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Physics at the grocery store
Roberto De Lucasubject
Galilean transformationsNewtonian mechanicsNewtonian mechanics; Rigid bodies dynamics; Galilean transformations;Rigid bodies dynamicsrigid bodies dynamicsGeneral Physics and AstronomyEducationdescription
The motion of a food can on an accelerated conveyor belt in a grocery store is described by means of Newtonian mechanics. By assuming that the food can may roll on the conveyor belt, when the cashier starts this device, one can prove that the rolling motion, observed in the belt reference system, is such that the can is seen to move away for the cashier. Experiments can be performed with common material: an empty and a full food can, and a sheet of paper as conveyor belt.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-11 | Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física |