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Design a 鈥渂ungee jump鈥 apparatus for adults. A bungee jumper falls from a high platform with two elastic cords tied to the ankles. The jumper falls freely for a while, with the cords slack. Then the jumper falls an additional distance with the cords increasingly tense. You have cords that are 10 mlong, and these cords stretch in the jump an additional 24 mfor a jumper whose mass is 80 kg, the heaviest adult you will allow to use your bungee jump (heavier customers would hit the ground). You can neglect air resistance. (a) Make a series of five simple diagrams, like a comic strip, showing the platform, the jumper, and the two cords at various times in the fall and the rebound. On each diagram, draw and label vectors representing the forces acting on the jumper, and the jumper鈥檚 velocity. Make the relative lengths of the vectors reflect their relative magnitudes. (b) At what instant is there the greatest tension in the cords? How do you know? (c) What is the jumper鈥檚 speed at this instant? (d) Is the jumper鈥檚 momentum changing at this instant or not? (That is, isdp-/dtnonzero or zero?) Explain briefly. (e) Focus on this instant, and use the principles of this chapter to determine the spring stiffnessksfor each cord. Explain your analysis. (f) What is the maximum tension that each cord must support without breaking? (g) What is the maximum acceleration (in鈥檚) that the jumper experiences? What is the direction of this maximum acceleration? (h) State clearly what approximations and estimates you have made in your design.

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a) The diagrams have been drawn below,


b) As the jumper is at the furthest point from the equilibrium position, that produces the greatest tension in the chords.

c) The speed of the jumper is 0.

d) The jumper鈥檚 momentum is changing at the instant.

e) The spring stiffness for each cord is46.325kg/s2.

f) The maximum tensionthat each cord must support without breaking 1111.8 N.

g) The maximum acceleration that the jumper experiences 1.83g and the direction of this acceleration is upward as the value is positive.

h) The air resistance is neglected and the Hooke鈥檚 law is being obeyed.

Step by step solution

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Identification of the given data

The given data is listed below as,

  • The length of the cords are h=10 m.
  • The cords can be stretched to an additional length of x=24 m.
  • The mass of the jumper is m=80 kg.
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Significance of the Hooke’s law, Newton’s second law, and law of energy conservation

Hooke鈥檚 law states that the deforming force of a body is directly proportional to the displacement of the body and the spring constant.

The law of energy conservation states that the energy of an isolated system always remains constant irrespective of the internal changes.

Newton鈥檚 second law states that the force exerted on an object is directly proportional to the product of the mass and the acceleration of an object.

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(a) Determination of the five simple diagrams

The five simple diagrams have been provided below along with the jumper鈥檚 velocity and the label vector.

Here, in the diagram A,mg is the downward force andvAis the velocity of the body. In the diagram B,localid="1658467390824" vBis the velocity of the body andlocalid="1658467399985" ksBis the upward force. In the diagram C and D,localid="1658467408351" ksCandlocalid="1658467417742" ksDis the upward force andlocalid="1658467431483" vCandlocalid="1658467451458" vDare the velocity of the body. In the diagram Elocalid="1658467461174" vEis the velocity.

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(b) Determination of the greatest tension

The tension is greatest when the bungee jumper is at the furthest point from the equilibrium position. However, it has been identified that the cord has been stretched to an additional 24m. Hence, according to the Hooke鈥檚 law, the tension is greatest at this point as the tension is directly proportional to the displacement of the cords.

Thus, as the jumper is at the furthest point from the equilibrium position, that produces the greatest tension in the chords.

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(c) Determination of the jumper’s speed at the instant

For making the greatest tension, the jumper needs to stay at the minimum possible altitude that is the height should be zero by setting the reference of the gravitational potential energy at the lowest possible point. Moreover, for making this happen, the speed also needs to be zero.

The equation of the speed and the height of the jumper is expressed as:

12ksf2=mghi-hf-12mvf2

Here,k is the spring constant, Sfis the displacement, m is the mass,g is the gravitational acceleration,hi is the initial andhf is the final height and vfis the final velocity.

If the final height and the velocity is zero, then only the energy is conserved.

12ksf2max=mghi

Thus, the jumper鈥檚 speed at this instant is 0.

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(d) Determination of the jumper’s momentum at the instant

The value ofdp-/dt can be written as mdV/dt as the momentum is the product of the mass and the velocity of the jumper The jumper鈥檚 momentum is changing due to the reason that the velocity of the jumper is continuously changing. So, the value of dp-/dtis not 0.

Thus, the jumper鈥檚 momentum is changing at this instant.

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(e) Determination of the spring stiffness of the cords

The equation of the potential energy due to gravity can be expressed as:

PEg=mgh

Here,PEgis the potential energy due to gravity which is the product of the mass of the jumper m and acceleration due to gravity g and the cord length h.

The equation of the upward potential energy is:

PE=-12ksx2

The upward potential energy of the jumperPEthat is the half of the product of the stiffness of the springksand square of the displacement x.

The equation of the potential energy at the bottom is:

PEg,=mgx

The potential energy at the bottomPEg,is the product of the mass of the jumper m, acceleration due to gravity g and the downward stretching of the cord x.

The equation of the downward potential energy is:

PE,=12ksx2

the downward potential energy of the jumperPE,that is the half of the product of the stiffness of the spring ksand square of the displacement x.

According to the law of energy conservation, the equation of the energy conservation can be expressed as:

E1=E2

Here, E1is the energy at the top and E2is the energy at the bottom.

The above equation can also be expressed as:

K.E.+PEg+PEs=K.E,.+PEg,+PEs,

Here,K.E. is the kinetic energy of the jumper at the top,PEgis the potential energy of the jumper at the top due to gravity,PEsis the potential energy of one cord K.E' ,is the kinetic energy of the jumper at the top,PEg,is the potential energy of the jumper at the top due to gravity andPEs,is the potential energy of another cord

As the potential energy at the top and the bottom due to gravity are same, hence, the above equation can be expressed as:

PEg+PE=PEg,+PE'

According to the Hooke鈥檚 law and the energy conservation, the above equation can be demonstrated as:

mgh-12kx2=mgx+12kx2

Substituting all the values in the above equation.

80kg9.81m/s10m--24m=k-24m2k=784.8kg.m/s234m576m2=46.325kg/s2

Thus, the spring stiffness for each cord is46.325kg/s2.

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(f) Determination of the maximum tension that each cord must support

According to the Hooke鈥檚 law, the equation for the maximum tension is expressed as:

Fs=-kx

Here,Fs is the maximum tension,k is stiffness of the cords and x is the maximum displacement of the cords

Substituting the values in the above equation.

Fs=-46.325kg/s2-24m=1111.8kg.m/s2=1111.8N

Thus, the maximum tension that each cord must support without breaking is 1111.8 N.

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(g) Determination of the maximum acceleration of the jumper

From the Newton鈥檚 second law, the equation of maximum acceleration of the jumper is expressed as:

F=maa=Fm

Here, F is the maximum tension of the cords,m is the mass of the jumper and is the maximum acceleration of the jumper

It is known that,

Fs=ma+mgFs=F+mgF=Fs-mg

As there are two cords, thus the value of the force is F=2Fs-mg.

Using the value of the force in the above equation,

a=2Fs-mgm

Substituting the values in the above equation.

a=21111.8N-80kgg80kg=27.795N/kg-g=17.985N/kg1kg.m/s2/kg1N/kg-g=27.795m/s2-g

Hence, further simplified as:

a=27.795m/s2-g=2.839.8m/s2-g=2.83g-g=1.83g

Thus, the maximum acceleration that the jumper experiences is 1.83 g and the direction of this acceleration is upward as the value is positive.

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(h) Determination of the approximates and estimates

The air resistance is neglected and Hooke鈥檚 law is being obeyed for the elastic cord. The initial and the net change in the kinetic energy has been gathered with the help of these approximations. Moreover, the Hooke鈥檚 law also helped in identifying the maximum tension.

Thus, the air resistance is neglected and the Hooke鈥檚 law is being obeyed.

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