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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Program Name/Code: B .TECH/ BTECHME
Course Name/Code: Engineering Mechanics /U20MEET01

UNIT I

1 State parallel axis theorem.

2 State Perpendicular axis theorem.
3 What do you mean by centroid?
4 What do you mean by centre of gravity?
5 What do you mean by moment of inertia of area?
6 What do you mean by polar moment of inertia?
7 What do you mean by mass moment of inertia?
A rectangle has breadth 50 and depth 40 mm. Find the moment of inertia of the rectangle
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about its horizontal centroidal axis.
A triangle has breadth 30 mm and has height 50 mm. Find the moment of inertia of triangle
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with respect to its vertical centroidal axis.
Find the radius of gyration of a rectangular area of MI about its base 9X104 cm4 and cross
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sectional area 300cm2.
11 The diameter of a semi-circular section is 75mm. Find the coordinates of centroid of the
semi-circular section.
12 Calculate the mass moment of inertia about the central axis of the cylinder of radius 0.5m,
height 1m and density 2400 kg/m3.
13 Locate the centroid of ‘T ‘ section whose flange dimension are 100 x 30 mm and web
dimensions are 20 web x 80 mm.
14 A rectangle has breadth 100 and depth 120 mm. Find the moment of inertia of the rectangle
about its horizontal centroidal axis and about vertical centroidal axis.
15 Calculate the mass moment of inertia of the body shown in fig. with respect to ZZ axis.
Assume density of cone & cylinder are 6500 kg/m3 and 7850 kg/m3 respectively.

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16 Locate the centroid of ‘T ‘ section whose flange dimension are 100 x 30 mm and web
dimensions are 20 web x 80 mm.
17 A thin circular plate has 50 cm radius and has 3 kg mass. Find the moment of inertia of the
plate with respect to horizontal centroidal axis and about vertical centroidal axis.
18 Find the moment of inertia of the rectangle about its vertical centroidal axis and also find the
polar moment of inertia of the rectangle which has breadth 60 mm and depth 50 mm.
19 Apply perpendicular axis theorem and hence find the polar mass moment of inertia of
rectangular plate having breadth 800 mm and depth 900 mm. The mass of the plate is 15 kg.
20 A semicircular area is removed from a trapezium as shown in Fig. Determine the centroid.

Locate the centroid of the lamina shown in fig.

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Determine the moment of inertia about centroidal horizontal XX axis of an “L”shaped angle
22 section which has overall breadth, height and thickness as 40 mm, 60 mm and 12 mm
respectively.
23 Locate the centroid of the lamina shown in fig.

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Locate the centroid of the L section shown in fig.

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A ‘T’ section has flange breadth and height as 120 mm x 30 mm and has web breadth and
25 height as 30 mm x 100 mm. Apply parallel axis theorem and Find the moment of inertia of
‘T’ section the about its centroidal horizontal XX axis .
An unsymmetrical “ I “ section has bottom flange breadth and height as 100 X 20 mm, top
flange breadth and height as 60 X 20 mm , web breadth and height as 20 X 60 mm. .Apply
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parallel axis theorem and find moment of inertia of the I- section with respect to its
horizontal XX axis passing through the C.G of the I section.
Determine the coordinates of centroid of lamina shown below.

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UNIT II

A body of weight 100N is placed on a rough Horizontal plane. Determine the coefficient of
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friction. If a horizontal force of 60N just causes the body to slide over a horizontal plane.
2 State the coulombs law of friction.
3 List the conditions for Static friction.
4 State the laws of dry (coulomb) friction
5 Define coefficient of kinetic friction.
6 What do you mean by angle of repose?
7 Define coefficient of static friction
8 List out the different types of friction.
9 What do you mean by Perfect frame?
10 What do you mean by imperfect frame?
11 A 100kg mass is lifted by a rope, rolling on a cylinder of 150 mm diameter as shown in fig.
Determine the force required on the other side if the coefficient of friction is 0.20.

12 A body resting on a rough horizontal plane required a pull of 80KN inclined at 30 0 to the
plane just to move it. It was also found that a push of 100KN inclined at 30 0 to the plane just
moved the body. Determine the weight of the body and coefficient of friction.
13 A block of weight 500N is resisting on the incline plane making an angle of 20º to the
horizontal. Calculate the value of force P applied parallel to the plane to just move the block
up the plane if the coefficient of friction is 0.14.
14 A belt is running over a pulley of diameter 1.5 m at 350 rpm. The angle of contact is 150º
and the coefficient of friction is 0.30. If the maximum tension in the belt is 500 N, determine
the power transmitted by it.
15 The centres of two pulleys of diameter 12 cm and 24 cm are 30 cm apart. Find the length of
the belt required if both the pulley is required to rotate in the same directions. Find also the
angles of lap for the two pulleys.
16 A belt supports two weights W1 and W2 over a pulley as shown in figure. If W1=2000 N,
find the minimum weight W2 to keep W1 in equilibrium. Assume µ=0.3.

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17 A screw jack has a pitch of 14 mm with a mean diameter of the thread is 50mm. A lever
700mm long is used to raise the load of 1800kg.If the coefficient of friction is 0.15, what fore
is necessary to apply on the lever at its end.
18 Briefly explain about dry friction and wet friction
19 Briefly explain the difference between perfect and imperfect frame with examples.
20 State the Coulomb’s laws of friction
Find the Truss elements for the given structure.

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A truss is loaded as shown in figure below. Apply the lawsof mechanics and find the support
reaction at A and B exerted by hinged support and Roller support respectively. Also find the
magnitude of forces transmitted through all the members AB, BC and AC by using method
of joints.

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Find the forces of given truss in the Element.

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Apply the conditions for equilibrium at the joints and find the magnitude of force transmitted
through various members of a cantilever truss which is loaded as shownbelow.

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A uniform ladder of weight 1000 N and of length 4 m rests on a horizontal ground and
leans against a smooth vertical wall. The ladder makes an angle of 60 degree with the
25 horizontal. When a man of weight 750 N stands on the ladder at a distance of 3 m along the
length of the ladder from the top of the ladder, the ladder is at the point of sliding.
Determine the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor.
Block A of weight 520 N rests on the horizontal top of block B for weight 700 N as shown
in fig. Block A is tied to support C by a cable at 300 to horizontal. Coefficient of friction is
0.4 for al contact surfaces. Determine the minimum value of the horizontal force P just to
move the block B. How much is the tension in the cable then?

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A car having mass 1 tonnes has a total frictional resistance of 40N while travelling down
along the inclined road with engine in switch of state. The inclination of the road is such
that the vehicle vertically comes down by 1m distance while travelling 100 m distance
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along the inclined road. At one instant, the speed of vehicle at the top of the inclined
plane is 40 kmph. Find the speed of vehicle after running down the inclined plane for 90
seconds.

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UNIT III

1 What do you mean by resultant force?

2 State parallelogram law of forces
3 State polygon law of forces
4 State the principle of transmissibility of forces.
5 State lame’s theorem.
Mention the conditions for equilibrium of a rigid body to be in two dimensional state of
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equilibrium
7 What do you mean by moment of force?
8 What do you mean by concurrent forces?
9 State Varigon’s Theorem .
10 Define statically determinate and indeterminate structures.
11 A force of 400 N forms an angle of 600, 450 and 1200 respectively with X, Y and Z axis.
Find the components of force along three coordinate axes and express the force in
Cartesian coordinates. Also find the unit vector of the force.
12 Find the magnitude and inclination of the resultant force of two concurrent forces of
magnitude 8kN and 10kN acting at a point with included angle of 500 between them by
using parallelogram law of forces. Also solve the problem by using the principle of
resolution and composition of forces. Assume that 10kN force is acting towards
horizontal right side direction.
13 Briefly explain about free body diagram with examples
14 Briefly explain about roller support and hinged support with sketches.
15 Find the support reactions provided by roller support and hinged support when a beam of
8m length is simply supported at its left end by hinged support and its right end by roller
support and the beam carries point loads of 4kN and 8kN at a distance of 2m and 6m
distance respectively from the left end.
16 Briefly explain the priniple of resolution of forces.
17 Briefly explain about coplanar and non-coplanar forces with sketches.
18 String AO holds a smooth sphere on an inclined plane ABC as shown in figure. The weight
of the sphere is 1000N and the plane is smooth, Calculate the tension in the string and
reaction at the point of contact B.

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19 Find the magnitude of the two forces, such that if they act at right angles, their resultant is
√10 N . But if they Act at 60°, their resultant is √13 N .
20 The following forces act at a point : (i) 20 N inclined at 30° towards North of East, (ii) 25 N
towards North, (iii) 30 N towards North West, and (iv) 35 N inclined at 40° towards South of
West. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
Three coplanar concurrent forces are acting at a point as shown in figure below. Find the
magnitude and direction of resultant force.

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Four forces of magnitude and direction acting on a Square ABCD of side 2m are shown in
Fig . Calculate the resultant in magnitude and direction and also locate in point of application
with respect to the side AB and AD.

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ABCE is a weightless rod under the action of four forces P, Q, S and T as shown in figure. If,
P=10N, Q=5N, S= 8N, T=12N, calculate the resultant force and mark the same in direction
with respect to the end A of the rod.
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The resultant of the force system shown in figure is 520N along the negative direction of Y
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axis. Determine P and ɵ.

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A string ABCD attached to two fixed points A and D has two equal weights of 1000N
attached to it B and C. The weights rest with the portions AB and CD inclined at angles of
300 and 600 respectively to the vertical as shown in figure. Find the tensions in the portion
AB, BC and CD of the string, If the inclination of the portion BC with the vertical is 1200.

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An electric fixture weighing 150N hangs from a point C, by two strings AC and BC as
shown in figure below. Determine the forces /tension in the strings AC and BC by applying
the lame’s theorem.

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Apply principles of resolution of forces, principle of moment and conditions for equilibrium
of body and find the reactions developed at its supports as shown in figure.

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UNIT IV

1 Define rectilinear, curvilinear motion.

What is relative motion? And how is position of a body expressed in relation with other
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body.
3 State Newton’s second law of forces.
4 State D”Alemberts principle
5 What do you mean by impulse?
6 What do you mean by momentum?
A body is moving with a velocity of 4m/sec. After 5 sec. the velocity of the body becomes 10
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m/sec. Find the acceleration of the body.
A motor car travelling at a speed of 100 kmph, suddenly applies brake and halts after
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skidding 50 m. Determine the time required to stop the car.
9 What do you mean by projectile?
10 State the law of conservation of momentum.
11 A car is moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. The car is brought to rest by applying brake in 6
seconds. Analyze the motion of the car during braking and find the retardation and distance
moved by the car during braking
12 Briefly analyze the relationship between Work and Energy With examples.
13 A body starts with a initial velocity of 5 m/s and moves with uniform acceleration of 1.5
m/s2 , Analyze the motion of thebody and find the velocity of body after 8 seconds.
14 A motor moving with a uniform acceleration covers a distance of 20m in 4 seconds. Find the
uniform acceleration of the motor.
15 A stone is dropped from the top of tower. The stone reaches the ground in 10 seconds.
Determine the height of the tower and velocity of stone when it reaches the ground.
16 Briefly analyze the impulse momentum equation with
suitable examples.
17 A foot ball having mass of 1.3 kg coming straight towards a football player with velocity 13
m/s is kicked by football player by applying a force of 1200 N so that the ball returns back
with velocity of 22 m/s in exactly in opposite direction .Analyze the kinetics of the foot ball
and find the time durationof contact of foot ball with the leg of player.
18 A steel ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a building 25m above the ground
with an initial velocity of 18 m/sec. Find the maximum height reached by the ball from the
ground.
19 A particle is projected from a point on an inclined plane with the velocity of 45 m/s. The
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Range of projectile 3) Maximum range.

20 A body is moving with uniform acceleration and covers 30 m in 5th seconds and 50 m in 10th
second. Determine 1)The Initials velocity of body 2) Acceleration of the body
A 500 N block is in contact with a horizontal level plane. The coefficient of friction between
21 the contacts surfaces are 0.25. If the block is acted upon by horizontal force of 1300 N, what
time it will elapse before the block reaches a velocity of 24 m/s.
A body having mass 30 kg, moves with a velocity of 9 m/s strikes on an another body having
mass 15 kg moving in opposite direction with the velocity of 9 m/s centrally. Taking the
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coefficient of restitution as 0.8, analyze the motion of bodies and find the velocity of each
body after the impact.
A Train starts from rest and attains a velocity of 45 km/hr in 2 minutes, with uniform
acceleration. Calculate,
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(ii) Distance travelled in this time, 2 min
(iii) Time required to reach a velocity of 36 km/hr.
A bullet fired into a target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 m. How much further
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will the bullet penetrate into the target?
A railway wagon of weight 4 KN is moving with a velocity of 25 m/s. A force of 200 N
25 acts on the wagon for 2 min. Calculate the velocity of the Wagon, if the direction of the
applied force is, (i) in the direction of motion, (ii) in the opposite direction.
A projectile is aimed at a mark on the horizontal plane through the point of projection. It falls
12 meters short when the angle of projection is 15°; while it overshoots the mark by 24
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meters when the same angle is 45°. Find the angle of projection to hit the mark. Assume no
air resistance.
A body having mass 30 kg, moves with a velocity of 9 m/s strikes on an another body having
mass 15 kg moving in opposite direction with the velocity of 9 m/s centrally. Taking the
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coefficient of restitution as 0.8 , analyse the motion of bodies and find the velocity of each
body after the impact .

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UNIT V

1 What do you mean by translatory motion?

2 Mention the relationship between angular velocity and tangential velocity
3 A body is rotating with 6000 rpm. Find the angular velocity of the body in rad/sec
4 What do you mean by General plane motion?
5 Mention any two examples for bodies in General plane motion
6 What do you mean by relative velocity?
7 Find the weight of a body whose mass is equal to 55 kg.
A lorry exerts a force of 15000 N on a wall during collision. The contact time is 0.01 seconds.
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Find the value of impulse.
Write down the formula for motion of two bodies connected by a string, one of which is
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hanging free and the other lying on a rough inclined plane.
10 Mention the units of work and Energy.
11 A flywheel of radius 1.5m is rotating with a speed of 1000 rpm. Calculate the angular
velocity and linear velocity.
12 A wheel is rotating with a constant angular acceleration of 1.5rad/sec2. If the initial and final
angular velocities are 6rad/s and 12 rad/s determine the total angle turned by the wheel.
13 A body of 500 N is subjected to a force F= 3t2 + 4t + -5, when the initial velocity is 4 m/s.
Determine the velocity of the body after 3 seconds.
14 Briefly explain about statics and dynamics.
15 Briefly explain about the branches of dynamics.
16 A Rigid body rotates about a fixed axis and slowdown from 300rpm to 150rpm in 2minutes
a. Determine the angular acceleration
b. Determine the number of revolutions completed in 2 minutes?
17 An aeroplane of mass 8t is flying at a rate of 250 kmph, at a height of 2 km above the ground
level. Calculate the total energy possessed by the aeroplane.
18 An elevator of weight 4.5 kN starts moving upwards with a constant acceleration and
acquires a velocity of 1.8 m/s, after travelling a distance of 2 m. Find the pull in the cable
during accelerated motion.
19 Find the work done in rolling a 20 kg. Wheel of diameter 1.5 m moves up in a plane inclined
at 30º with horizontal and assuming co-efficient of friction is 0.25. The wheel moves without
slip.
20 A block of weight is 500 N is suspended by a tight rope wound around a pulley of weight
200 N and radius 0.5 m. Analyse the motion of 500 N weight and determine the
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rope.
A stone is dropped from the top of tower, reaches the ground in 8 second. Analyze the
downward motion of stone and predict the velocity of stone at the end of each second during
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its downward motion Also, find the height of tower as well as find the velocity of stone
while the stone reaches the ground.
A flywheel starts rotating from rest and is given an acceleration of 2 rad/s 2 (i) Find the
angular velocity and speed in rpm after 60 sec (ii) If the flywheel is brought to rest with a
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uniform angular retardation of 1.25 rad/s2, determine the time taken by the flywheel in
seconds to come to rest.
Analyze the motion characteristics of mass of 1 kg resting on 30° inclined surface
and the body is connected to 20 N weight through a string and smooth pulley as
shown in figure below and calculate the acceleration and time taken by the 20 N
weight to move downwards by 1 m. The coefficient of friction between the inclined
surface and one kg mass is 0.2.
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A body of weight 300 N lies on a smooth horizontal plane. One end of string is attached
to this body and a weight of 30 N is attached to other end of this string. Apply the laws
of mechanics and find the acceleration of the system and tension in the string when the
weight 30 N hangs vertically downwards through smooth pulley and moves downwards.
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Two blocks A and B of weight 80 N and 60 N are connected by a string passing through a
25 pulley and are hanging vertically downward one on either side of the pulley. Calculate
acceleration of the body and the tension in the strings
A block of mass 10 kg rests on a horizontal plane. Find the magnitude of pushing force P,
26 required to move the block at an acceleration of 2 m/s2 towards the right. Take the
coefficient of friction between the block and the planeas 0.25
Two bodies one of mass 30 kg, moves with a velocity of 9 m/s strikes on another body of
27 mass 15 kg, moving in the opposite direction with the velocity of 9 m/s centrally. Find the
velocity of each body after impact, if the coefficient of restitution is 0.8.
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