If you've ever watched sailing, you will sometimes see a sailor hanging off the side of the boat, for example in this shot from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair." Eventually, of course, the sailboat tips over so far that a person cannot keep it balanced. Consider an idealized model of a small sailboat where the boat is a point. We'll model the mast and sails as a 14 meter long uniform rod with total mass 400 kg. Our sailor will be modeled as a 100 kg point mass on the massless boom that extends 4 meters from the boat at a right angle to the sail. If θ is the angle between the mast and the horizontal axis, at what θ in degrees will the sailor be unable to keep the boat upright even if he is sitting at the end of the boom?
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To find the angle θ at which the sailor will be unable to keep the boat upright, we need to consider the torques acting on the sailboat system. Torque is the rotational equivalent of force and is given by the formula:
Torque = Force x Lever Arm (perpendicular distance from the pivot)
In this case, the pivot point is the center of mass of the sailboat. The torque exerted by the sail acting on the mast can be calculated as the force of the sail multiplied by the distance from the pivot (mast) to the line of action of the force.
Let's break down the problem step by step:
1. Find the torque exerted by the weight of the sail.
- The total mass of the sail and mast is 400 kg. The center of mass of the uniform rod is at its midpoint, which is 7 meters from the pivot.
- The weight of the sail can be calculated as the mass multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.8 m/s^2).
- Since the weight acts vertically downwards, its line of action is perpendicular to the horizontal axis.
- The distance between the pivot and the line of action of the weight is 7*cos(θ) meters.
- The torque exerted by the weight is then (400 kg * 9.8 m/s^2) * 7*cos(θ).
2. Find the torque exerted by the sail acting as a force.
- The sail acts as a force applied at a certain distance from the pivot, which is the length of the boom (4 meters).
- The force exerted by the sail depends on the wind speed and angle of attack but is not given in the problem.
- We will assume a constant force F acting perpendicular to the sail at the end of the boom.
- The torque exerted by the sail force is then F * 4*sin(θ).
3. Determine the point at which the sailboat will tip over.
- The sailboat will tip over when the torques exerted by the weight of the sail and the sail force are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
- Setting the two torques equal, we have (400 kg * 9.8 m/s^2) * 7*cos(θ) = F * 4*sin(θ).
- Simplifying the equation gives 2744*cos(θ) = sin(θ).
4. Solve for θ.
- We can solve the equation by dividing sin(θ) on both sides: 2744*cos(θ)/sin(θ) = 1.
- Using the trigonometric identity cos(θ)/sin(θ) = cot(θ), the equation becomes 2744*cot(θ) = 1.
- Now, solve for θ by taking the inverse cotangent (cot^(-1)) of both sides: cot^(-1)(2744*cot(θ)) = θ.
Note: In this step, you can use a scientific calculator or an online calculator that provides the inverse cotangent function.
By following these steps, you should be able to determine the angle θ in degrees at which the sailor will be unable to keep the boat upright, even if sitting at the end of the boom.