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Grade 12IIT JEE Entrance Exam

Wat is d gravitational field due to an arc shaped body?

Profile image of Hrishikesh
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
Hello Student,
we are finding the centre.
At that points the net field will be along that line(try it).
let k be mass per unit length
Now
dF=GkRcosthetadtheta/R^2
=>F=Gk/R(2sin theta) where theta is angle subtended by half of arc at center(please try to visualize).
Thanks & Regards
Arun Kumar
Btech, IIT Delhi
Askiitians Faculty
Profile image of Sumit Majumdar
12 Years ago
Dear student, Please specify where is the field being measured and what are the dimensions of the body.
Regards
Sumit