction of Speed

Newton's Laws of Motion

 Who Is Newton

 Newton's First Law of Motion

Newton's Second Law of Motion

 Falling Ball in Earth Frame of Reference

 Falling Ball in Elevator Frame of Reference

 Newton's Third Law of Motion

 Introduction of Special Relativity

 Time Dilation in Special Relativity

 Length Contraction in Special Relativity

 The Relativity of Simultaneity

 Introduction of Spacetime

 Minkowski Spacetime and Diagrams

 Introduction of Hamiltonian

 Introduction of Lagrangian

 Introduction of Generalized Coordinates

 Phase Space and Phase Portrait

 References

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