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EM Assignment 19

1. The document provides 19 physics problems involving concepts like forces, acceleration, velocity, friction, pulleys, inclined planes, springs, and projectile motion. 2. The problems require calculating values like acceleration, tension forces, recoil distance, coefficient of friction, and velocity given information about masses, distances, angles, spring constants, and initial conditions. 3. Diagrams illustrating the system setup and relevant variables are provided for most of the problems.

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EM Assignment 19

1. The document provides 19 physics problems involving concepts like forces, acceleration, velocity, friction, pulleys, inclined planes, springs, and projectile motion. 2. The problems require calculating values like acceleration, tension forces, recoil distance, coefficient of friction, and velocity given information about masses, distances, angles, spring constants, and initial conditions. 3. Diagrams illustrating the system setup and relevant variables are provided for most of the problems.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR 5.

Assuming that a car of dimensions


ENGINEERING MECHANICS shown in Fig. E has a sufficient power
First / Second Semester (All Branch) and that there is sufficient friction,
COURSE NO. ME 101 LTPC find the maximum acceleration that it
3 104
would be able to develop without
ASSIGNMENT – 19
tipping over backward.
1. Two weights P and Q are connected by
(Ans. a = bg/h.)
the arrangement shown in Fig. A.
6. Two blocks of weights P and Q are
Neglecting friction and the inertia of the
pulleys and cord, find the acceleration ‘a’ connected by a flexible but
of the weight Q. Assume that P = 40 lb and inextensible cord and supported as
Q = 30 lb. shown in Fig. F. If the coefficient of
(Ans. a = 8.05 ft/sec2) friction between the block P and the
horizontal surface is µ and all the
2. A block of weight W, height 2h, and friction is negligible, find (a) the
width 2c rests on a flat car which moves acceleration of the system and (b) the
horizontally with constant acceleration ‘a’ tensile force S in the cord. The
(Fig. B). Determine (a) the value of the following numerical data are given: P
acceleration a at which slipping of the = 12 lb, Q = 6 lb, µ = 1/3. (Ans. a =
block on the car will impend if the 3.58 ft/sec2 ; S = 5.33 lb)
coefficient of friction is µ and (b) the
value of the acceleration at which tipping 7. Two blocks A and B under the
of the block about the edge A will impend, action of gravity slide down the
assuming sufficient friction to prevent inclined plane CD that makes with the
slipping. (Ans. a1 = µg ; a2 = cg/h) horizontal the angle α = 300 (Fig. G).
If the weights of the block are Wa = 10
3. Neglecting friction and the inertia of the lb and Wb = 20 lb and the coefficients
two-step pulley shown in Fig. C, find the of friction between them and the
acceleration a of the falling weight P. inclined plane are µa = 0.15 and µb =
Assume P = 8 lb, Q = 12 lb, and r2 = 2r1 . 0.30, find the pressure P existing
(Ans. a = 2g/11) between the blocks during the motion.
(Ans. P = 0.87 lb.)

8. Neglecting friction and the inertia


4. A mathematical pendulum hanging of the two pulleys in Fig. H find the
from the ceiling of a railway car inclines acceleration a of the weight Q,
to the vertical by an angle α during starting assuming that P = Q.
the train (Fig. D). What is the (Ans. a = 2g/5)
corresponding acceleration of the train?
(Ans. a = g tan α )
9. A man weighing 160 lb stands in a 14. A system of weights and pulleys is
boat so that he is 15 ft from a pier on arranged in a vertical plane as shown
the shore (Fig. I). He walks 8 ft in the in Fig. K. Neglecting friction and the
boat toward the pier and then stops. inertia of the pulleys, find the
How far from the pier will be at the acceleration of each weight if their
end of this time? The boat weighs 200 magnitudes are in ratio Wa: Wb : Wc =
lb, and there is assumed to be no 3:2:1. (Ans. ẍa = g/17 ; ẍb = 5g/17 ; ẍ
friction between it and the water. = -7g/17)
5
(Ans. 109 ft)

10. A wood block weighing 5 lb rests on a smooth horizontal surface. A 15. Determine the dynamical deflection δ that will be produce at the center
revolver bullet weighing 1/2 oz is shot horizontally into the side of the of a simply supported beam by allowing a 4,000-lb weight to drop onto it
block. If the block attains a velocity of 10 fps what was the muzzle velocity from a height of 4 in. When gradually applied, the same load produces a
v of the bullet? (Ans. v = 1,610 fps) static deflection of 0.1 in. Neglect the mass of the beam. (Ans. δ = 1.00 in)
11. Five men lined up at one end of a floating raft, initially at rest, run in 16. A gun weighing 150,000 lb fires a 1,000-lb projectile with a muzzle
succession with velocity u = 10 fps. relative to the raft and dive off at the velocity of 3,600 fps. The gun is nested in springs having a total spring
far end. Neglecting resistance of the water to horizontal motion of the raft constant k = 150,000 lb/in. Assuming that the explosion is over before the
find the velocity after the last man dives. Each man weighs 170 lb, and gun has a chance to move perceptibly, how far will it recoil after explosion?
the raft weighs 1,000 lb. (Ans. v = 5.78 fps) (Ans. 1.22 ft)
12. A block weight W is given an initial velocity v0 along a rough horizontal 17. A particle of mass m moves rectilinearly along the axis under the
plane and is brought to rest by friction in a distance x. Determine the action of a force X = kx, where k is a constant. Find the velocity v as a
coefficient of friction, assuming that it is independent of velocity. function of displacement x if the initial conditions of motion are x0 = 0 and
(Ans. µ = v02/2gx)
ẋ0 = v0. (Ans. v = √𝑣0 + 𝑘𝑥 2 /𝑚. )
13. When a ball of weight W rests on a
18. The driver of an automobile moving with a constant speed v0 = 40 mph
spring of constant k (Fig. J), it
along a straight level road steps on the accelerator so as to increase the
produces a static deflection of 1 in.
power by 20 percent. How far will the car travel before attaining a speed v
How much will the same ball
= 50 mph? Assume that the resistance to motion remains constant and
compress the spring if it is dropped
equal to 5 percent of the weight car. (Ans. x = 0.567 miles.)
from a height h = 1 ft? Neglect the
mass of the spring. (Ans. δ = 6 in.)
19. A man weight W holds one end of a rope that passes over a frictionless
pulley above the head and carries an inert W at its other end. Thus when the
ma puts his full weight on the rope, he will be just balanced by the weight
at the other end. Discuss what will happen if the man tries to climb upward
along the rope.

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