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Semester 2 2013/2014: Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

This document contains 9 questions regarding dynamics concepts such as forces, motion, friction, and energy. Question 1 asks about the time needed for a lorry to reach a certain acceleration traveling around a circular track. Question 2 asks about drawing velocity and acceleration graphs based on a position graph of a cyclist. Question 3 asks about the time and range for water to hit the ground after being released from a horizontal pipe.

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Semester 2 2013/2014: Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

This document contains 9 questions regarding dynamics concepts such as forces, motion, friction, and energy. Question 1 asks about the time needed for a lorry to reach a certain acceleration traveling around a circular track. Question 2 asks about drawing velocity and acceleration graphs based on a position graph of a cyclist. Question 3 asks about the time and range for water to hit the ground after being released from a horizontal pipe.

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Semester 2 2013/2014 Assignment 1/2

Guideline: Report should be written in hand writing Deadline: Report has to be submitted on or before 17 April 2014

Question 1

A lorry K travels around the roundabout that has a radius of 50 m, as shown in Figure 1. If the lorry increases its speed at a constant rate of 1.4 m/s 2 starting from rest, determine the time needed for the lorry to reach an acceleration of 1.6 m/s2.

Figure 1

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QUESTION 2

The position of a cyclist traveling along a straight road is described by the graph below (Figure 2). i. Draw the v t graph that describes the motion in 20 s. ii. Draw the a t graph that describes the motion in 20 s.

Figure 2

Question 3

Wastewater from quarry operation released from a pipe as shown in Figure 3. The water flow out from a pipe with a horizontal velocity of 10 m/s. Height of the pipe is 5 m from the ground. Determine the time needed for the water to touch the ground and range of L where the water touches the ground.

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Figure 3

Question 4

A 2 kg collar slide on a surface for which the coefficient of kinetic friction is k = 0.1. The collar as shown in Figure 4 is attached to a spring having a stiffness k = 3 N/ m and unstretched length of 0.4 m. If the collar is released from rest at A, calculate its acceleration when the collar at C.

Figure 4

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QUESTION 5

The 800-kg car B is connected to the 350-kg car A by a spring coupling (Figure 5). Given that there is some friction between the wheels of car B (take kB = 0.4), while the wheels of car A is free to roll (no friction); i. Draw the free-body diagram of both cars. ii. Determine the normal and frictional force developed at the wheels of car B. iii. Determine the acceleration at which both cars (B & A) move. iv. Determine the tension in the spring and its elongated (stretched) length. v. Determine the acceleration at which both cars (A & B) move if the wheels of both cars are free to rolls (no friction).

Figure 5

QUESTION 6

A 1500-kg car (Figure 6) moves along a circular track of radius 80 m, and its speed for a short period of time 0 < t < 3 s is v = 0.9(t + t2) m/s, where t is in seconds. Determine; i. The magnitude of the cars acceleration when t = 3s . ii. The distance the car travelled in t = 3s.

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iii. The minimum coefficient of static friction between the tires and the rod surface so that the car does not slide when t = 5 s.

Figure 6

QUESTION 7

The 0.65-kg smooth can (Figure 7) is guided along the circular path using the arm OA. At the instant shown ( angular acceleration i. ii. iii. iv. ), the arms has an angular velocity and an

. Assuming that motion occurs in the vertical plane ;

Draw the free-body diagram of the can. Determine the r and components of the acceleration.

Determine the force that arm OA exerts on the can. Draw the free-body diagram of the can, assuming that motion occurs in the horizontal plane.

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Figure 7

Question 8

Figure 8 shows a man pushes on the 30 kg of hollow concrete structure from rest with a force of F = 100 N. Determine the power supplied by the man when t = 5 s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the floor and the concrete structure is k = 0.2.

Figure 8

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QUESTION 9

In the following figure (Figure 9), both block J (30-kg) & K (20-kg) are initially at rest. The coefficient of kinetic friction between both block J & K and the inclined plane is k = 0.20.

Figure 9

a) Draw the free body diagrams (FBD) showing all the relevant forces acting on block J and K; including the tension in the cable, T. b) Using the equations of motion, determine the normal ( & ) forces that act on block J and K. & ) and frictional (

c) Using kinematic equations for dependent motion of two particles, derive an equation that relates the velocity of block J & K. d) Using the principle of linear impulse and momentum, determine the velocity of blocks J & K and also the tension in the cable, T when .

e) From your answer in (c), write an equation that relates the acceleration of block J & K. -End of questions-

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