ENGINEERING DYNAMICS ‘MEC 2008 ‘UNIVERSITY OF MALTA. ‘L-UniversitA ta’ Malka TUTORIAL SHEET 1 Dr. Duncan Camilleri Department pee Engineering, ity of Engineering ee of Malta 2011/20121 Kinetics of Particles 1.1 Force, mass, acceleration 1. During a brake test, theroar-engine ca is stopped from an inital speed of 100 km/h in a distance of 60 m. If itis known that all four wheels contribute equally to the braking force, determine the braking force F tat each wheel. Assume a constant deceleration forthe 1500 kg car. 2. The 100 kg crate is carefully placed with zero velocity om the inline. Describe whst happens if () 0=15° (0) = 20° Atm certain instant, the 10kg orate sa velocity of 10m/s up the 20° ‘incline, Calculate the time ¢ required for the crate to come to rest and ‘the corresponding distance d travelled. Also, determine the distance d travelled when the crate speed has been reduced to Srm/s,4. The 10g truck hauls the 20M! trailer. Ifthe unit starta from rest on ‘level rood with a tractive force of 20KIV between the driving wheels of the track and the road, compute the tension 7’ in the horizontal Arawbar nnd the eccsleration a of the rig. @ ‘eat itis travelling with a speed of 13.83m/s when it applies the break. ‘The revults, together with the best fitted curves, are plotted in the speed vs. time graph. Tetermine the total braking force at tice 1 = 1s and fy = 26 for the two cate, Case a: — 024s 4 12.2% ‘Caso >: — 4.8560 +1833 Speed (ni) So e549 152025 a Times)©. The collar Ais free to slide along the smooth shaft B mounted in the frame, ‘The plane of the frame is vertical. Determine the horizontal ‘acceleration 6 ofthe frame necessary to maintain the collar in a xed position on the shaft. 7. A car is descending the hill of slope 6, with the brakes slightly applied ‘80 that the speod v is constant. ‘The slope decreases abruptly t0 dy at point A. the driver does not change the braking force, determine the ooderation « of the ear after it passes point A in terms of ® and Oy. ‘Evaluate the expreaslon for 0) — 0° aul @y = 2°,8, Determine the vertical uveleation ofthe 3Ukg eyinder foreach of the two eases. Neglect fretion and the mass of the pulleys. Ly i [Boece fe] @ o 9, Determine the accelerations of bodies A and B and the tension in the cable due to the application of the SOON foree. Neglect all retion and. ‘masses of the pulleys 10. Determine the proper bank angle # forthe airplane flying at 600km/h @ ‘and making a tum of dm radius. Note that the force exerted by the ‘ir (the Lf), is normal to the supporting wing surfaces.@ 411. As the skateboarcer negotiates the surface shown, his mass centre speeds at = 0, 45° and 90° are 8.5m/s, 6m/s and 0 respectively Determine the normal force between the surface and the skatebourd ‘wheels if the combined mass of the pereon and the skateboard is TOkg and his centre of assis 750mm from the surface. 12. The 30Mg aircraft is slimbing at the angle @ = 15° under a jet thrust T= 180KiV, Av the instant shown its speed ia 300k /h and is increas- {ng at the rate of 1.96m/s?. Also @ is decreasing as the aircraft begins to level of. Ifthe radius of curvature of the path at this instant is 20km, compute the lift L and drag D. (Lift and drag are the aerodynamic frees normal to and opposite to the ight direction respectively),13, Beginning from rest when = 20°, a abkg child elds with negligible fiction down the sliding board which is in the shape of «2.5m circular fare. Determine the tangential aceleration and speed of the child, und the normal force exerted on her (a) when @ = 30° and (b) when @ = 00°, bX \ — ‘ ee ee Se ee ee constant rate of 50mm/s by pulling the cord S. At the instant for Se ee eee Sa eae ree eee cals rei ‘rerted on the sider by the sides of the smooth radial slot. Indicate ‘Which side, A or B, of the dot contacts the sider.1.2. Work and Energy 1. The spring hasan unstretched length of 04m and astifineas of 200NV/m- ‘The 3g slider and attached spring are released from rest at A and move ‘in the vertical plane. Calculate tho velocity» ofthe slide wit reaches B in the absence of friction. 2. Tho light rod ia pivoted at O and carries the 2 and 4g pastices. Ifthe od is released from rest at = 60° and swings in the vertical plane, ‘aleulate (8) the velocity v of the 2kg particle jut before it hite the ‘spring in the dashed postion and (b) the maxinum compression 2 of the spring. Assume that «is small so that the position of the rod when ‘the spring is compressed is esentially horizontal8. The system is relensed from rest with the spring initially stretched. Tomm. Calculate the velocity v of the cylinder after it has dropped 12mm. The spring has a stifiness of 1050NV/m. Neglect the mass of the small pulley. 21080 Nia dhe 4, When the mechanism is released from rest in the position where @ = 60", the 4kg carriage drops and the 6kg sphere ries. Determine the velocity v of the sphere when 9 = 180°. Neglect the mass of the links ‘and threat the sphere asa particle5. Out of frustration, two 7SON engineering atudents A and Bi intend to Jump off the bridge from rest using an elastic cord having a stiffness = 1200N/m. ‘They wish to just reach the surface of the siver, when ‘Ay astacted to the cord, lets go off B at the instant they touch the ‘water. Determine the proper unstretched langth ofthe cord to do the stunt, and calculate the maximum acceleration of student A and the ‘maximum height he resches above the water after the rebound. From ‘Your results, comment on the feasibility of doing this stunt6 The sido at wu amusement park consists of a gondola which is liked to's height of 60m at A.t it is released from rest and falls along the parabolic track, determine the speed at the instant y = 10m, Also determine the normal reaction of the tzecks on the gondola at this ‘instant. The gondola and passenger have a total weight of 2.8K. Neglect the effects of friction and the mass of the wheels. The radius of curvature p for function y = f(z) is given by: *)]' »1.3 Impulse and Momentum 1. The jet fighter hao a mass of 6450kg and requires 10 seconds from rest ‘to roach its take off speed of 250km/h under the constant jet thrust T = 48kN. Compute the time average R of the combined air and ‘ground resistance during tale off (the time average isthe value of the force assuming It remains constant throughout the time interval) \ a af 2. The 200kg hnnar lander is descending onto the moon's urface with a. velocity of 6m/s when its retro engine i fred, Ifthe engine produces ‘8 thrust 7 for da which varies with the time as shown and then cuts of, calculate the velocity of the lander when ¢ = 5s, assuming that it ‘has not yet landed. Gravitational acceleration at the moon's surface is 1.62m/s2, a ie u ~3. The 10kg block is moving to the left with a spend of 1.2m/s at time {= 0, at which time the force P is applied as shown on the graph, After 0.2s the force continues at the JON level Ifthe coefficient of Kinetic friction ia jy = 0.2, determine the time t at which the block comes to atop, aalank as to fii 20 4. The 45.9 9 golf bal is struck by the fve-iron and acquires the velocity shown in a time period of 0.001 s, Determine the magaitude R of the average force exerted by the club on the ball. What acceleration ‘magnitude a does this force cause, and what is the distance d over which the Inunch velocity is achieved, assuming constart acceleration’?5, The assembly starts rom rest and reaches an angular sped of 150 rev/min ‘under the action of a 20 NV foree T applied to the string for t seconds, Determine t. Neglect friction sun all masses except thove for the four ‘3g spheres, which may be trented as particles, = $00 mm 3 00 sam fe 6. The assembly of two 5 kg spheres is rotating freely about the vertical ‘sca at 40 rev/min with 8 = 90°. Ifthe force F which maintains the fiven postion is increased to raise the bese collar and reduce 8 to 60°, determine the new ‘angular velocity w. Also determine the work U done by F in changing the configuration of the system. Assume that the mass of the arms and collars is negligible, 10mm» ee7. As a check ofthe basketball before the start of « game, the referee re- ‘eoses the ball from the overhead position shown, and the ball rebounds ‘0 about waist level. Determine the coefficient of resitution e and the percentage n of the original energy lost during the impact. 8. Pool ball B is to be shot into the side pocket D by banking it off ‘he cushion at C. Specify the location = of the cushion impsct for ocficenta of restitution (a) e = 1 and (b) e= 0.8. “4Answers 1.1 Foree, mass, seceleration a= gsi sint), a= 0.0696, )a=327m/ up b)a=0.892m/s" up 8472.34 m/s", ag=1.56 mis", T= 81.8N 10, 043.3" 11. Ne=2040N, Nap115EN, Noo = ON, 12, D= 454, L=2744N 13, a) = 8.50m/s*, v= 2.78m/s, N= 280N Da, = Oa, v= 5.68mi, N= 795N 14. T= 162N,N=2N, side B 8 1.2 Workand Energy y= 1537s a) v= 1162s b)x= 12.07mm v=037lms v= 0990 5. y= 30m, 9-147 2m, '=72,6m v=31.3m/5, N= 4760 13 Impulse and Momentum© LL, Meriam and 1.G. 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