Week 1 Lesson
Week 1 Lesson
Week 1 Lesson
A.
FORCES
Balanced and Unbalanced
Forces
What is Balanced Forces?
3. Normal Force: The normal force is also called support force. force exerted
upon an object that is in contact with another fixed or stable object.
Types of Contact Force
4. Tension force-is the force applied by a fully stretched cable or wire
anchored on to an object. This causes a ‘tension force‘ that pulls equally in
both directions and exerts equal pressure.
Types of Contact Force
5. Spring Force-it is a Force exerted by a compressed or
stretched spring is ‘spring force’. The force created could
be a push or pull depending on how the spring is attached.
Types of Contact Force
Non-Contact Force
◦ is a force applied to an object by another body that is
not in direct contact with it.
◦ Non-contact forces come into play when objects do not
have physical contact between them or when a force is
applied without any interaction.
Non-Contact Forces Types
1. Gravitational Force
◦ is responsible for bringing the items we toss into the air back to earth.
◦ When an object is resting on a surface it is exerting a downward force equal to
its weight, and this downward force is known as Gravitational force.
2. Electrostatic Force
◦ The electrostatic force is very similar to the gravitational force. The
difference here is that gravitational force acts between masses and an
electrostatic force acts between two charged bodies .
3. Magnetic Force
◦ Have you ever used a magnet? Doesn’t it feel like magic? If you ever have
two magnets, try joining their ends. In one case, the ends will attract each
other vigorously. In another case, no matter how hard you try, the ends will
never make contact.
Various Non-Contact Force examples from our
daily life are provided below
◦ An apple falling down from a tree is one of the best examples of non-contact force.
◦ Iron pins attracted in the presence of a magnet bar without any physical contact.
◦ Falling raindrops on earth is also an example of a non-contact force.
◦ The charging of the hair and attraction of paper bits towards it.
◦ Two magnets placed close to each other are also a non-contact force example.
◦ The freefall of a ball towards earth is by virtue of gravity.
◦ Leaves falling from a tree is an example of non-contact force.
◦ Electromagnetism is another example of a non-contact force.
◦ There are various examples from electrostatics showing the attraction of small materials towards an object.
◦ When an electric current is passed through iron, converting it into an electromagnet, it attracts iron and particles
towards it, thus, displaying non-contact force properties.
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