Q.48 A balloon filled with helium rises against gravity increasing its potential energy. The speed of the balloon also increases as it rises. How do you reconcile this with the law of conservation of mechanical energy? You can neglect the viscous drag of air and assume that the density of air is constant.
Let m = Mass of balloon
Volume V of balloon displaces volume V of air.
The balloon experience as upthrust
...............(i)
Integrating with respect to t,
.................(ii)
From eq. (i),
Step 2: Find the height of the balloon in time t.
If the balloon rises to a height h, from
.................(iii)
Step 3: Find K.E. of the balloon in time t.
Step 4: Rearranging the kinetic energy in terms of potential energy.
Rearranging the terms,
So, as the balloon goes up, an equal volume of air comes down. Increase in P.E. and K.E. of the balloon is at the cost of P.E. of air [which comes down],
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