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Engineering Mechanics

Worksheet
1. A motorist enters a freeway at 10 m/s and accelerates uniformly to 25 m/s. From the
odometer in the car, the motorist knows that he travelled 200 m while accelerating.
Determine (a) the acceleration of the car and

(b) the time required to reach 25 m/s.


Ans. a = 1.313 m/s and t = 11.43 seconds
2. A trust travels 164 m in 8 sec whiles being decelerated at a constant rate of 0.5 m/s.
Determine (a) its initial velocity, (b) its final velocity and (c) the distance travelled during
the first 0.6 seconds
Ans. u = 22.5 m/s, v = 18.5 m/s and s = 13.41 m.
3. Automobile A shown in Fig. starts from O and accelerates at the constant rate of 0.75
m/s2 a short time later it is passed by bus B which is travelling in the opposite direction at
constant speed of 6 m/s. Knowing that bus B passes point O, 20 seconds after automobile
A started from there. Determine when and where the vehicles passed each other.
Ans. t = 11.6 seconds and s = 50.4 m.

4. Two trains P and Q leave the same station on parallel lines. Train P starts at rest with
uniform acceleration of 0.2 m/s2 attains a speed of 10 m/s. Further the speed is kept
constant. Train Q leaves 30 seconds later with uniform acceleration of 0.5 m/s 2 from rest
and attains a maximum speed of 20 m/s. when will train Q overtake train P?
Ans. After 75 seconds from the start of train P.

5. A burglar's car had a start with an acceleration 2 m/s 2. A police vigilant came in a van to
the spot at a velocity of 20 m/s after 3.75 seconds and continued to chase the burglar's car
with uniform velocity. Find the time in which the police van will overtake the burglar's
car.
6. A ball is thrown vertically upwards at 30 m/s from the top of a tower 100 m high. Five
seconds later another ball is thrown upwards from the base of the tower along the same
vertical line at 50 m/s. Find when and where both balls will meet and their instantaneous
velocity then.

7. A stone is dropped gently from the top of a tower. During its last one second of motion it
falls through 64 % of the height. Find the height of the tower.

8. A stone is dropped from the top of the tower 50 m high. At the same instant, another
stone is thrown up from the foot of the same tower with a velocity of 25 m/s. At the
distance from top and after how much time the two stones cross each other.
Ans. t = 2 seconds and h = 19.6 m from top.
9. Two objects A and B, 130 m above the ground are projected vertically. A is projected
vertically upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s while B is projected vertically downwards
with the same velocity. Find the time taken by each object to reach the ground. At what
height the object A must be just released in order the two objects may hit the ground
simultaneously?
Ans. t = 9.05 sec , t = 2.93 sec and h = 42.04 m.
10. During a test, the car moves in a straight line such that for a short time its velocity is
defined by v = 0.3(9t2 + 2t) m/s, where t is in seconds. Determine its position and
acceleration when t = 3 seconds. Given at t = 0, s = 0.
11. The acceleration of a particle is given by a = k/x, when x = 250 mm, v was 4 m/s. and
when
x = 500 mm, v was 3 m/s. Determine the velocity of the particle when x = 750 mm. Find
the position of the particle when it comes to rest.
12. A particle starting from rest, moves in a straight line, whose acceleration is given by
a = 10 - 0.006s2, where a is in m/s2 and s is in meter . Determine (a) the velocity of the
particle when it has travelled 50 m (b) the distance travelled by the particle, when it
comes to rest.

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14. A small projectile is fired vertically downward in to a fluid medium with an initial
velocity of 60 m/s. If the projectile experiences a deceleration, a = -0.4v3 m/s2, where v is
measured in m/s, determine the projectile velocity and position 4 seconds after it is fired.

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