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Engineering Mechanics II – Dynamics
Worksheet Chapter Two – Kinematics of Particles
Rectilinear
1. The acceleration of a particle is given by,𝒂 = 𝟒𝒕 − 𝟑𝟎, Where a is in meters per second
squared and t is in seconds. Determine the velocity and displacement as function of time. The
initial displacement at t=0 is So= -5m, and the initial velocity is Vo=30 m/s.
2. The position of a particle which moves along a straight lines is defined by the relation
𝑺 = 𝒕𝟑 − 𝟔𝒕𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓𝒕 + 𝟒𝟎,
Where S is expressed in m and t in second. Determine:
a) The time which the velocity will be zero.
b) The position and distance travelled by the particle at that time.
c) The acceleration of the particle at that time.
d) The distance travelled by the particle between 4 sec and 6 sec.
3. A sprinter reaches his top speed of 10.6 m/s in t second from rest with essentially constant
acceleration. If he maintains his speed and covers the 100m distance in 10.5 s, find the
acceleration interval t and his average starting acceleration a.
4. A motorcycle patrolman starts from rest at A two seconds after a car, speeding at the constant
rate of 120 km/h, passes point A. If the patrolman accelerates at the rate of 6 m/s2 until he
reaches his maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h, which he maintains, calculate the
distance s from point A to the point at which be overtakes the car.
5. A girl rolls a ball up an incline and allows it to return to her. For the angle and ball involved,
the acceleration of the ball along the incline is constant at 0.25g, directed down the incline. If
the ball is released with a speed of 4 m/s, determine the distance s it moves up the incline
before reversing its direction and the total time t required for the ball to return to the child’s
hand.
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6. A sprinter reaches his top speed of 10.6 m/s in t second from rest with essentially constant
acceleration. If he maintains his speed and covers the 100m distance in 10.5 s, find the
acceleration interval t and his average starting acceleration a.
7. The car is traveling at a constant speed Vo= 100 km/h on the level portion of the road. When
the 6% (tanɵ=6/100) incline is encountered, the driver does not change the throttle setting
and consequently the car decelerates at the constant rate gsinɵ. Determine the speed of the
car (a) 10 seconds after passing point A and (b) when s = 100m.
Plane Curvilinear Motion
Projectile
Don’t forget to draw a free body diagram describing the coordinates
8. The positon vector of a point which moves in the x-y plane is given by
𝟐 𝟑 𝒕𝟒
𝒓 = (𝟑 𝒕𝟑 − 𝟐 𝒕𝟐 ) 𝒊 + 𝟏𝟐 𝒋
Where r is in meters and t is in seconds. Determine the angle between the velocity V and the
acceleration a when (a) t = 2 s and (b) t = 3 s.
9. A projectile is launched from point A with the initial conditions shown in the figure.
Determine the slant distance s which locates the point B of impact. Calculate the time of
flight t.
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10. A projectile is launched with an initial speed of 200 m/s at an angle of 600 with respect to the
horizontal. Compute the range R as measured up the incline.
11. The boy at A attempts to throw a ball over the roof of a barn with an initial speed of VA=15
m/s. Determine the angle θA at which the ball must be thrown so that it reaches its maximum
height at C. also, find the distance d where the boy should stand to make the throw.
Normal and Tangential Coordinates
12. An object travels along a curved path as shown. If at the point shown its speed is 28.8 m/s
and the speed is increased at 8 m/s2, determine the direction of its velocity, and the
magnitude and direction of its acceleration at this point.
13. The car passes through a dip in the road at A with a constant speed which gives its mass
center G an acceleration equal to 0.5g. If the radius of curvature of the road at A is 100m, and
if the distance from the road to the mass center G of the car is 0.6m, determine the speed v of
the car.
14. The car travels at a constant speed from the bottom A of the dip to the top B of the hump. If
the radius of curvature of the road at A is 120 m and the car’s acceleration at A is 0.4g,
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determine the car speed v. if the acceleration at B must be limited to 0.25g, determine the
minimum radius of curvature of the road at B.
15. A car travels along the level curved road with a speed which is decreasing at the constant rate
of 0.6 m/s each second. The speed of the car as it passes point A is 16 m/s. Calculate the
magnitude of the total acceleration of the car as it passes point B which is 120 m along the
road from A. The radius of curvature of the road at B is 60 m.
16. If the car passes point A with a speed of 20 m/s and begins to increase its speed at a constant
rate of 0.5 m/s2 (at), determine the magnitude of the car’s acceleration when s=100m
17. Durig a short interval the slotted guides are designed to move according to 𝑥 = 16 − 12𝑡 +
4𝑡 2 and 𝑦 = 2 + 15𝑡 − 3𝑡 2 , where x and y are in mm and t is in seconds. At the instant
when t=2s, determine the radius curvature of the path of the constrained pin P.
Polar Coordinates
18. The fixed horizontal guide carries a slider and pin P whose motion is controlled by the
rotating slotted arm OA. If the arm is revolving about O at the constant rate 𝜃̇= 2 rad/s for an
interval of its designed motion, determine the magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration of
the slider in the slot for the instant when θ= 60°. Also find the r-components of the velocity
and acceleration.
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19. At the bottom of a loop in the vertical (r- θ) plane at an altitude of 400 m, the airplane P has a
horizontal velocity of 600 km/h and no horizontal acceleration. The radius of curvature of the
loop is 1200 m. for the radar tracking at O, determine the recorded values of 𝑟̈ and 𝜃̈ for this
instant.
20. The rocket is fired vertically and tracked by the radar station shown. When θ reaches 60o,
other corresponding measurements give the values r = 30,000 m, 𝑟̈ = 70 𝑚/𝑠 2 , and 𝜃̇ =
0.02 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠. Calculate the magnitude of the velocity and acceleration of the rocket at this
position.
Relative Motion
21. For the instant represented, car A has a speed of 100km/h, which is increasing at the rate of 8
km/h each second, simultaneously, car B also has a speed of 100 km/h as it rounds the turn
and is slowing down at the rate of 8 km/h each second. Determine the acceleration that car B
appears to have to an observer in car A.
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22. At the instant shown, object A is travelling along the circular path and its speed is increasing
at 10 m/s2; object B is travelling along the straight path and its speed is decreasing at 5 m/s2.
Determine the relative velocity and acceleration of A with respect to B.
23. Airline A is flying horizontally with a constant speed of 200 km/h and is towing the glider B,
which is gaining altitude. If the tow cable has a length r = 60 m and θ is increasing at the
constant rate of 5 degrees per second, determine the magnitudes of the velocity V and
acceleration a of the glider for the instant when θ = 15o.
24. The aircraft A with radar detection equipment is flying horizontally at an altitude of 12 km
and is increasing its speed at the rate of 1.2 m/s each second. Its radar locks onto an aircraft B
flying in the same direction and in the same vertical plane at an altitude of 18 km. if A has a
speed of 1000 km/h at the instant when θ = 30o, determine the values of 𝑟̈ and 𝜃̈ at this same
instant if B has a constant speed of 1500 km/h.
Don’t forget to draw a free body diagram describing the coordinates
Constrained motion
25. Determine the relationship which governs the velocities of the four cylinders. Express all
velocities as positive down. How many degrees of freedom are there?
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26. If end A of the rope moves downward with a speed of 5 m/s, determine the speed of cylinder
B.
27. If the end of the cable at A is pulled down with a speed of 2 m/s, determine the speed at
which block E rises.