Research Paper: Application of Newton’s Laws of Motion

Application of Newton’s Laws of Motion
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Research paper outline
1 Introduction
2 Discussion
* Aristotle’s Fault
* Galileo’s Concept
* How Newton Backed His Laws?
* Limitations on Newton’s laws of motion
3 Results
* The constant force
* Motion in a Viscous Fluid
* Oscillations and Hooke’s Law
* Forces on Solids and their Elastic response
4 Conclusion
5 References
1 Introduction
The only way a creature or an object can change its position is solely by traveling or by being carried by an external force to a new location. Henceforth, the change in position is termed as motion. One of the earliest physicists to note these changes in the environment is Sir Isaac Newton. Born in 1642, he formulated three laws of motion. However, before stating the assumptions let's first acknowledge him for developing the theory of universal gravitation in 1666, when he was still a young man. The theory is the base of classical mechanics. However, in relation to the study Newton formulated three general rules about the motion of an object that have been named by successors Newton’s three laws of motion.
In 1687, Newton presented the three laws in a manuscript titled ‘philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica,’ which in English means mathematical principles of natural philosophy. The first law states that a body stays in its state of uniform motion in a straight line or at rest until it is forced to change by an external force (Zhong 1). In other words, change in motion of an object is as a result of external force acting upon it (Dourmashkin 5). The idea here is that if there is no external force acting on an object, then the object will remain in its state and that’s constant velocity, but if the object is subjected to external force, its velocity will change. This means that application of external force can bring a moving object to rest or initiate motion of a resting object, can change its direction and can increase or reduce its speed. However, if the object is at rest, the velocity is equal to zero. A concept termed as inertia.
The second law states that ‘the change of motion of an object is proportional to the force impressed upon it, and it acts in a straight line direction towards the force’ (Dourmashkin 6). It expounds how the velocity of a body changes when acted upon by an external force. This is the law put forward the idea that force is equal to the change in momentum per change in time. Where the momentum discussed is the product of mass and velocity. Hence, mathematically force of an object with constant mass is equal to the product of mass and acceleration since acceleration is equal to velocity divided by time (Chang et al. 6). Hence, leading to F=ma equation that describes the connection between mass, force, and acceleration (Zhong 2). Where F is the force, m is mass, and a is acceleration. Thus, if the mass is constant, an increase in force leads to an upsurge of velocity and reduction of time. Also, an alteration of velocity will generate a force.
The third law states that “when an object exerts a force on a body, the body exerts a force equal in magnit...