Exercise of Mechanics Set 4 (A) Kinetics of a Particle

  1. Prove the following formulas by considering that integration is a reverse process of differentiation.

  1. A log B of mass 200 kg is to be pulled up a 30oramp (Fig. 1). The block A of mass 125 kg is released from rest in the position shown. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the log and the ramp is 0.5. Neglecting the weights of the pulley C and the ropes, determine the velocity of the log when A hits the ground 6 m below.

Ans.: 2.31ms-1

  1. The chain of total length L is released from rest with an overhanging length b (Fig. 3). Neglecting friction, determine the velocity of the chain when its last link leaves the edge of the table.

Ans.: v = [gl (1- b2/l2)]1/2

  1. A car of mass 1500 kg enters a section AC of a curved horizontal road and slows down at a uniform rate from a speed of 100kmh-1 at A to a speed of 50kmh-1 at C. The distance traveled by the car between A and C is 200m. The radius of curvature of the road at A is 400m and at C is 80m, and the centers of curvature at the two points are on opposite sides of the road. Point B, between A and C, is the inflection point where the curvature changes direction. Find the friction exerted by the road on the wheels at point A, B and C.

Ans.: 3.62kN; 2.17kN; 4.22kN

  1. A large horizontal disc of a proposed amusement ride is designed to rotate about a vertical axis through its centre with a constant angular speed of 0.5 rads-1. Assuming that a man of mass 68kg is walking outwards along a radius marked on the disc at a constant speed of 0.91 m s-1, calculate the radial and transverse horizontal forces that the disc exertion on the man when he is 3.0m from the center of the disc.

Ans.: Fr = -51 N;F= 62 N

  1. A smooth bar AB rotates in a vertical plane at a constant angular velocity of 1.5 rads-1 in the anticlockwise direction (Fig.3). Collar C of mass 0.4 kg is sliding inward relative to the bar at a speed of 3 m s-1 when it is 0.8 m from the hinge. Find (a) the force exerted on C by bar AB, and (b) the acceleration of C relative to AB at the instant shown.

Ans.: (a) 1.64N (b) 6.70 ms-2

  1. An object is given an initial velocity of 7.75 ms-1 up the incline at point A (Fig. 4). The coefficient of friction between the object and the incline is 0.3. Calculate the ratio of the normal reaction exerted on the object by the supporting surface just after the object passes point B to that before it reaches B.

Ans. : 1 : 2

  1. A satellite is moving in an elliptical orbit around the earth. When it reaches a point at a height of 500km above the surface of the earth, its velocity is found to be 3.00x104kmh-1. Calculate its velocity when it reaches another point 1200km above the surface of the earth. (Radius of the earth Re = 6.371 x 106m)

Ans.: 7.66 x 103 ms-1

  1. A particle of mass 1.2kg moves in a vertical plane under the influence of a forceand gravitational field. varies with time t. The momentum of the particle is given by= 9 (3 + t2) + 4 (4- t3), where all quantities are measured in SI units, and the unit vectors and are pointing in the horizontal and vertically upwards directions respectively. Determine the vector as a function of time and also its magnitude whent = 2 s.

Ans.: = 18t + (11.8 - 12 t2); 51.1N

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