AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

ENGR 214: Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)

Mid Term Exam 3, December 13, 2009


1. (30) If the ball rolls without slipping on a
horizontal surface, determine the velocity and
acceleration of points A and B at this instant.







2. (30) Develop an expression for the angular
velocity e
AB
of the slender bar AB in terms of the
distance x and the constant angular velocity e of
the drum.





3. (40) A cleated conveyor belt transports solid
homogeneous cylinders up a 15 incline. The diameter
of the cylinder is half its height. Determine the
maximum acceleration which the belt may have
without tipping the cylinders at it starts.






Useful equations

/ / B A B A A B A
v v v v r e = + = +


( ) ( )
B A B A A B A B A
n t
a a a a a a = + = + +


( ) ( )
2
t n
a r a r o e = =
G G G
F ma M I o = =




e