diagram

Examples of diagram in the following topics:

• Motion Diagrams

  • A motion diagram is a pictorial description of the motion of an object.
  • It displays the object's location at various equally spaced times on the same diagram; shows an object's initial position and velocity; and presents several spots in the center of the diagram.
  • For this reason, a motion diagram is more information than a path diagram.
  • is a motion diagram of a simple trajectory.
  • Motion diagram of a puck sliding on ice.

• Trigonometry

  • In physics, most problems are solved much more easily when a free body diagram is used.
  • Free body diagrams use geometry and vectors to visually represent the problem.
  • When people draw free body diagrams, often not everything is perfectly parallel and perpendicular.
  • This exercise involves drawing the free body diagram.
  • Removing all other elements from the image helps produce the finished free body diagram .

• General Problem-Solving Tricks

  • Free body diagrams use geometry and vectors to visually represent the problem.
  • A simple free body diagram, shown above, of a block on a ramp illustrates this.
  • Some care is needed in interpreting the diagram.
  • (See the other force arrows in the diagram).
  • So you will want to include the following things in the diagram:

• Image Reflection by a Plane Mirror

  • The way that we can predict how a reflection will look is by drawing a ray diagram.
  • These diagrams can be used to find the position and size of the image and whether that image is real or virtual.
  • These are the steps you follow to draw a ray diagram:
  • A completed ray diagram is shown in

• Image Formation by Spherical Mirrors: Reflection and Sign Conventions

  • The easiest way to visualize what a image will look like in this type of mirror is a ray diagram.
  • We can see from the figure that this focal length is also equal to half of the radius of the curvature. shows the ray diagram of a concave mirror.
  • This is a ray diagram of a concave mirror.

• Bohr Orbits

  • Below is an energy-level diagram, which is a convenient way to display energy states—the allowed energy levels of the electron (as relative to our discussion).
  • Energy-level diagrams are used for many systems, including molecules and nuclei.
  • An energy-level diagram plots energy vertically and is useful in visualizing the energy states of a system and the transitions between them.
  • This diagram is for the hydrogen-atom electrons, showing a transition between two orbits having energies $E_4$ and $E_2$.

• Forces in Two Dimensions

  • Free-body diagrams can be used as a convenient way to keep track of forces acting on a system .
  • Ideally, these diagrams are drawn with the angles and relative magnitudes of the force vectors preserved so that graphical vector addition can be done to determine the net force.
  • Free-body diagrams of an object on a flat surface and an inclined plane.

• The Spectrometer

  • shows a diagram of how a spectrometer works.

• The Compound Microscope

  • shows a diagram of a compound microscope made from two convex lenses.
  • This diagram shows the setup of mirrors that allow for the magnification of images.

• Inductors in AC Circuits: Inductive Reactive and Phasor Diagrams