Thursday, July 27, 2017

newtonian mechanics - Component of Component of a vector



NOTE :


By perpendicular component of $\vec{F}$, I mean a vector which is a component of $\vec{F}$, but perpendicular to it.


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In the image above, the red vectors are a possible set of rectangular components of $\vec{F}$, and blue vector is the sine component of cos component of $\vec{F}$, ie, perpendicular component of $\vec{F}$.


Now, logically, the perpendicular component of $\vec{F}$ should be zero, since its projection is zero.



But if we consider the image above, the Perpendicular component, $|\vec{F}|\cos\theta\sin\theta$, is not zero.


What is the cause of this discrepancy, and how to take components properly?



Answer



If you take again the components of the vector whose magnitude is $Fsin\theta$, you will see one component of it will cancel the vector represented by the blue arrow both of which will have a magnitude of $Fcos\theta sin\theta$:


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The other components of the components of $\vec F$ will be vectors whose magnitudes are $Fcos^2\theta$ and $Fsin^2\theta$ whose sum will equal to $F$.


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