b) i) Represente en un esquema el campo gravitatorio creado por las dos masas en el punto (4,4) m y calcule su valor. Denominemos M A M_A M A a la masa en ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) ( 0 , 0 ) m y M B M_B M B a la masa en ( 4 , 0 ) (4,0) ( 4 , 0 ) m. Ambas tienen un valor de m 1 = 1 kg m_1 = 1 \text{ kg} m 1 = 1 kg . El punto de interés es P = ( 4 , 4 ) P=(4,4) P = ( 4 , 4 ) m.
X Y m M_A (0,0) m M_B (4,0) P (4,4) g1 g2 g_neta
El campo gravitatorio g ⃗ \vec{g} g creado por una masa puntual M M M en un punto P P P se define como:
g ⃗ = − G M r 2 u ^ r \vec{g} = -G \frac{M}{r^2} \hat{u}_{r} g = − G r 2 M u ^ r donde G = 6 , 67 ⋅ 10 − 11 N ⋅ m 2 / kg 2 G = 6,67 \cdot 10^{-11} \text{ N} \cdot \text{m}^2 / \text{kg}^2 G = 6 , 67 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 N ⋅ m 2 / kg 2 es la constante de gravitación universal, M M M es la masa que crea el campo, r r r es la distancia desde la masa al punto P P P , y u ^ r \hat{u}_{r} u ^ r es el vector unitario que apunta desde la masa hacia el punto P P P . El signo negativo indica que el campo gravitatorio es un campo atractivo, es decir, el vector g ⃗ \vec{g} g apunta hacia la masa que lo crea. Primero, calculamos el campo gravitatorio g ⃗ A \vec{g}_A g A debido a la masa M A = m 1 = 1 kg M_A = m_1 = 1 \text{ kg} M A = m 1 = 1 kg en ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) ( 0 , 0 ) m en el punto P = ( 4 , 4 ) P=(4,4) P = ( 4 , 4 ) m.
r ⃗ A P = P − ( 0 , 0 ) = ( 4 i ⃗ + 4 j ⃗ ) m \vec{r}_{AP} = P - (0,0) = (4\vec{i} + 4\vec{j}) \text{ m} r A P = P − ( 0 , 0 ) = ( 4 i + 4 j ) m r A P = ∣ r ⃗ A P ∣ = 4 2 + 4 2 = 16 + 16 = 32 = 4 2 m r_{AP} = |\vec{r}_{AP}| = \sqrt{4^2 + 4^2} = \sqrt{16+16} = \sqrt{32} = 4\sqrt{2} \text{ m} r A P = ∣ r A P ∣ = 4 2 + 4 2 = 16 + 16 = 32 = 4 2 m u ^ A P = r ⃗ A P r A P = 4 i ⃗ + 4 j ⃗ 4 2 = ( 1 2 i ⃗ + 1 2 j ⃗ ) = ( 2 2 i ⃗ + 2 2 j ⃗ ) \hat{u}_{AP} = \frac{\vec{r}_{AP}}{r_{AP}} = \frac{4\vec{i} + 4\vec{j}}{4\sqrt{2}} = \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\vec{i} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\vec{j}\right) = \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\vec{i} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\vec{j}\right) u ^ A P = r A P r A P = 4 2 4 i + 4 j = ( 2 1 i + 2 1 j ) = ( 2 2 i + 2 2 j ) g ⃗ A = − G M A r A P 2 u ^ A P \vec{g}_A = -G \frac{M_A}{r_{AP}^2} \hat{u}_{AP} g A = − G r A P 2 M A u ^ A P g ⃗ A = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 10 − 11 1 kg ( 32 ) 2 m 2 ( 2 2 i ⃗ + 2 2 j ⃗ ) \vec{g}_A = -6,67 \cdot 10^{-11} \frac{1 \text{ kg}}{(\sqrt{32})^2 \text{ m}^2} \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\vec{i} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\vec{j}\right) g A = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 ( 32 ) 2 m 2 1 kg ( 2 2 i + 2 2 j ) g ⃗ A = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 10 − 11 1 32 ( 0 , 7071 i ⃗ + 0 , 7071 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{g}_A = -6,67 \cdot 10^{-11} \frac{1}{32} (0,7071\vec{i} + 0,7071\vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} g A = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 32 1 ( 0 , 7071 i + 0 , 7071 j ) N/kg g ⃗ A ≈ ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{g}_A \approx (-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - 1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} g A ≈ ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) N/kg Ahora, calculamos el campo gravitatorio g ⃗ B \vec{g}_B g B debido a la masa M B = m 1 = 1 kg M_B = m_1 = 1 \text{ kg} M B = m 1 = 1 kg en ( 4 , 0 ) (4,0) ( 4 , 0 ) m en el punto P = ( 4 , 4 ) P=(4,4) P = ( 4 , 4 ) m.
r ⃗ B P = P − ( 4 , 0 ) = ( 0 i ⃗ + 4 j ⃗ ) m \vec{r}_{BP} = P - (4,0) = (0\vec{i} + 4\vec{j}) \text{ m} r B P = P − ( 4 , 0 ) = ( 0 i + 4 j ) m r B P = ∣ r ⃗ B P ∣ = 0 2 + 4 2 = 4 m r_{BP} = |\vec{r}_{BP}| = \sqrt{0^2 + 4^2} = 4 \text{ m} r B P = ∣ r B P ∣ = 0 2 + 4 2 = 4 m u ^ B P = r ⃗ B P r B P = 4 j ⃗ 4 = j ⃗ \hat{u}_{BP} = \frac{\vec{r}_{BP}}{r_{BP}} = \frac{4\vec{j}}{4} = \vec{j} u ^ B P = r B P r B P = 4 4 j = j g ⃗ B = − G M B r B P 2 u ^ B P \vec{g}_B = -G \frac{M_B}{r_{BP}^2} \hat{u}_{BP} g B = − G r B P 2 M B u ^ B P g ⃗ B = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 10 − 11 1 kg ( 4 ) 2 m 2 j ⃗ \vec{g}_B = -6,67 \cdot 10^{-11} \frac{1 \text{ kg}}{(4)^2 \text{ m}^2} \vec{j} g B = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 ( 4 ) 2 m 2 1 kg j g ⃗ B = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 10 − 11 1 16 j ⃗ N/kg \vec{g}_B = -6,67 \cdot 10^{-11} \frac{1}{16} \vec{j} \text{ N/kg} g B = − 6 , 67 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 16 1 j N/kg g ⃗ B ≈ ( 0 i ⃗ − 4 , 169 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{g}_B \approx (0 \vec{i} - 4,169 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} g B ≈ ( 0 i − 4 , 169 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) N/kg El campo gravitatorio total g ⃗ P \vec{g}_P g P en el punto P P P es la suma vectorial de g ⃗ A \vec{g}_A g A y g ⃗ B \vec{g}_B g B :
g ⃗ P = g ⃗ A + g ⃗ B \vec{g}_P = \vec{g}_A + \vec{g}_B g P = g A + g B g ⃗ P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) + ( 0 i ⃗ − 4 , 169 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) \vec{g}_P = (-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - 1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) + (0 \vec{i} - 4,169 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) g P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) + ( 0 i − 4 , 169 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) g ⃗ P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − ( 1 , 472 + 4 , 169 ) ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{g}_P = (-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - (1,472 + 4,169) \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} g P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − ( 1 , 472 + 4 , 169 ) ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) N/kg g ⃗ P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − 5 , 641 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{g}_P = (-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - 5,641 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} g P = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − 5 , 641 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) N/kg El módulo del campo gravitatorio es:
∣ g ⃗ P ∣ = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 ) 2 + ( − 5 , 641 ⋅ 10 − 12 ) 2 |\vec{g}_P| = \sqrt{(-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12})^2 + (-5,641 \cdot 10^{-12})^2} ∣ g P ∣ = ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 ) 2 + ( − 5 , 641 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 ) 2 ∣ g ⃗ P ∣ = 2 , 167 ⋅ 10 − 24 + 31 , 82 ⋅ 10 − 24 |\vec{g}_P| = \sqrt{2,167 \cdot 10^{-24} + 31,82 \cdot 10^{-24}} ∣ g P ∣ = 2 , 167 ⋅ 1 0 − 24 + 31 , 82 ⋅ 1 0 − 24 ∣ g ⃗ P ∣ = 33 , 987 ⋅ 10 − 24 N/kg |\vec{g}_P| = \sqrt{33,987 \cdot 10^{-24}} \text{ N/kg} ∣ g P ∣ = 33 , 987 ⋅ 1 0 − 24 N/kg ∣ g ⃗ P ∣ ≈ 5 , 83 ⋅ 10 − 12 N/kg |\vec{g}_P| \approx 5,83 \cdot 10^{-12} \text{ N/kg} ∣ g P ∣ ≈ 5 , 83 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 N/kg b) ii) Si colocamos una masa de m 2 = 2 kg m_2 = 2 \text{ kg} m 2 = 2 kg en ese punto, ¿cuál será la fuerza que experimentará? La fuerza F ⃗ \vec{F} F que experimenta una masa m C = m 2 = 2 kg m_C = m_2 = 2 \text{ kg} m C = m 2 = 2 kg colocada en un campo gravitatorio g ⃗ P \vec{g}_P g P es:
F ⃗ = m C g ⃗ P \vec{F} = m_C \vec{g}_P F = m C g P F ⃗ = 2 kg ⋅ ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − 5 , 641 ⋅ 10 − 12 j ⃗ ) N/kg \vec{F} = 2 \text{ kg} \cdot (-1,472 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - 5,641 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{j}) \text{ N/kg} F = 2 kg ⋅ ( − 1 , 472 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − 5 , 641 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 j ) N/kg F ⃗ = ( − 2 , 944 ⋅ 10 − 12 i ⃗ − 1 , 1282 ⋅ 10 − 11 j ⃗ ) N \vec{F} = (-2,944 \cdot 10^{-12} \vec{i} - 1,1282 \cdot 10^{-11} \vec{j}) \text{ N} F = ( − 2 , 944 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 i − 1 , 1282 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 j ) N El módulo de la fuerza es:
∣ F ⃗ ∣ = m C ∣ g ⃗ P ∣ = 2 kg ⋅ 5 , 83 ⋅ 10 − 12 N/kg |\vec{F}| = m_C |\vec{g}_P| = 2 \text{ kg} \cdot 5,83 \cdot 10^{-12} \text{ N/kg} ∣ F ∣ = m C ∣ g P ∣ = 2 kg ⋅ 5 , 83 ⋅ 1 0 − 12 N/kg ∣ F ⃗ ∣ = 1 , 166 ⋅ 10 − 11 N |\vec{F}| = 1,166 \cdot 10^{-11} \text{ N} ∣ F ∣ = 1 , 166 ⋅ 1 0 − 11 N