IPhO 2007, Теория — Задача 1.2
ORANGE — 38th International Physics Olympiad, Isfahan-Iran, July 2007
Условие
Figure 2, shows a mass which is attached to a conducting plate with negligible mass and also to two springs having identical spring constants . The conducting plate can move back and forth in the space between two fixed conducting plates. All these plates are similar and have the same area . Thus these three plates constitute two capacitors. As shown in Figure 2, the fixed plates are connected to the given potentials and , and the middle plate is connected through a two-state switch to the ground. The wire connected to the movable plate does not disturb the motion of the plate and the three plates will always remain parallel. When the whole complex is not being accelerated, the distance from each fixed plate to the movable plate is which is much smaller than the dimensions of the plates. The thickness of the movable plate can be ignored.

The switch can be in either one of the two states and . Assume that the capacitor complex is being accelerated along with the automobile, and the acceleration is constant. Assume that during this constant acceleration the spring does not oscillate and all components of this complex capacitor are in their equilibrium positions, i.e. they do not move with respect to each other, and hence with respect to the automobile.
Due to the acceleration, the movable plate will be displaced a certain amount from the middle of the two fixed plates.
2 Consider the case where the switch is in state i.e. the movable plate is connected to the ground through a wire, then
2.1 Find the charge on each capacitor as a function of . [0,4 т.]
2.2 Find the net electrical force on the movable plate, , as a function of . [0,4 т.]
2.3 Assume and terms of order can be ignored compared to terms of order . Simplify the answer to the previous part. [0,2 т.]
2.4 Write the total force on the movable plate (the sum of the electrical and the spring forces) as and give the form of . [0,7 т.]
2.5 Express the constant acceleration as a function of . [0,4 т.]
Отговори
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
Решение
2.1)
For the given value of , the amount of charge on each capacitor is
(0.2)
(0.2)
2.2)
Note that we have two capacitors. By using the answer to 1.1 for each capacitor, we get
As these two forces are in the opposite directions, the net electric force is
(0.2)
(0.2)
2.3)
Ignoring terms of order in the answer to 2.2., we get
(0.2)
2.4)
There are two springs placed in series with the same spring constant, , then the mechanical force is
(The coefficient (2) has (0.2))
Combining this result with the answer to 2.4 and noticing that these two forces are in the opposite directions, we get
(Opposite signs of the two forces have (0.3))
(0.2)
2.5)
By using the Newtown’s second law,
(0.2)
and the answer to 2.4, we get
(0.2)