DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES

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KINEMATICS OF RECTILINEAR TRANSLATION d. What is the distance of the particle after 10 seconds?

Rectilinear Motion with Constant Acceleration Motion Curves

Sit. 1. The position of a particle which moves along a straight line is
defined by the relation, = 3 62 15 + 40 where s is expressed in
meters and t in seconds. Determine the following:
a. The time at which the velocity will be zero.
b. The position and distance traveled by the particle at the
time the velocity is zero.
c. The distance traveled by the particle from t=4s and
t=6s.
Sit. 2. A ball is tossed with a velocity of 10m/s directed vertically
upward from a window located 20m below the ground. Knowing that
the acceleration of the ball is constant and equal to 9.81m/s2
downward. Draw the velocity-time and distance time diagram.
Determine the following:
a. The highest elevation reached by the ball and the
corresponding time.
b. The time when the ball hit the ground and the
corresponding velocity.
Sit. 3. A sprinter in a 400-m race accelerates uniformly for the first
130m and then runs with constant velocity. If the sprinters time for the
first 130 m is 25 seconds. Determine the following:
a. Acceleration.
b. Final velocity.
c. Time for the race.
Sit. 8. A car accelerates from initial velocity of 10m/s. The acceleration
is increasing uniformly from zero to 8m/s 2 in 6 seconds. During the
next 2 seconds, the car decelerates at a constant rate of 2m/s2.
a. What would be the velocity after 8 seconds?
b. What would be the distance traveled after 8 seconds?
Sit. 9. A car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 48 ft. per second
in 15 sec. The acceleration increases from zero uniformly with time for
the first 6 seconds after which it remain constant.
a. Compute the distance traveled in 15 sec.
Sit. 10. An object attains a velocity of 16 ft. per second by moving in a
straight line with an acceleration which varies uniformly from zero to 8
feet per sec2 in 6 sec.
a. Compute the initial velocity during the 6 sec interval
b. Compute the change in displacement during the 6 sec
interval.
KINETICS OF RECTILINEAR TRANSLATION
Sit. 11. A 200 lb block rests on a
horizontal plane.

Sit. 4. A ball is drop from the top of the tower 80ft high at the same
instant that a second ball is thrown upward from the ground with an
initial velocity of 40fps
a. What is the time elapsed when the two balls pass each
other?
b. How high are the balls from the ground when they
a. Find the magnitude of the force P required to give the
passes each other?
block an acceleration of 10 ft/s2 to the right. The
Sit. 5. During a test, a rocket is traveling upward at 75 m/s and when it coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the
is 40m from the ground its engine fails.
plane is k =0.25
a. Determine the maximum height reached by the rocket.
b. What is the rockets speed before it hits the ground?
Sit. 12. The two blocks shown
Rectilinear Motion with Variable Acceleration start from rest. The
horizontal plane and the
1 pulley are frictionless, and
Sit. 6. The motion of a particle is defined by a=6 v 2 where a is the pulley is assumed to be
negligible mass.
in fps2 and v is fps. When t = 2 sec, v = 36 fps and s = 30ft
a. Determine the velocity of the particle when t = 3 sec
b. Determine the distance travelled after 3 sec

Sit. 7. The motion of a particle moving in space from t = 0 to t = 10 sec

is defined by the following acceleration:
a x =0.8 t
a y =20.3 t a. Determine the acceleration in block A
b. Determine the acceleration in block B
a z=5 c. Determine the tension in chord A
d. Determine the tension in chord B
Where a is in m/s2 and t is in seconds.
Sit. 13. A man weighing 161lb. is in an elevator moving upward with an
a. What is the acceleration of the particle after 10
acceleration of 8 ft. per sec2.
seconds?
b. What is the velocity of the particle after 10 seconds? a. What pressure does he exert on the floor of the elevator
c. What is the displacement of the particle after 10 in lb.?
seconds? b. What pressure does he exert on the floor of the elevator
if the elevator is descending with same acceleration in
lb.?
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