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A cannon on a train car fires a projectile to the right with speed v0, relative to the train, from a barrel elevated at angle u. The cannon fires just as the train, which had been cruising to the right along a level track with speedvtrain, begins to accelerate with acceleration a, which can be either positive (speeding up) or negative (slowing down). Find an expression for the angle at which the projectile should be fired so that it lands as far as possible from the cannon. You can ignore the small height of the cannon above the track.

Short Answer

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The expression for the angle at which the projectile should be fired is12tan-1(ga)

Step by step solution

01

Given information 

Given :

Cannon fires a projectile to the right with speed : v0

Barrel elevated at angle :u

Speed of train : vtrain

Acceleration :a

02

Calculating the components of the projectile 

The velocity components of the projectile are given by

(vi)x.p=vocos+vtrain(vi)y.p=vosin

relative to the ground.

The train's motion has no effect on the ycomponent of the velocity. The following kinematic equation describes the y component of velocity at timet'

(vf)y.p=(vi)y.p-gt'

When the projectile reaches its maximum height, (vf)y.p=0

As a result, t'=(vi)y.pg=vosinggives the time it takes for the projectile to reach maximum height.

t=2t'=2vosing

is the horizontal distance travelled by the projectile during this time.

The horizontal distance travelled by the train during this period is given by

role="math" localid="1650778947332" xp=(vi)x.pt=(vocos+vtrain)2vosing=2vo2肠辞蝉胃蝉颈苍胃g+2vtrainvo蝉颈苍胃g

Time taken by the projectile :

role="math" localid="1650779047723" xT=vtraint+at2=2vtrainvo蝉颈苍胃g+4avo2sin22g2=2vtrainvo蝉颈苍胃g+2avo2sin2g2

03

Finding an expression for the angle at which the projectile should be fired

R=xp-xT=vo2gsin2-2ag1-cos22=vo2gsin2+agcos2-ag

The following condition must be used to obtain the value of 0 for which R is maximum.

dRd=0dRd=vo2g2cos2-2agsin2=0agsin2=cos2tan2=ga=12tan-1(ga)

This is the situation where the projectile is required to be.

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