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- Title
Physics at the grocery store.
- Authors
De Luca, R.
- Abstract
The motion of a food can on an accelerated conveyor belt in a grocery store is described by means of Newtonian mechanics. By assuming that the food can may roll on the conveyor belt, when the cashier starts this device, one can prove that the rolling motion, observed in the belt reference system, is such that the can is seen to move away for the cashier. Experiments can be performed with common material: an empty and a full food can, and a sheet of paper as conveyor belt.
- Subjects
MECHANICS (Physics); GROCERY industry; CONVEYOR belts; BELT conveyors; RIGID dynamics
- Publication
Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física, 2022, Vol 44, p1
- ISSN
1677-2334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2022-0086