Em 2016-17 Question Bank

Sri Eshwar College of Engineering
GE 6253 Engineering Mechanics
Previous Year Anna University Problems / Question Bank
Unit I - Basics and Statistics of Particles
PART- A (2 Marks)
S.
Questions BT CO’s Year
No.
May/ June 2010,
1. Define Coplanar & concurrent forces. R 1
Nov/ Dec 2010,
Nov/ Dec 2010,
What is the different between a resultant force and equilibrant
2. R 1 May/ June 2012,
force?
Jan 2016
State the necessary and sufficient conditions for static equilibrium May/ June 2012
3. R 1
of a particle in two dimensions. Nov/ Dec 2011
4. What is unit vector? R 1 May/ June 2009
May/ June 2009
5. Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities. R 1
Nov/ Dec 2010
Nov/ Dec 2010
6. State Lame’s theorem. R 1
May/ June 2012
A force acts through the origin. What is the magnitude of the May/ June 2009
7. R 1
force and the angle it makes with X, Y and Z axis? Nov/ Dec 2009
8. State Varignon’s Theorem? R 1 May/ June 2011
Find the magnitude of the resultant of the two concurrent forces
9. of magnitude 60 kN and 40 kN with an included angle of 70 ◦ E 1 May/ June 2011
between them.
A force of magnitude 500N is passing through the origin and a
10. U 1 Nov/ Dec 2011
point A (0.2, 1, 0) m. write the couple form of the force.
May/ June 2009
11. State the principal of transmissibility of forces with simple sketch. R 1
Nov/ Dec 2011
May/ June 2009
12. State the parallelogram law of forces R 1
Nov/ Dec 2012,
Two forces 30N and 40N act at a point ‘O’ .The included angle
13. between them is 60. Find the magnitude and the direction of the R 1 May/ Jun 2016
resultant.
What are the minimum requirements for equilibrium of a particle
14. R 1 May/Jun 2016
in space?
Jan 2016,
15. State the triangular law of forces. R 1
May/June 2007
Find the length of the line joining the origin with the point (2, 1, - Jan 2016,
16. R 1
2). May/June 2014
A Vector F starts at point (2, -1, 2) and passes through the point (-
17. R 1 April / May 2015
1, 3, 5). Find its unit vector.
Nov/ Dec 2015,

18. State polygon law of equilibrium R 1
May / June 2014
19. State the equation of equilibrium of a coplanar system of forces. R 1 Nov / Dec 2015
Nov/Dec 2015,
20. State the principle of transmissibility R 1
April/May 2015,
21. Give the static equilibrium equations. R 1 Nov/Dec 2014
Two forces 60N and 65N acts on a screw at an angle of 25 ◦ and 85◦
May/June 2014,
22. from the base. Determine the magnitude and direction of their E 1
July 1999
resultant.
Nov/Dec 2014,
23. State and explain Lami’s theorem of triangle law of equilibrium. R 1
Nov/Dec 2010,
May/June 2013,
24. Find the unit vector of a force F = 4i – 5j + 8k U 1
April/May 2008.
State the necessary and sufficient conditions for equilibrium of a

25. R 1 Nov/Dec 2013
particle in two dimensions.
Write the conditions of equilibrium of a system of parallel forces
26. R 1 May/June 2012.
acting in a plane.
27. Define the term “Vector quantity” R 1 Nov/Dec 2012
28. Distinguish between concurrent and coplanar force system. R 1 Nov/Dec 2011.
29. Define unit vector R 1 May/June 2010.
30. Define vector .What are the characteristics of vectors? R 1 Nov/Dec 2010
Determine the angle between two equal forces F, when their
31. R 1 May/ June 2010.
resultant is R = F / 2
32. Define free body diagram. R 1 April/May 2009
Find the displacement vector when a point moves from position
33. E 1 Nov/Dec 2009
(6, 3, 7) to position (10, -3, 4).
A 100N force acts at the origin in a direction defined by the angles
34. θx= 75◦ and θy = 45◦.Determine θz and the component of the force E 1 Nov/Dec 2006
in the z direction?
A Force of magnitude 750N is direction along AB where A is (0.8 ,
May/June 2006,
35. 0, 1.2) m and B is (1.4, 1.2, 0)m. Write the vector form of the E 1
Nov/Dec 2003.
force.
A force F = (8.25 i + 12.75 j – 18 k) N acts through the origin. What
36. is the magnitude of this force and the angles it makes with x, y, E 1 May/June 2005.
and z axes?
May/June 2005,
37. Mention the different types of forces with example. R 1
Jan 2003.
Two forces of Magnitude 20N and 40N are acting on a
particle.Such that the angle between the two is 135 ◦. If both these
38. E 1 Nov/Dec 2004
forces are acting away from the particle , calculate their resultant
and find its direction.
A force F = 700 i + 1500 j is applied to a bolt A. Determine the

39. E 1 Apr/May 2004
magnitude of the force and the angle it forms with the horizontal.
A man has a mass of 72kg is standing on a board inclined 20 with

the horizontal. Find the component of man’s weight.
40. E 1 April/May 2003.
a) Perpendicular to the plane of the board.
b) Parallel to the plane of the board.
Two wire are attached to a bolt in a foundation as shown in Fig
below.Determine the pull exerted by the bolt on the foundation.
41. E 1 Apr/May 2003.
A force of 500N forms angles 60◦, 45◦ and 120◦ resectively with x,
42. E 1 Nov/Dec 2003.
y axes. Write the force in Vector form.
Find the resultant of an 800N force acting towards eastern

43. E 1 Nov/Dec 2002.
direction and a 500N force towards north eastern direction.
Two vectors A and B are given.Determine their cross
product and the unit vector along it. A = 2 i + 3 j + k and B = 3 i – 3
44. U 1 Jan 2003.
j + 4 k.
A force (10 i + 20 j – 5 k) N applied at A (3 , 0 , 2) m is moved to

45. U 1 Nov/Dec 2003.
point B (6, 3, 1) m. Find the work done by the force.
The line of action of a 100 N force F passes through the points

46. A(2, 5, 8) m and B(7, 2, 6) m. The direction of the force is from A U 1 Nov 2002.
to B . Express F in terms of the unit vectors i, j and k.
A force F = ( 10 i + 8 j – 5 k ) N acts at the point A(2,5,6) m. What is
47. the moment of the force about the point B U 1 Nov 2002
( 3, 1, 4 ) m?
Determine the resultant of the three forces F1= 2 i + 3.3 j – 2.6 k ,

48. F2 = i + 5.2 j – 2.9 k and F3 = 8.3 i – 6.6 j + 5.8 k which are R 1 Nov 2001.
concurrent at the point (2, 2, -5). The forces are in N and
distances are in metres.
A force F = 6N i – 3N j – 4N k is acting at a point P whose position

49. U 1 Nov 2001
vector from the origin O of the coordinate axes is 8mm i + 6mm j
– 4mm k. Find the moment of the force about the origin.
The force system show in Fig.below has a resultant of 900N
pointing up along + ve Y axis. Find the value of F and O required to
give this resultant
50. U 1 June 2001
PART- B (13 Marks)
S.
No.
Two forces P and Q of magnitude 40 N and 60 N respectively act
1. on a bolt A. Determine their resultant if P and Q make 20 and 45 E 1 May/June 2016
respectively with horizontal.
Two forces are applied to a hook support as shown in Fig., below.
Knowing that the magnitude of P is 35 N determine (1) the
required angle α if the resultant R of the two forces applied to the
support is to be horizontal, (2) the corresponding magnitude of R.
2. U 1 May /June 2016
The x, y, z component of a force are 36 kN, -24 kN and 24 kN

3. respectively. Find the component of this force along the line E 1 May/June 2016
joining A (1, 2, -3) and B (-1, -2, 2).
A system of five forces of magnitude 4 kN, 5 kN, 6kN, 7 kN and 8kN

acts at one of the angular points of a regular hexagon and the
forces pass through the other angular points as shown in Fig.,
below. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the
system of forces.
4. U 1 Jan 2016
A system of forces acts as shows in Fig., Below. Find the magnitude

5. of A and B so that the resultant of the force system passes through E 1 Jan 2016
P and Q.
Three links PQ, QR, and RS connection as shown in Fig., below,
support loads W and 50 N. Find the weight W and the force in
each link if the system remains equilibrium.
Jan 2016,
6. U 1
May/June 2007
A system of forces acting on a body is as shown in Fig., below.

Determine the resultant forces and its direction.
7. E 1 Nov/Dec 2015
Determine the tension in the cables AB and AC required to holding

the 40kg crate as shown in Fig., below.
8. U 1 Nov/Dec 2015
A force of magnitude 3.5 kN makes an angle 30, 50 and 100 with

9. x, y and z axes respectively. Find the force vector and determine E 1 Nov/Dec 2015
the components along x, y, z axes.
A weight of 8kN is suspended by three cables PA, PB and PC. The

10. coordinates of the points are P (1.5,1.5,-2), A (0,3,4), B (2.5,3,2.5) U 1 April/May 2015
and C (1,3,0). Determine the tension in the cables.
The magnitude of the resultant of two concurrent forces including

an angle of 90 between them is √13 kN. When the include angle April/May 2015,
11. E 1
between the forces is 60, the magnitude of their resultant is √19 May/June 2007
kN. Find the magnitudes of the two forces.
A roller of radius 30cm weight 2.5kN.It is to be pulled over a
rectangular obstruction of height 10cm by a horizontal force F
passing through the center of the roller. Find the magnitude if the
12. force F passing through the center of the roller. Find the U 1 April/May 2015
magnitude if the force F required just to turn the roller over the
corner of the obstruction. Also find the magnitude and direction of
the minimum force required for the same.
A body of mass 900 kg is suspended by two cables PR and PQ

13. making an angle of 40 and 50 respectively with the ceiling Find E 1 April/May 2015
the tension in the cables PQ and PR.
Four forces act on bolt A as shown. Determine the resultant of the

forces on the bolt shown in Fig., below
14. U 1 Nov/Dec 2014
Consider the 75 kg crate shown in the space diagram of Fig.,

below. This crate was lying between two building and it is now
being lifted onto a truck, which will remove it. The crate is
supported by a vertical cable, which is jointed at A to two ropes
which pass over pulleys attached the tension in each of the ropes
AB and AC
15. E 1 Nov/Dec 2014
Two identical roller each of weight 2.5 kN rest in between an

inclined wall and a vertical wall as shown in Fig., below. Determine
the reactions at the point of contract P, Q and R. Assume the wall
surfaces to be smooth.
16. U 1 May/June 2014
The resultant of the two forces, when they act an angle of 60◦ is
17. 14 N. If the some forces are acting at right angles, their resultant is E 1 May/June 2014
√136 N. Determine the magnitude of the two forces.
A force acts at the origin of a co-ordinate system in a direction
defined by the angles θx = 69.3 and θy = 57.9. Knowing that the y
component of the force is -174 N, Determine
i) the angle θy
18. ii) The other components and the magnitude of the force. U 1 May/June 2014
iii) projection of this force on XZ plane and its magnitude
and
iv) Moment of this force about a point of co-ordinate (2, 3,
4) and its magnitude.
Three cables are used to support the 10 kg cylinder shown in Fig.,

below. Determine the force developed in each cable for
equilibrium.
19. E 1 Nov/Dec 2013
Determine the magnitude and direction of force F shown in Fig.,

below. So that particle ’A’ is in equilibrium.
20. U 1 Nov/Dec 2013
An electrical light fixture weighing 105 N hands from a point C, by

two strings AC and BC. The string AC is inclined at 60 ◦ to the
horizontal and BC at 45◦ to the vertical as shown in Fig., below.
Determine the forces in the strings.
21. U 1 Nov/Dec 2012
Three cylinders weighing 100 N each and of 80 mm diameter are

placed in a channel of 180 mm width as shown in Fig., below.
22. Determine the pressure exerted by (1) the cylinder A on B at the U 1 Nov/Dec 2012
point of contact; (2) the cylinder B on the base and (3) the cylinder
B on the wall.
A circular roller of weight 500 N and radius 200 mm hangs at the
tie rod AC = 300 mm and rests on a vertical wall at B as shown in
Fig., below. Determine the tension in the tie rod and the force RB
exerted the roller.
23. E 1 Nov/Dec 2012
The truck shown is to be towed using two ropes. Determine the

magnitudes of forces FA and FB acting on each rope in order to
develop a resultant force of 950 N directions along the positive X-
axis.
24. U 1 May/June 2012
Determine the magnitude and angle θ of F so that particle P,

shown in Fig., below is in equilibrium.
25. U 1 May/June 2012
In the Fig., below shown, three wires are joined at D. Two ends A
and B are on the wall and the other end C is on the ground. The
26. wire CD is vertical. A force of 60 kN is applied at ‘D’ and it passes U 1 May/June 2012
through a point E on the ground as shown in Fig., below. Find the
forces in all the three wires.
27. State and prove Lami’s theorem. R 1 Nov/Dec 2011
A string is subjected to the forces 2kN and P as shown in Fig.,

below. Determine the magnitude of P and the tensions in the
various portion of the string.
R 1 Nov/Dec 2011
28.
A particle of mass 10 kg is attached are S to the ends of two light

inextensible string PS and QS as shown in Fig., below. The other
ends of the string are attached to two fixed points P and Q on a
horizontal ceiling. The particle hands in equilibrium with PS and QS
inclined to the horizontal at angles of 25 and 60 degrees
29.
respectively. Determine the tension in the strings PS and QS U 1 Nov/Dec 2010
required holding the 10 kg mass.
The five forces shown in Fig., below act at point A. What is the
magnitude of the resultant forces?
U 1 Nov/Dec 2010
30.
Illustrate the classification of various types of forces. R 1 Nov/Dec 2010

31.
Two smooth spheres each of radius 100 mm and weight 100 N,
rest in a horizontal channel having vertical walls, the distance
between which is 360 mm. Find the reactions at the points of
contacts A, B, C and D shown in Fig., below.
R 1
32.
A roller of radius r = 300 mm and weight 2000 N is to be pulled

over a curb of height 150 mm as shown in Fig., below by a
horizontal force P applied to the end of a string wound tightly
around the circumference of the roller. Find the magnitude of P
required to start the roller move over the curb. What is the least
pull P through the centre of the wheel to just turn the roller over
the curb?
R 1 Nov/Dec 2010
33.
The resultant of force system shown in Fig., below. It’s 520 N along
the negative direction of y axis. Determine P and θ.
U 1 May/June 2010
34
Three concurrent forces in space, F1, F2 and F3 are acting at A as

shown in Fig., below. An unknown force F, attached to the system
makes the particle A in equilibrium. Find the magnitude and
direction of the unknown force F.
35. R 1 May/June 2010

Two smooth circular cylinders each of weight 1000N and
radius15cm are connected at their centers by a string AB of length
40 cm and rest upon a horizontal place. A third cylinder of weight
2000N and of same radius is above these two cylinders as shown
in the Fig., below. Determine the force in the string AB and the
pressure produced on the floor at the points of contact D and E.
36. R 1 May/June 2010
Find the tensile force in cables AB and BC shown in Fig., below.

The remaining cables ride over frictionless pulleys E and F.
37. R 1 Nov/Dec 2009
A 250 kg mass is suspended by flexible cables as shown in Fig.,

below. Determine the tensions in the cable AC and AB.
38. R 1 Nov/Dec 2009
A string ABCD hangs from fixed points, A and D carrying a mass of

50 kg at B and a mass of m kg at C, AB is inclined at 60◦ to the
39. U 1 April/May 2009
horizontal, BC is horizontal and CD is inclined at 45◦ to the
horizontal. Determine the tensions in AB, BC, CD and the mass ‘m’
Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the two

forces acting on the bolt shown in Fig., below.
40. R 1 April/May 2008
Determine the magnitude and direction of force F shown in Fig.,

41. E 1 April/May 2008
below. So that the particle A is in equilibrium.
Describe the methods of finding resultant of several concurrent
forces.
A metal guy rope tied to a peg at P shown in Fig., below. Keeps an

electric post in equilibrium. The force in the guy rope is
1.25kN.Find the components of the force at P and the angles of
inclination of the force with the three rectangular axes.
Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the

forces acting on the hook shown in Fig., below.
Determine the tension in the cables AB, AC and AD if the crate

shown in Fig., below is weighting 10kg.
45. E 1 May/June 2008
A 120 kg crate is hung by means of two cables AB and AC, which

46. are attached to the top of a vertical wall. A horizontal force of 200 E 1 May/June 2008
N perpendiculars to the wall holds the cylinder in the position as
shown in Fig., below. Determine the tension in each cable.
Two identical spheres each of weight 2 kN and radius 20 cm are

kept in a horizontal channel of weight 70 cm as shown in Fig.,
below. Determine the reactions at the points of contact P, Q and
R.
47. E 1 May/June 2007
Determine the tension in the cables AB, AC and AD if the crate

shown in Fig., below is weighting 9.07 kg.
48. E 1 May/June 2006
Check whether the particle ‘O’ shown in Fig., below is in

equilibrium under the given system of forces. If mot determine the
magnitude and direction of the force necessary to keep the
particle in equilibrium.
49. E 1 Nov/Dec 2006
If two forces F1 = 20kN and F2 = 15kN act on a particle as shown in

50. Fig., below. Find their resultant by (a) parallelogram law and (b) E 1 May/June 2005
Triangle law.
Four forces 32 kN, 24 kN, 24 kN and 120 kN are concurrent at
origin and are respectively direction through the points whose
51. E 1 May/June 2005
coordinates are A (2,1,6), B (4,-2,5), C (-3,-2,1) and D (5,1,-2).
Determine the resultant of the system.
A force F with a magnitude of 100 N is applied at the origin O of

the axes x-y-z as shown in Fig., below. The line of action of F
passes through a point A whose coordinates are 3 m,4 m and 5 m.
Determine (i) the x, y, z scalar components of F (ii) the projection
of Fxy on the planes (iii)_the projection of F along the line OB.
52. E 1 Jan 2003
Determine the length of cord AC in Fig., below. So that the 8 kg

lamp is suspended in the position shown. The undeformed length
of the spring AB is lAB’ = 0.4 m and the spring has a stiffness of
KAB = 300 N/m.
53. E 1 Nov/Dec 2002
A mass of 45kg is suspended by a rope from a ceiling. The mass is

pulled by a horizontal force until the rope makes an angle of 70◦
with the ceiling. Find the horizontal force and the tension in the
rope.
54 E 1 AU Nov 2002
A force F acts as the origin of a coordinate system in a direction
defined by the angles θx = 69.3◦ and θz = 57.9◦ . If the component
of the force F along y direction is -174N, determine.
55. E 1 Nov 2001
1. The angle θy
2. The other components of the force F.
3. The magnitude of the force F.
UNIT II EQUILIBRIUM OF RIGID BODIES
PART A – 2 MARKS
S.
No.
May/ June 2010,
1. Explain free body diagram. R 1
Nov/Dec 2010
May/June 2008,
2. State Varignon’s theorem R 1
Nov/Dec 2009, 13
List out the steps to be followed to draw the Free Body Diagram of
3. R 1 Dec’11, Jun’12
a rigid body.
State the necessary and sufficient conditions for equilibrium of
4. R 1 Jun’09, Dec’11
rigid bodies in two dimensions
Write the conditions of equilibrium of a system of parallel forces
5. R 1 Dec’10, Jun’12
acting in a plane.
6. State the general condition of equilibrium of particle R 1 May’11
7. Why the couple moment is said to be a free vector? R 1 Jun’10
8. Distinguish between a couple and a moment. R 1 Jun’10, Dec’12

Find RA and RB of the beam shown in Fig., below
9. E 1 Jan 2016
Nov/Dec2015,
10. State the different types of supports. U 1
April/May 2015,
Find the magnitude and location of the single equivalent force for
a beam AB of length 8 m having a point C at 3 m from A subjected
to the following forces.
11. U 1 April/May 2015.
a) An upward force of 10 N at A.
b) A downward force of 10 N at C.
c) An upward force of 40 N at B.
Nov/Dec 2014,
12. Define Couple. R 1
April/May 2008,
Find the magnitude and location of the single equivalent force of
13. R 1 May/June 2014
the system shown in Fig., below.
Define the term “support reaction”. What are the different
14. R 1 May/June 2014
types of support?
Nov/Dec 2013,
15. What is meant by force-couple system? R 1
May/June 2013,
Write the equation of equilibrium of a rigid body in two May/June2013,
16. R 1
dimensions. April/May 2008,
17. Differentiate particle and rigid body. R 1 Nov/Dec 2012.
18. What is meant by free body diagram of a rigid body? R 1 May/June 2012.
19. What are different types of supports and their reactions? R 1 Nov/ Dec 2011.
State the conditions of equilibrium of rigid bodies in three
20. R 1 Nov/Dec 2010.
dimensions.
A force of magnitude 100 N is passes from A [1, 3, 4] to B [5, 3, 8]
21. m. Calculate its moment about an axis passing from origin to C [3, R 1 May/June 2010.
3, 3].
22. What is single equivalent force? E 1 May/June 2010.
Nov/Dec 2010,
23. How will you resolve a given force into a force and a couple? R 1
May/June 2008.
How will you find moment of a force about a given axis in three
24. U 1 April/May 2008.
dimensions?
25. What is the general condition of equilibrium of a rigid body? R 1 May/June 2007.
26. What is the moment of a force about an axis? R 1 May/June 2007.

Three couple +12 Nm, and +100 Nm are acting in the xy, yz and xz.
27. U 1 May/June 2006.
Write the vector from.
A force of magnitude 200 N is acting along the line joining P (2,4,6)
28. m and Q (4,7,10) m. Find the moment of the force about the point U 1 Nov/Dec 2006
R (7,10,15) m.
Three couples +16 Nm, -45 Nm and +120 Nm are acting in the xy,
29. yz and xz planes respectively. Determine the magnitude of the U 1 April/May 2003
resultant vector of these three couples.
PART- B (16 Marks)
S.
No
A bracket is subjected to a force as shown in Fig., below.
Determine (i) an equivalent force couple system at A and B (ii) an
1. E 2 May/June 2016.
equivalent system consisting of 90 kN force at B and another force
at A.
A fixed crane has a mass of 1000 kg and is used to lift a 2400 kg
crate as shown in Fig., below. It is held in place by a pin at A and a
rocker at B. The center of gravity of the crane is located at G.
Determine the reactions at supports A and B.
2. U 2 May/June 2016.
Find the support reactions of the truss loaded as shown in Fig.,

below.
3. E 2 Jan 2016.
A force supported at A and B is subjected to a force of 500 N as

shown in Fig., below. Compute the reactions at the support points
for the cases of θ = 0◦, θ = 90◦ and θ = 60◦.
Nov/Dec 2015,
4. U 2
Nov/Dec 2003.
Find the support reactions of the beam loaded as shown in Fig.,

5. E 2 Nov/Dec 2015
below.
Determine the support reactions of the simply supported beam
shown in Fig., below.
6. U 2 May/June 2014.
A simply supported beam of length 5 m carries a uniformly

7. increasing load of 800 N/m at one end to 1600 N/m at the other E 2 May/June 2014
end. Calculate the reaction at both ends.
A beam AB 1.7 m long is loaded as shown below. Determine the

reactions at A and B.
8. U 2 May/June 2014
Compute the moment of the force P = 1500 N and of the force Q =

1200 N shown in Fig., below about points A, B, and C.
9. E 2 Nov/Dec 2013
A system of force P, Q, R and S of magnitude 5 kN, 8kN, 6kN and

4kN respectively acting on a body are shown in rectangular
coordinates as shown in Fig., below. Find the moment of the
forces about the origin O. Also, find the resultant moment of the
forces about O. The distances are in meter.
May/June 2013,
10. U 2
April/May 2008
11. A body is acted upon by a system of forces and a couple as shown E 2 May/June 2013
in Fig., below. Determine the resultant of the system of forces.
Also locate the points of intersection of the system of forces. Also
locate the points of intersection of the resultant with the arm PQ,
QR and RS.
4000 N load acts on the beam held by a cable PQ as shown in Fig.,

below. The weight of the beam can be neglected. Draw the free-
body diagram of the beam and find the tension in the cable PQ.
Also find the reaction force at R.
12. U 2 May/June 2013.
A beam is acted upon by a system of forces as shown in fig.,

below. Find the support reactions.
13. E 2 May/June 2013
A force (10i + 20j – 5k) N acts at a point P (4, 3, 2) m. Determine

the moment of this force about the point Q (2, 3, 4) m in vector
14. U 2 May/June 2012.
from. Also find the magnitude of the moment and its angles with
respect to x, y, z axes.
A plate ABCD in the shape of a acted upon by two couples, as

shown in Fig., below. Determine the angle if the resultant couple is
1.8 Nm clockwise.
15. E 2 May/June 2012

Two beams AB and CD are shown in Fig., below. A and D are
hinged supports, B and C are roller supports.
May/June 2012,
16. U 2 May/June 2006,
May/June 2005.
(i) Sketch the free body diagram of the beam AB and

determine the reactions at the supports A and B.
(ii) Sketch the free body diagram of the beam CD and
determine the reactions at the supports C and D.
Find the reactions at supports A and B of the beam shown in Fig.,

below.
17. E 2 Nov/Dec 2011.
18. What are the different types of loads? Explain with Examples. U 2 Nov/Dec 2011
19. State and prove Varignon’s theorem. E 2 Nov/Dec 2011.
Four forces are applied to an angle bracket as shown in Fig.,

below. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant
and the distance from O to the line of action of the resultant.
20. U 2 Nov/Dec 2011
A pole, shown below is supported by a ball and socket joint at its

base and by cables AB and AC. Also it is subjected forces 300 N and
600 N and the forces act in a plane parallel to x-y plane. Compute
the forces in the cables and reaction at the ball and socket joint.
Nov/Dec 2010,
21. U 2
Nov/Dec 2003.
A system of parallel forces is acting on a rigid bar as shown in Fig.,
below. Reduce the system to
(i) A single force.
(ii) A single force and couple at A
(iii) A single force and couple at B
22. U 2 May/June 2010
Four forces and a couple are applied to a rectangular plate as

shown in Fig., below. Determine the magnitude and direction of
the resultant force-couple system. Also determine the distance x
from O along X-axis where the resultant intersects.
Nov/Dec 2010,
23. E 2
April/May 2004.
Determine the magnitude, direction and position of a single force

P, which keeps in equilibrium the system of forces acting at the
corners of a rectangular block as shown in the Fig., below. The
position of force P may be stated by reference to axes with origin
O and coinciding with the edges of the block.
24. U 2 May/June 2010
Find the reactions at A and B for the simply supported beam

carrying two different uniformly varying loads and a point load as
shown in Fig., below.
25. U 2 Nov/Dec 2009
Determine the magnitude T of the tension in the supporting cable

26. and the magnitude of the force on the pin at A for the jib crane U 2 April/May 2009
shown in Fig., below. The beam AB is standard 0.5 m I beam with a
mass of 95 Kg per meter of length.
The 5m post shown in Fig., below is acted upon by a 20kN force at

C and is held by a ball and socket at A and by the two cables BD
and BE. Determine the tension in each cable and the reaction at A.
27. R 2 April/may 2008
Four forces act tangentially to a circle of radius 2 m as shown in

Fig., below. Find the magnitude, inclination and distance of the
resultant from the centre of the circle.
28. R 2
A frame is loaded as shown in Fig., below. Find the support

reactions.
An A-shaped frame supported a load of 3500 N as shown in Fig.,

below. Determine
30. i) The floor reaction at A and E. U 2 May/June 2008
ii) The pin reaction at B on AC and
iii) The pin reaction at C on CE. Neglect the weight of the
members and assume the floor to be smooth.
Determine the horizontal and vertical components of reactions for

the beam loaded as shown in Fig., below. Neglect the weight of
the beam.
31. R 2 May/June 2007
Determine the resultant of the coplanar non-concurrent force

system shown in Fig., below. Calculate its magnitude and direction
and locate its position with respect to the sides AB and AD.
32. R 2 May/June 2006
A rigid bar ABCD, is subjected to a system of forces as shown in

Fig., below. Calculate its magnitude and direction and locate its
position with respect to the sides AB and AD.
33. R 2 May/June 2006
A beam AB, 1.7m long is loaded as shown in Fig., below.

Determine the reactions at supports A and B.
34. U 2 Nov/Dec 2006
What is meant by equilibrium of a rigid? What are the conditions

35. R 2 Nov/Dec 2006
of equilibrium for a rigid body in three dimension ?
Find the reactions at A and B in Fig., below.
36. R 2 May/June 2005
Find the reactions at the supports A and B of the beam shown in

Fig., below.
37. R 2 Nov/Dec 2004
A plate is acted upon by 3 forces and 2 couples as shown in Fig.,

below. Determine the resultant of these force couple system and
find co-ordinate x of the point on the X axis through which the
resultant passes.
38. R 2 April/May 2003
A uniform bar AB shown in the Fig., below has a mass 50kg and
supports a mass of 200 kg at A. A supporting cable is tied to the
bar at C and the other end is fixed to the vertical wall at D.
Calculate the tension in the supporting cable and the magnitude of
the reaction force at the pin B.
The lever ABC of a machine component is subjected to force of

1000 N through a link AD attached at A As shown in Fig., below.
40. R 2 Nov/Dec 2003
Compute the reaction of the hinged support at B and force in the
link CE.
A tension T of magnitude 10 kN is applied to the cable attached to
the top A of rigid mast and secured to the ground at B as shown in
Fig., below. Determine moment of the Tension T about the Z-axis
passing through the base O.
Determine the reactions at the support A and B of the truss shown

in Fig., below.
42. E 2 Nov 2002
Determine the horizontal and vertical components of reaction for

the beam loaded as shown in Fig., below. Neglect the weight of
the beam in the calculations.
43. E 2 Nov/Dec 2002
The three forces and a couple shown in Fig., below are applied to
an angle bracket. Find 1) the resultant of this system of forces 2)
44. E 2 Nov 2002
locate the points where the line of acting of the resultant
intersects.
A load P of 3500N is acting on the boom, which is held by a cable
BC as shown in Fig., below. The weight of the boom can be
neglected. a) Draw the free body diagram of the boom. B) Find out
the tension in cable BC. C) Determine the reaction at A.
45. E 2 Nov 2001
Three forces +20N, -10N and +30N are acting perpendicular to xz

plane as shown in Fig., below. The lines of action of all the forces
are parallel to y axis. The coordinates of the point of action of
these forces along x and z direction are respectively (2,3),(4,2) and
(7,4)all the distance being referred in meters. Find out (i) the
magnitude of the resultant force (ii) the location of the resultant.
46. E 2 Nov 2001
Find the pin reaction at A and the knife edge reaction at B.
47. E 2 July 1999
UNIT-III PROPERTIES OF SURFACES AND SOLIDS
PART- A (2 Marks)
S.
No
May/ June 2010,
1. Distinguish between centroid and centre of gravity. R 3
Nov/ Dec 2010,
Dec 2009, Dec
2. R 3
State parallel axis theorem with simple sketch. 2010, Jun 2012,
Jun 2009, Dec
3. Define radius of gyration with respect to x-axis of an area. R 3
2010, Jun 2012
4. Define polar moment of inertia of lamina. R 3 Dec 2011
Write the SI units of the mass moment on inertia and of the area
5. R 3 Jun 2010
moment of inertia of a lamina.
May 2011,
6. Define first moment of an area about an axis. R 3
May/June 2014,
May 2011, Dec
7. Define principal axes and principal moment of inertia. R 3
2012,
Jun 2010, Dec

8. When will the product of inertia of a lamina become zero? R 3
2011
Jun 2009,
9. State principal axes of inertia? R 3
May/June 2008
10. What is meant by moment of inertia of the area? R 3 May/June 2005
May/June 2016,
11. State Pappus and Guldinus theorem R 3
Nov/Dec 2015,
A right angle triangle of base 3m and height 4m is revolved about
12. R 3 Jan 2016
its 4m vertical edge. Compute the volume of the solid generated.
13. Write an expression for the radius of gyration of an area. R 3 Jan 2016.
Write the expression for centroid of hemisphere and circular
14. R 3 Nov/Dec 2015
lumina.
State the theorem of perpendicular axis, as applied to moment of April/May 2015,
15. R 3
inertia. Nov/Dec 2012,
Find the radius of gyration of a rectangular area of M1 about its April/May 2015,
16. R 3
base 9 x 10 cm and area cross-sectional area 300 cm May/June 2013.
What is the radius of gyration of a circle of diameter of about its May/June 2014,
17. R 3
diameter? April/May 2008.
May/June 2014,
18. Define centre of gravity and centroid. R 3
Nov/Dec 2013,
19. What do you mean by polar moment of inertia? R 3 Nov/Dec 2013.
May/June 2013,
20. When will the centroid and centre of mass coincides? R 3
Nov/Dec 2011,
21. What do you mean by the term “radius of gyration”? R 3 Nov/Dec 2012,
May/June 2012,
22. Locate the centroid of a quarter circular area about xx and yy axis. R 3 Nov/Dec 2010.
23. Express the centroidal coordinates of a quadrant of a circle. R 3 May/June 2010.

State the conditions at which the product of inertia of a plane
24. R 3 May/June 2010.
figure with respect to its centroidal axis is zero.
Determine the moment of inertia of a rectangular laminas of base
25. R 3 Nov/Dec 2009.
‘b’ and height ‘h’ about its base.
26. How would you find out the centroid of a composite area? R 3 April/May 2009
27. State parallel axis theorem as applied to mass moments of inertia. R 3 April/May 2008
28. Express polar moment of inertia of a circular section. R 3 April/May 2008

Use Pappus - Guldinus theorem to find the volume of a sphere of
29. R 3 April/may 2008
radius r.
Express the moment of inertia of a semi – circular section about
30. R 3 May/June 2008
centroidal axis.
Express radius of gyration of a body in terms of its mass moment
31. R 3 May/June 2007.
of inertia.
A semi – circular lamina having radius 100 mm is located in the xy
May/June 2006,
32. plane such that its diametral edge coincides with y-axis. Determine R 3
April/may 2003
the x coordinate of its centroid.
33. Under what conditions do the following coincide? R 3 May/June 2005.
34. Determine the second moment of area of a triangle about its base. R 3 Nov/Dec 2002.
Determine the polar radius of gyration of an annular area with
35. R 3 Nov 2002
outer radius 0.8 m and inner radius 0.5 m
Using the theorem of Pappus, determine the volume of a right
36. R 3 Nov 2002
circular cone, with radius of base ‘r’ and height ‘h’
PART- B (16 Marks)
S.
No
Locate the centroid for area shown in Fig., below.
May/June
1. E 3
2016.
Determine the moment of inertia for the area shown in Fig., below May/June
2. U 3
about the centroidal x and y axis. 2016
A cone of base diameter 200 mm is fitted to a hemisphere of
diameter 200 mm centrally, What should be the height of cone so
3. E 3 Jan 2016
that the centroid of the solid combination lies at the junction
between the cone and hemisphere?
Find the moment of inertia of the section shown in Fig., below

about the x and y centroidal axes. All dimensions are in mm.
4. U 3 Jan 2016
For the plane area shown in Fig., below locate the centroid of the
area.
5. E 3 Nov/Dec 2015
Find the moment of inertia of the section shown in Fig., below

about horizontal and vertical axes through the centroid. Also
determine the principle moment of inertia.
6. U 3 Nov/Dec 2015
Find the polar moment of inertia of a hollow circular section of

April/May
7. outer diameter 80 mm and inner diameter 40 mm about an axis E 3
2015
through its centroid.
A solid hemisphere of density 2p is attached centrally to a solid
cylinder of density p. Find the height of the cylinder portion to
April/May
8. have the GG of the solid combination on the axis of symmetry at U 3
2015.
the junction between the hemisphere and the cylinder. Take the
cylinder diameter as 100 mm.
Find the MI of an I section about XX and YY axes through its

April/May
9. centroid. Dimensions are: top flange: 150 mm x 12 mm Web: 200 E 3
2015.
mm x 10 mm, Bottom flange: 150 mm x 12 mm
Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area as shown in

Fig., below with respect to the x axis.
10. U 3 Nov/Dec 2014
For the plane area shown below, determine the area moment of
inertia and radius of gyration about the X-axis.
May/June
11. E 3 2014, Nov/Dec
2010
For the section in Fig., below the moments of inertia with respect
to the x and y axes have been computed and are known to be Ix =
10.38 mm4, Iy = 6.97 mm4 . Determine
i) The orientation of the principle axes of the section
about O
ii) The values of the principle moments of inertia of the
section about O.
12. U 3 Nov/Dec 2014
Locate the centroid of the area shown in Fig., below .The May/June
13. E 3
dimensions are in mm. 2014
Find the moment of inertia of the built up section shown in Fig.,
below about the axis passing through the centre of gravity parallel
to the top flange plate. All dimensions are in mm.
May/June
14. U 3
2014
Derive an expression for mass moment of inertia of a rectangular May/June

15. E 3
section about X-X axis passing through the C.G of the section. 2014
Determine the polar moment of inertia of the section shown in

Fig., below.
16. U 3 Nov/Dec 2013
Find the position of the centroid of the solid combination shown in

fig., below consisting of a solid cone of height 50 mm and base
diameter 80 mm and a cylinder of height 100 mm and diameter 80
mm with a semicircular cut as shown.
May/June
17. E 3
2013
18. A rectangular R.C.C column is centrally cast over a concrete bed U 3 May/June
R.C.C in fig., below column is of section 30 x 45 cm and height 4 m.
the concrete bed is of size 3 x 4.5 m and thickness 30 cm. Find the 2013
mass moment of inertia of the column and bed combination about
its vertical centroidal axis. Mass density of concrete = 2500 kg / m3
Derive an equation for moment of inertia of a rectangle about its

19. E 3 Nov/Dec 2012
centroidal axis.
Find area moment of inertia about XX axis of the channel section

shown in fig.
20. U 3 Nov/Dec 2012
State and prove parallel axis theorem as applied to area moment

21. U 3 Nov/Dec 2012
of inertia.
May/June
Derive from first principles, the second moment of area of a circle
22. U 3 2012, Nov/Dec
about its diametral axis.
2010
Calculate the centroidal polar moment of inertia of a rectangular May/June

23. E 3
section with breadth of 100 mm and height of 200 mm. 2012
For the section shown in Fig., below, locate the horizontal and
vertical centroidal axis. Dimensions are in mm.
May/June
24. U 3
2012
Find the moment of inertia of a semicircle of radius r about its

25. U 3 Nov/Dec 2011
diameter.
26. Find the centroid of the area shown in Fig., below U 3 Nov/Dec 2011
Determine the moment of inertia of a rectangle of width b and
27. depth d about (a) its base and (b) an axis passing through the R 3 Nov/Dec 2011
centre of gravity of the rectangle and parallel to the base.
Determine the coordinates of the centroid of the plane shown in

Fig., below with reference to the axis shown. Take x = 40 mm
28. R 3 Nov/Dec 2010
Find the Centroid of the plane area shown in Fig., below.
May/June
29. U 3
2010
Find the product of inertia and principal moment of inertia of the

section shown below. All dimensions are in mm.
May/June
30. U 3
2010
Prove that the mass moment of inertia of a right circular cone of May/June
31. R 3
base radius R, height H and mass M about its axis is 3/10 MR2 2010
Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area shown in Fig., May/June
32. R 3
below. 2010
Find the mass moment of inertia of the rectangular block shown
below about the vertical y axis. A cuboid of 20 x 20 x20 mm has
been remoed from the rectangular block as shown in Fig., below.
The mass density of the material of the block is 7850 Kg/m3
April/May
33. R 3
2008
An I section is having the following dimensions. Compute the

moments of inertia about horizontal and vertical centroidal axes.
Also, determine the polar moment of inertia of the section.
April/May
34. Top flange : 100mm x 20mm U 3
2008
web : 25mm x 200mm
Bottom flange : 200mm x 25mm
The section is symmetric with respect to vertical centroidal axis.
Determine the product of inertia of the area shown in Fig., below

with respect to the centroidal xx and yy axes.
May/June
35. R 3
2008
A solid cone of base diameter 80 mm and height 50 mm rests

centrally over a solid cylinder of diameter 80 mm and height 100 May/June
36. R 3
mm. Find the position of the centroid of the composite solid 2007
combination.
The cross section of a hollow circular lamina is shown in Fig.,

below. Locate the position of the centroid of the net area and
37. R 3 Nov/Dec 2006
then work out the moments of inertia about both the horizontal
and vertical centroidal axes.
38. What is meant by polar moment of inertia? R 3 Nov/Dec 2006
Find the second moment of area of the plane lamina shown in Fig.,
below with respect to the given XX-axis
39. U 3 Nov/Dec 2006
Derive the relation for mass moment of inertia of a solid sphere of

40. R 3 Nov/Dec 2006
radius ‘r’ about its diameter.
May/June
41. Derive an equation for the mass moment of inertia of cone. E 3
2006
Determine the mass moment of inertia of a rectangular plate of May/June

42. E 3
size a x b and thickness t about its centroidal axes. 2005
Determine the centroidal coordinates of the area shown in Fig.,

below with respect to the shown X-Y co-ordinate system.
April/May
43. E 3
2003
Determine the second moment of area of the section shown in

Fig., below about its base axis a a.
April/may
44. E 3
2003
Determine the product of inertia of the sectioned area about the X
– Y axes shown in Fig ., below.
45. E 3 Jan 2003
Calculate the moment of inertia and radius of gyration about XX

axis for the sectional area shown in Fig., below.
46. E 3 Jan 2003
Determine the product of inertia of the shaded area about the

centroidal axes.
47. E 3 Nov 2001
UNIT-IV DYNAMICS OF PROPERTIES
PART- A (2 Marks)
S.
No
May/ June
1. Explain the difference between kinematics and kinetics. R 4 2010,
Nov/ Dec 2010,
Dec 2011,
2. State the principle of work and energy. R 4 May/June
2014,
April 2011,
3. R 4
What is D’ Alembert’s principle? Dec 2012
May/June
4. What do you mean by impact of elastic bodies? R 4
2016, Jun 2009
5. State Newton’s law concerning equilibrium of particle. R 4 Jun 2009
A body moves along a straight line so that its displacement from a
Jun’10,
6. fixed point on the line is given by s = 3t2+2t. Find the velocity and U 4
Jun/May12
acceleration at the end of 3 seconds.
A point P moves along a straight line according to the equation x = Apr’11,Dec 10,
7. 4t3-2t-5, where x is in meters. t is in seconds. Determine the U 4 May/June 2005
velocity and acceleration when t = 3sec
A train running at 80 km/h is brought to a standing halt after 50
Dec 2009, Jan
8. seconds. Find the retardation and the distance traveled by the U 4
2016
train before it comes to a halt.
A particle of mass 10kg falls vertically from a height of 100m from Jun’10,
9. ground. What is the change in potential energy when it has U 4 Jun/May 12
reached a height of 50m?
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. It strikes the ground Dec’11,
10. U 4
after four seconds. Find the height of the tower. May/June 2014
11. What is dynamic equilibrium? R 4 Jun 2016
12. What is impulsive force? R 4 Jan 2016

A small ball is dropped from a height of 19.62 m. At what velocity
13. U 4 Nov/Dec 2015
the ball will strike the ground.
A particle is projected into space at an angle of 30◦ to the
April/May
14. horizontal at a velocity of 40 m/s. Find the maximum height U 4
2015
reached by the projectile.
Distinguish between perfectly plastic impact and perfectly elastic April/May
15. R 4
impact 2015
Nov/Dec 2014,
16. Write the work energy equation of particles. R 4
Nov/Dec 2013
Nov/Dec 2014,
17. State the Newton’s second law of motion. R 4
Nov/Dec 2006
A car is moving with a velocity of 15 m/s. The car is brought to rest
May/June
18. by applying brakes in 5 seconds. Determine the distances travelled R 4
2014
by the car after applying brakes.
May/June
19. Define the co-efficient of restitution. R 4 2014, Nov/Dec
2011,
Nov/Dec 2013,
20. State impulse momentum principle R 4
Nov/Dec 2010
A car runs with an initial velocity of 30 m/s and uniform
21. U 4 May/June 2013
acceleration of m/s2. Find its velocity after 5 seconds.
22. Define the term “collision of elastic bodies” U 4 Nov/Dec 2012
23. State Newton’s first law of motion. R 4 Nov/Dec 2012

Nov/Dec 2012,
24. Define the term “Kinematics” R 4
May/June 2005
A particle of mass 10 Kg falls vertically from a height of 100 m from
25. U 5 May/June 2012
ground. What is the change in potential energy when it has
reached a height of 50 m?
Nov/Dec 2010,
26. Distinguish between rectilinear and curvilinear motion. U 5 April/May
2008
Equation of motion of a body; S= 7t 3 + 3t2 + t + 9. Find the
27. U 5 Nov/Dec 2010
acceleration when t = 3 seconds.
28. What is line of impact? R 5 Nov/Dec 2010
29. Write the equation for tangential and normal accelerations. R 5 Nov/Dec 2010
30. What is meant by projectile? R 5 May/June 2010

3 2
The motion of a particle is defined by the relation S = t – 9t + 24t
31. – 2 where s is the distance in cm and t is in sec. Determine the U 5 May/June 2010
position, velocity and acceleration when t = 5S?
The range of the projectile is maximum when the angle of the
32. U 5 Nov/Dec 2009
projectile is 45◦
33. Define law of conservation of energy U 5 Nov/Dec 2009
A particle moves from rest along a straight line defined by the
relationship x = t3 – 6t2 – 15t where x is the distance travelled and t
34. U 5 Nov/Dec 2009
is time in second. Find the velocity and acceleration at the end of
10 seconds.
April/May
35. Define uniformly accelerated motion. U 5
2009
April/May
36. Distinguish between curvilinear motion and projectile motion. U 5
2009
Bring out the difference between direction central impact and May/June
37. U 5
oblique central impact. 2008
Write down the expression for acceleration of a particle moving April/May
38. U 5
along a circle of radius ‘r’ 2008
April/May
39. State the principle of conservation of liner momentum. U 5 2008, Nov
2001
May/June
A steel ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a building
2006,
40. 25m above the ground with an initial velocity of 18m/s. Find the U 5
April/May
maximum height reached by the ball from the ground.
2003s
A point P moves along line according to the equation x = 4t 3 + 2t +
May/June
41. 5, where x is in meters, t is in seconds. Determine the velocity and U 5
2005
acceleration when t = 3 sec.
A block having mass of 50kg has a velocity of 15m/s horizontally
on a smooth frictionless surface. Determine the value of the April/May
42. U 5
horizontal force to be applied to the block for bringing the block to 2003
rest in 5 seconds.
A particle starting from rest, moves in a straight line and its
43. acceleration is given by a = 50 – 36t2 m/s2 where t is in sec. U 5 Jan 2003
Determine the velocity of the particle when it has travelled 52 m.
State the equation to determine the escape velocity of a satellite
44. U 5 Jan 2003
to escape from the gravitational field of earth.
How will you calculate the linear restoring force of an elastic
45. U 5 Jan 2003
material?
Determine the position of a particle, whose motion is given by x =
46. 3 U 5 Nov/Dec. 2002
t – 3t2 – 9t + 12, when velocity becomes zero.
An automobile is decelerating from a speed of 65Km/hr at the rate
47. of 1.5m/s2. How will it take to come to rest and how far will it have U 5 Nov 2002
gone?
48. What is uniform motion? U 5 Nov/Dec 2002
A mass of 50Kg has an initial velocity of 50m/s horizontally on a
49. smooth surface. Determine the value of horizontal force that will U 5 Nov 2001
bring the mass to rest in 4 seconds
PART- B (16 Marks)

S.
No
A blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ of masses mA = 280 kg and mB = 420 Kg are
joined by an inextensible cable as shown I Fig., below .Assume that
pulley is frictionless and µ = 0.3 between block A and the surface.
If the system is has moved 3.5m. Use work-Energy principle.
1. U 5 May/June 2016
A stone is projected with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle of

elevation of 50◦. Find its velocity
i) After two seconds May/June 2016,
2. ii) At the height point of its path E 5
May/June 2006
iii) At the height of 6 m.
Find also the time interval between the two points at which the
stone a speed of 23 m/s.
Two stones A and B are projected from the same point at
inclinations of 45◦ and 30◦ respectively to the horizontal. Find the
3. U 5 Jan 2016
ratio of the velocities of projection of A and B if the maximum
height reached by them is the same.
A block and pulley system is shown in Fig., below. The coefficient

of kinetic between the block and the plane is 0.25. The pulley is
4. frictionless. Find the acceleration of the blocks and the tension in E 5 Jan 2016
the string when the system is just released. Also find the time
required for 100 kg block to come down by 2m.
An inextensible string passing over a smooth pulley as shown in
Fig., below joining two blocks, If the blocks are released
simultaneously from rest, determine the velocity of block A after it
has moved over 2 m and tension in the string. Assume the
coefficient of friction at the contact surface is 0.2 Use energy
principles. Nov/Dec 2015,
5. U 5
Nov/Dec 2010
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to a speed of 80

kmph over a distance of 500 m. Find time and acceleration.
Nov/Dec 2015,
6. Further acceleration raises the speed to 96 kmph in 10 seconds. E 5
Nov/Dec 2003
Find car to rest under uniform retardation in 5 seconds. Find the
distance covered during braking.
The two blocks of mass 20Kg and 40kg are connected by a rope
passing over a friction less pulley as shown in Fig., below.
Assuming coefficient of friction as 0.3 for all contact surfaces. Find
the tension in the string, acceleration of the system. Also compute
the velocity of the system after 4 seconds starting from the rest.
7. U 5 Nov/Dec 2015
A projectile is thrown with a velocity of 5 m/s at an elevation of

60◦ to the horizontal. Find the velocity of another projectile
Nov/Dec 2015,
8. thrown at an elevation of 45◦ which will have i) equal horizontal E 5
Nov/Dec 2003
range ii) equal maximum height and iii) equal time of flight with
the first.
A particle is projected into space at an angle of 40◦ to the

9. horizontal reaches the height point in 3 seconds. Find the U 5 April/May 2015
projection velocity and range.
A boy drops a stone from the top of well vertically downwards into
10. it. The splash is heard by him after 6 seconds. Find the well depth E 5 April/May 2015
taking sound velocity as 400 m/s.
A car of mass 500 kg moving at a speed of 80 km/hr right collides
with a lorry of mass 1500 kg which is at rest. After the impact, the
lorry moves at a speed of 36 km/hr to the right. Find the velocity
of the car after impact. Also find the coefficient of restitution.
Two blocks are joined by an inextensible cable as shown in Fig.,

below. If the system is released from rest, determine the velocity
of blocks A after it has moved 2m. Assume that the coefficient of
kinetic friction between block A and the plane is µ = 0.25 and that
the pulley is weightless and frictionless.
12. E 5 Nov/Dec 2014
The two blocks in Fig., below start from rest. The horizontal plane
and the pulley are frictionless and the pulley is assumed to be of
negligible mass. Determine the acceleration of each block and the
tension in each cord.
13. U 5 Nov/Dec 2014
Three perfectly elastic balls A, B and C masses 2 kg, 6 kg and 12 kg

are moving in the same direction with velocity 12 m/s, 4 m/s and 2
14. m/s respectively. If the ball A strikes with the ball B, which in turns, E 5 may/June 2014
strikes with the ball C, prove that the balls A and B will be brought
to rest by the impact?
The motion of a particle moving along a straight line is expressed

as s = t3 – 8t2 – 3t + 15 Find (i) the time at which the velocity of the
particle will be zero. (ii) the distance travelled by the particle at
15. U 5 May/June 2014
that time (iii) the acceleration of the particle at that time (iv) the
net displacement of the particle from t = 2 seconds to t = 4
seconds.
The 50 kg block shown in fig., below rests on a horizontal plane for

which the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3. If the block is pulled
Nov/Dec 2013,
16. by a 350 N force as shown, determine the velocity of the block E 5
April/May 2008
after it has moved 65 m starting from rest. Use the principle of
work and energy.
The 50 kg block shown in Fig., below is originally at rest on the
smooth horizontal surface. Determine the time needed for the
block to attain a velocity of 30 m/s if a force of 300 N is acting on
the block as shown. Use principle of impulse and momentum.
17. U 5 Nov/Dec 2013
Water drips from a tap fitted to a barrel at the rate of four drops
per seconds as shown in Fig., below. Find the vertical separation
between two consecutive drops after the lower drops has attained
a velocity of 3 m/s.
18. E 5 May/June 2013
Block P of weight 100 N and block Q of weight 50 N are connected

by a cord that passes over a smooth pulley as shown in fig., below.
Find the acceleration of the blocks and the released from rest.
Neglect the mass of the pulley. Use the principle of work and
energy.
19. U 5 May/June 2013
A stone dropped into well is heard to strike the water after 4 sec. Nov/Dec 2012,
20. U 5
Find the depth of the well if the velocity of the sound is 350 m/sec. Nov 2002
Nov/Dec 2012,
21. Explain the term “Conservation of Energy” R 5
May/June 2008
22. A car is moving with a velocity of 20 m/sec. The car is brought to E 5 Nov/Dec 2012
rest by applying brakes in 4 sec. determine (1) the retardation and
(2) distance travelled by the car after applying brakes.
What is the smallest radius which should be used for a high way
23. curve if the normal component of the accelerations of a car U 5 Nov/Dec 2012
travelling at 72 kmph is not to exceed 0.72 m/sec2?
24. What are the various types of impacts? Discuss any one of them. U 5 Nov/Dec 2012
A ball of mass 1 kg moving with a velocity of 6 m/s strikes another

ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of 2 m/s at the instant of
impact the velocities of the two balls are parallel and inclined at
30◦ to the line joining their centres as shown in the Fig., below.
25. U 5 May/June 2012
A ball is projected with an initial velocity of u at an angle of a with

the horizontal.
(i) Derive the expression for x and y positions of the ball in
terms of time t. Also derive the expressions for the time
26. of flight, maximum height attained and horizontal R 5 may/June 2012
range.
(ii) If the initial velocity is 10 m/s and a = 45◦, find the time
of fight, maximum height attained and horizontal
range.
Block A and block B of weight 750N and 1500N respectively starts

from rest as shown in Fig., below. The coefficient of friction
between block A and the surface of the inclined plane is 0.2.
Determine the acceleration of each block and tension in the wire.
Assume the pulley to be weightless and friction less.
27. R 5 Nov/Dec 2011
Three spherical balls of weight 20N, 60N and 120N are moving in
28. the same direction with velocities 12 m/s, 1 m/s and 2 m/s U 5 Nov/Dec 2010
respectively. If the half of the weight 20 N impinges with the ball
of 120 N, Prove that the balls of weights 20 N and 60 N will be
brought to rest after the impact. Assume the balls to be perfectly
smooth.
A particle moves along a path defined by y = 0.12 x2 in meter

units. If the velocity and acceleration along the path are given as 5
29. U 5 Nov/Dec 2010
m/sec2 respectively when the particle is at the position x = 10 m,
determine normal component of acceleration at that instant.
Two electric trains A and B leave same station on parallel lines.

The train A starts with uniform acceleration of 0.15 m/s2 and
attains a speed of 40 km/hr when the steam is reduced to keep
U 5 Nov/Dec 2010
30. the speed constant. The train B leaves 1 minute after with a
uniform acceleration of 0.3 m/s2 to attain a maximum speed of 70
km/hr. When the train B will overtake the train A?
A ball of mass 0.5 kg, moving with a velocity of 1 m/s impinges on

a ball of mass 1 kg, moving with a velocity of 0.75 m/s. At the time
of impact, the velocities of the balls are parallel and inclined at 60◦ U 5 may/June 2010
31.
to the line joining centres. Determine the velocities and directions
of the balls after impact. Take, e = 0.6
Three marks A, B and C at a distance of 100 m each are made

along a straight road. A car starting from rest and with uniform
acceleration passes the mark A and takes 10 seconds to reach B
and further 8 seconds to reach mark C. Calculate (i) magnitude of U 5 May/June 2010
32.
the acceleration of the car (ii) the velocity of the car at A (iii)
velocity of the car at B and (iv) the distance of the mark A from the
starting point.
A train of weight 1960 kN starts from rest and attains a speed of

120 km/hr in 5 minutes. If the frictional resistance of the track is
U 5 May/June 2010.
33. 10 N per kN of the train’s weight, find the average pull required.
Take g = 9.81 m/s2.
Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 and of initial velocities u1 and

u2 are having a direct impact. Find an expression for the loss of
34. R 5 May/June 2010
kinetic energy due to impact in terms of masses of two bodies and
their velocities before impact
A projectile is fired from the edge of a 150m high cliff with an

initial velocity of 180 m/s at an angle of elevation of 30◦ with the
horizontal. Neglecting air resistance find
35. a) the horizontal distance from the gun to the point where U 5 Nov/Dec 2009
the projectile strikes the ground, and
b) the greatest elevation above the ground reached by the
projectile.
Two rough planes inclined at 30◦ and 60◦ to the horizontal and the
same height are placed back to back. Masses of 12 kg and 24 kg
36. are placed on the faces and are connected by a string passing over U 5 Nov/Dec 2009
the pulley on the top of planes as shown in Fig., below. If µ = 0.6
find the acceleration.
A car has weight of 15 kN and is travelling horizontally at 20 m/s.
Determine the time needed to stop the car if the coefficient of May/June
37. U 5
friction between the types and the pavement is 0.6.Use principle 2008
of impulse and momentum.
If a 50 kg block shown in Fig., below is released from rest at A,

determine its speed after it slides. 10 m down the plane. Take the
coefficient of friction as 0.3. Use principle of work and energy.
38. U 5 May/June 2008
A ball is thrown vertically upward from a point located 15m above

the ground. The maximum height reached by the ball is 25m from
39. the ground. Determine the initial velocity of the ball at 15m above R 5 April/May 2008
the ground and also the velocity with which the ball strikes the
ground. Use principle of conservation of energy.
The velocity of a particle is given by v = 2t3 + 6t2.Find the distance

travelled by it while its velocity increases from 8 m/s to 108 m/s.
A block and pulley is shown in Fig., below. The pulley is frictionless.

Find the tension in the cable and velocity of 50 kg block after
moved a distance of 1.5 m when the system starts from rest.
Neglect the mass of the pulley. Take coefficient of kinetic friction
between the blocks and the planes as 0.25. Use the principle of
work and energy.
A car covers a distance of 30 m in 3 seconds and 70 m in 5

42. seconds. Find the initial velocity of the car and the acceleration E 5 May/June 2007
assuming it to be uniform.
A body of mass 50 kg moving with a velocity of 6 m/sec, collides

directly with a stationary body of mass 30 kg. If the two bodies
43. E 5 Nov/Dec 2006
become coupled so that they move on together after the impact in
the same direction. What is their common velocity?
Two bodies of weight 40N and 20N are connected to the two ends
of a light inextensible string, passing over a smooth pulley. The
weight of 40N is placed on a smooth horizontal surface while the
weight of 20N is hanging free in air. Find
44. E 5 Nov/Dec 2006
(1) The acceleration of the system and
(2) The tension in the string.
Take g = 9.81 m/sec2
In the oblique central impact shown in Fig., below. The coefficient

of restitution is 0.8. The flat disks shown, slide on a smooth
horizontal surface. Determine the final velocity of each disk
directly after impact.
45. E 5 May/June 2006
A particle moves along the path whose equation is r = 2θ. If the

angle θ = t2 radians, determine the velocity of the particle when θ
46. E 5 May/June 2005
is 60◦. Use both polar coordinates and Cartesian co ordinates
methods.
Two men of mass 60 kg and 90 kg dive off from the end of a boat
of mass 400 kg so that their relative velocity with respect to the
boat is 8 m/s. If their boat is initially at rest determine its final
47. velocity for the following conditions: U 5 May/June 2005
(i) If two men dive simultaneously.
(ii) The 60 kg man dives first followed by 90 kg man.
(iii) The 90 kg man dives first followed by 60 kg man.
Two vehicles approach each other in opposite lanes of a straight
horizontal roadway as shown in Fig., below. Find the time and
positions at which the vehicles meet if both continue to move with
constant speed.
48. E 5 April 2005
A particle under constant deceleration is moving in a straight line

and covers a distance of 20 meters in the first 2 seconds and 40
meters in the next 5 seconds. Calculate the distance it covers in
the subsequent 3 seconds and the total distance it covers in the
subsequent 3 seconds and the total distance travelled by the
particle before it comes to rest.
A mass of 5kg is dropped from a height of 2 meters upon a spring
50. whose stiffness is 10N/mm. Calculate the speed of the mass when E 5 April/May 2003
the spring is compressed through a distance of 100mm.
Two rough planes inclined at 30◦ and 60◦ to horizontal are placed
back to back as shown in Fig., below. Two blocks of weight 50 N
and 100 N are placed on the planes and are connected by a cord
passing over a frictionless pulley. If the coefficient of friction
between the planes and blocks is 0.33, find the resulting
acceleration of the blocks and the tension in the cord.
An object of mass 5 kg is projected with a velocity of 20 m/s at an

angle of 60◦ to the horizontal. At the highest point of its path, the
projectile explodes and brakes up into fragments of masses 1 kg
52. and 4 kg. The fragments separate horizontally after the explosion. U 5 Jan 2003
The explosion releases internal energy such that the kinetic energy
of the system at the highest point is doubled. Calculate the
separation between two fragments when they reach the ground.
The speed of a particle is given by v = 2t3 + 5t2.What distance does

53. U 5 Nov 2002
it travel while its speed increases from 7 m/s to 99 m/s?
A 4 kg particle is acted upon by the force, expressed in newtons, F

= 2t i + (3-t) j + t3 k. Knowing that the velocity of the particle at t =
54. E 5 Nov 2002
0 is V = -8 i + 5 j – 20 k m/s, determine the velocity of the particle
at t = 4 s.
Two bodies weighting 300 N and 450 N are hung to the ends of a
rope passing over an ideal pulley. With what acceleration the
heavier body comes down? What is the tension in the string?
55. U 5 Nov 2002
A body is projected at an angle such that its horizontal range is 3

56. R 5 Nov/Dec 2002
times the maximum height. Find the angle of projection.
An automobile accelerates uniformly from rest on a straight level
road. A second automobile starting from the same point 6 seconds
57. later with initial velocity zero accelerates at 6m/s2 to overtake the E 5 Nov 2002
first automobile 400m from the starting point. What is the
acceleration of the first automobile?
The driver of an automobile decreases the speed at a constant

rate from 72 to 48 km/hr over a distance of 230 m along a curve of
58. 460 m radius. Determine the magnitude of the total acceleration U 5 Nov 2001
of the automobile after the automobile has travelled 150 m along
the curve.
A mass of 1 kg is pulled up a smooth plane by a 6N force, acting at

an angle of 10◦ to the plane surface as shown in Fig., below. If the
mass is not loosing its contact with the plane, determine i) the
normal reaction offered by the plane on the mass. ii) the
acceleration of the mass along the plane.
59. U 5 Nov 2001
A car accelerates uniformly from a speed of 30km/hr to a speed of

60. 75km/hr in 5 seconds. Determine the acceleration of the car also U 5 June 2001
the distance travelled during 5 seconds.
A 20kg mass slides down a 25◦ inclined plane from rest as shown in
Fig., below. It hits a spring of constant 1800 N/m. If the coefficient
of kinetic friction is 0.2, determine the maximum compression in
the spring.
61. E 5 June 2001
UNIT-V FRICTION & ELEMENTS OF RIGID BODY DYNAMICS
PART- A (2 Marks)
S.
No
May/ June 2010,
1. State the laws of dry friction. R 6
Nov/ Dec 2010
2. Define coefficient of kinetic friction. R 6 Jun’09, Dec 12
3. What is coulomb friction? R 6 Jun’09
Dec’10,
4. Define: coefficient of static friction. R 6
Apr’11,May/
List out the different types of friction. What is coefficient of static
5. R 6 Dec’09
friction?
6. When do we say that the motion of a body is impending? R 6 Dec’11, Dec’12,
Nov/Dec’13,May/J
7. What is general plane motion? R 4
une ’13,
A rigid body is acted upon by a force of 100 N, the velocity of body
changes from 15 m/s to 25 m/s during a period of 50 s. Find the
8. U 4 Dec’09
mass of body and the distance moved by the body during the time
of interval.
A rigid body rotates about a fixed axis. Write the expression for
9. U 4 Dec’11
angular velocity when the rotation is uniformly accelerated.
How so, at any given instant, the velocity and acceleration of
10. different points of a rigid body vary when it is undergoing U 4 Jun/May 2012
translation?
May/June’16,
11. What is angle of repose? R 5
April/May’15
A motor bike wheel of radius 80 cm is moving along a straight road
12. U 6 May/June’16
with a speed of 60 km/hr. Find the angular speed of the wheel.
State the principal of work and energy for the general plane
13. R 5 Jan’16
motion of rigid bodies.
What is the frictional force generated when a body of mass 10 kg
14. resting on a horizontal plane subjected to a horizontal force p in U 6 Nov/Dec’15
earth gravitational field, if the coefficient of friction is .25.
A body of weight 150 N rest on a horizontal plane. If a horizontal
15. force of 50N can just move it, then what will be the value of E 6 Nov/Dec’15
coefficient of friction?
Nov/Dec’15,
16. What is instantaneous centre of rotation in plane motion? R 5
Nov/Dec’14
A wheel of radius 50cm subjected to a load of 300N rolls on a level
ground at constant speed. If the wheel is pushed by a tractive
17. U 6 April/May’15
force of 60N applied horizontally at the centre of the wheel, find
the coefficient of rolling resistance.
Nov/Dec’14,April/
18. Define coefficient of friction and limiting friction. E 6
May’09
State the coulomb’s law of dry friction State the laws of dry May/June’14,
19. R 6
friction. Nov/Dec’12.
If the co-efficient of friction between all surfaces is 0.2,what is the
20. horizontal force required to get the 500 kg block placed below the U 6 May/June’14
200 kg block for moving to the right?
A body is rotating with an initial angular velocity of 3 rad/s. Its
21. angular velocity increases to 10 rad/s in 5 seconds. Find the U 6 May/June’14
angular acceleration of the body.
Nov/Dec’13,April/
22. Give the causes of rolling resistance. U 6 may’08
A flywheel has a mass moment of inertia of 11 kgm2 about the axis
23. of rotation. It runs at a constant angular velocity of 94.25 rad/s. E 6 May/June’13
Find the kinetic energy of the flywheel.
24. Differentiate static and dynamic friction. R 6 Nov/Dec’12
25. State D’ Alembert’s principal applicable to plane motion. R 6 May/June’10

May/June’10,
26. Give two examples of General plane motion. R 6
May/June’07.
A body is rotating with an angular velocity of 5 rad/sec. After 4
27. seconds, the angular velocity of the body becomes 13 rad/sec. U 4 May/June’10
Determine the angular acceleration of the body.
28. Define Variable angular acceleration of a rigid body. R 4 May/June’10
The radio between tensions on the right end and loose end of a
29. U 6 Nov/Dec’09
pulley is T2/T1= euθ
Nov/Dec’09,
30. Define angle of friction R 6
April/May’03.
31. Write down the three equations of plane motion for a rigid body. R 4 May/June’05
32. Define linear momentum and angular momentum. R 4 Nov/Dec’03

What is the condition interms of efficiency for a machine to be
33. R 6 Jan’03
self-locking?
A rotor decreases uniformly from 1600 rpm to rest in 310 seconds.
34. Determine the angular deceleration and the number of revolutions E 6 Nov’02
of the rotor before coming to rest.
A belt embraces an angle of 200◦ over the surface of a pulley of
500mm diameter. If the tight side tension of the belt is 2.5kN. Find
35. E 6 Nov’01
out the slack side tension of the belt. The coefficient of friction
between the belt and the pulley can be taken as 0.3
PART- B (16 Marks)
S.
No
A ladder of weight 390 N and 6m long is placed against a vertical
wall at an angle of 30◦ as shown in Fig., below. The coefficient of
friction between the ladder and the wall is 0.25 and between
ladder and floor is 0.38. Find how high a man of weight 1170 N can
climb sliding.
A bar AB of length 5m slides in the xy plane as shown in Fig.,

2. below. The velocity of point A is 10m/s downwards and makes an E 6 May/June’16.
angle 60◦ with vertical. Determine the velocity of point B and
midpoint C.
A block of weight 2 kN kept on an inclined plane is acted upon by

0.5 kN horizontal forces as shown in Fig., below. The coefficients of
friction between the block and the plane are us = 0.30 and u k =
0.25. Find whether the block is in equilibrium or not. Also find the
magnitude and direction of the friction force.
3. U 6 Jan’16
A flywheel is fixed to the shaft of a motor. The unit attains the

rated speed of 1200 rpm in 4 seconds. But when it is switched off,
the unit comes to rest in 70 seconds. Find the revolutions
4. executed by the unit. E 4 Jan’16
i) To attain the rated speed and
ii) To come to rest after being switched off when the
acceleration is uniform.
Nov/Dec’15,
5. Define angle of friction and angle of repose. U 6
Nov/Dec’03.
A ladder is 8m long weighs 300n. The centre of gravity of the

ladder is 3m along the length of ladder from the bottom end. The
ladder rests against a vertical wall at B and on the horizontal floor
at A as shown in Fig., below. Determine the safe height to which a
man weighing 900 N can climb without making the ladder slip. The
coefficient of friction between ladder and floor is 0.4 and ladder Nov/Dec’15,
6. top and wall is 0.3. E 6 Nov/Dec’10,
Nov/Dec’03.
A support block is acted upon by two forces as shown in Fig.,

below. Knowing that the coefficients of friction between the block
7. and the incline are us = 0.35 and uk = 0.25, determine the force P U 6 Nov/Dec’14
required.
i) To start the block moving up the incline.
ii) To keep it moving up.
iii) To prevent it from sliding down.
A pull of 20 N, inclined at 25◦ to the horizontal plane, is required

just to move a body placed on a rough horizontal plane. But the
8. push required to move the body is 25 N. If the push is inclined at E 6 May/June’14
25◦ to the horizontal, find the weight of the body and co-efficient
of friction.
A belt embraces the shorter pulley by an angle of 165◦ and runs at

a speed of 1700 metre/min. Dimensions of the belt are width = 20
9. cm and thickness = 8 mm. Its density is 1 gm/cm3. Determine the U 6 May/June’14
maximum power that can be transmitted at the above exceed 250
N/cm2 and u = 0.25.
A pull of 250 N at 25◦ to the horizontal plance is required just to

move a body kept on a rough horizontal plane. But the push
10. required just to move the body is 300 N, if the push is inclined at U 6 May/June’14
25◦ to the horizontal, find the weight of the body and the
coefficient of friction between the body and the plane.
Calculate the static coefficient of friction us between the block

shown in Fig., below having a mass of 75 kg and the surface. Also,
find the magnitude and direction of the friction force if the force P
applied is inclined at 45◦ to the horizontal and us = 0.30
11. R 6 Nov/Dec’13
A body rotates according to the relation θ = at 4 + bt4 + ct where a,

b and c are constants. Determine the values of the constants a, b
12. E 4 Nov/Dec’13
and c if the angular coordinate is 20 rad, angular velocity is 20
rad/s and angular acceleration is 16 rad/s2 at time t = 2s
A cast iron hoop of radius 200 mm is released from rest on a 25◦

incline as shown in Fig., below. Find the angular acceleration of the
hoop and the time taken by it to move a distance of 4 m down the
slope. Us = 0.25.
14. A force of 300N is required just to move a block up a plane inclined U 6 May/June’13
at 20◦ to the horizontal, the force being applied parallel to the
plane Fig., below. If the inclination of the plane is increased to 25◦,
the force required just to move the block up is 340N, ( the force is
acting parallel to the plane). Determine the weight of the block
and the coefficient of friction.
A body resting on a rough horizontal plane required a pull of 180 N

inclined at 30◦ to the plane just to move it. It was found that a
15. U 6 Nov/Dec’12
push of 220 N inclined at 30◦ to the plane just moved the body.
Determine the mass of the body and the coefficient of friction.
16. Explain the applications of friction with few examples. R 6 Nov/Dec’12
17. Explain the term ”Coefficient of friction” and “limiting friction” R 6 Nov/Dec’12
A ladder 8 m long weighing 200 n is resting against a vertical wall

as shown in Fig., below. A man of 720 N climbs the ladder at M. At
what position the slipping will be induced? Take the coefficient of
friction for all surfaces.
18. U 6 Nov/Dec’12
A flat belt develops a tight side tension of 2000 N during power

transmission; the coefficient of friction between pulley and belt is
19. 0.3; the angle of lap on smaller pulley is 165◦ and the belt speed is U 6 May/June’12
18 m/s. Determine the power that can be transmitted, if the belt is
assumed to be perfectly elastic and without mass.
A block weighting 36 N is resting on a rough inclined plane having

an inclination of 30◦. A force of 12 N is applied at an angle of 10◦
up the plane and the block is just on the point of moving down the
plane. Determine the coefficient of friction.
A rigid body is undergoing general plane motion. Write down the

relationship of the velocity of two points A and B on it and explain.
An automobile travels to the right at a constant speed of 72

km/hr. The diameter of the wheel is 560 mm. Determine the
22. magnitude and direction of the following: U 4 May/june’12
a. angular velocity of the wheel.
b. velocity of the point B.
c. velocity of the point C.
d. velocity of the point D.
A block of weight 1600N is in contact with a plane inclined at 30◦

to the horizontal. A force P parallel to the plane and acting up the
plane is applied to the body as shown in Fig., below. The
coefficient of friction between the contact surfaces is 0.2. Find
(i) The value of P to just cause the motion to impend up
the plane.
(ii) The value of P to just prevent the motion down the Nov/Dec’11,
23. plane. U 6
Nov/Dec’09
(iii) The magnitude and direction of frictional force if P =
900N
Determine the smallest force P required to move the block B

shown in Fig., below if
Nov/Dec’10,
24. R 6
April/May’04
i) Block A is restrained by cable CD as shown in Fig.,

below and
ii) Cable CD is removed. Take us = 0.3 and uk = 0.25.
What should be the value of θ in Fig., below? Which will make the
motion of 900N blocks down the plane to impend? The coefficient
of friction for all contact surfaces is 1/3.
Nov/Dec’10,
25. U 6
May/June’05
A ladder 4 m long leans against a smooth vertical wall at an angle

60◦ with the horizontal. The weight of the ladder is 700 N. When a
26. person weighting 600N stands on a ladder 1.2 m from the bottom U 6 May/June’10
of the ladder, the ladder is just about to slide. Calculate the
coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor.
The angle of rotation of a body is given by the equation θ = 2t 3 –
5t2 + 8t + 6. Here θ is expressed in radius and t in seconds.
Determine Angular velocity and angular acceleration when t is 0
and 4 seconds.
A leather belt is required to transmit 9 kW from a pulley 120 cm in

diameter running at 200 rpm. The angle embraced is 165◦ and the
coefficient of friction between the leather belt and pulley is
28. 0.3.The safe working stress for the leather belt is 140 N/cm 3, U 6 May/June’10
thickness of the belt is 10 mm and density of leather is 1 gm/cm3.
Determine the width of the belt taking the centrifugal tension into
account.
A wheel rotating about a fixed axis at 20 rpm, is uniformly

accelerated for 70 seconds, during which time it makes 50
revolution. Find
29. R 4 June/July’09
a) Angular velocity at the end of this interval, and
b) Time required for the speed to reach 100 revolutions per
minute.
A flat pulley arrangement requires 200Nm torque to get it rotating

as shown in Fig., below. The angle of contact is radians and µ is the
coefficient of friction between the pulley and the belt is 0.25.
What is the minimum horizontal force (F) required to create
enough tension in the belt so that it can rotate the pulley.
30. E 6 Nov/Dec’09
A body having a mass of 46 kg rests on a horizontal plane as shown

in Fig., below for which µ = 0.4. A force P acts on the body
impending motion.
31. E 6 April/May’09
A ladder 5 m long and 250 N weight is placed against a vertical wall

in a position where its inclination to the vertical is 30◦. A man
32. weighing 800 N climbs the ladder. At what position will be induce E 6 May/June’10
slipping? The coefficient of friction between the wall and floor
with the ladder is 0.2.
A uniform rod shown in the Fig., below is acted upon by 30 N force

which always acts perpendicular to the bar. If the abr has an initial
clockwise angular velocity w◦ = 10 rad/sec when θ = 0◦, determine
the angular velocity at the instant θ = 90◦
In the linkage ABCD shown in Fig., below, the crank AB has a
constant angular velocity wAB = 6 rad/s counter clockwise.
Determine the angular velocity of the connecting rod BC and of
the crank CD.
34. E 4 May/June’08
The force acting on the block are shown in Fig., below. Determine
whether the block is in equilibrium and find the magnitude and
direction of the friction force. Take µs = 0.35 and µk = 0.25.
A block weighing 1000 N is kept on a rough plane inclined at 40◦ to

the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the block and
the plane is 0.4. Determine the smallest (least) force inclined at
15◦ to the plane required just to move the block up the plane.
Determine the maximum and minimum values of mw so that the

200kg block shown in Fig., will neither start moving up on the 20◦
incline nor slip down the incline. Take the coefficient of static
friction for the contact surfaces as 0.30
37. U 6 April/May’08
A block weighing 200 N rests on a plane inclined at 45◦ to the

horizontal. The block is tied by a horizontal string as shown in Fig.,
below. The block is in equilibrium when the tension in the string is
70 N. Determine the friction force, the normal reaction of the
plane and the coefficient of friction between the block and the
plane.
Find the radio of tension in tight and in slack sides of a belt with
contact angle of 160◦ with pulley. Assume the coefficient of
39. E 6 Nov/Dec’06
friction µ = 0.22. If the slack tension is 100N, what is the value of
tension on tight side?
A block weight 1350 N is placed on an inclined plane whose

inclination to the horizontal is 37◦. A force of 450 N acts on the
body in the upward direction parallel to the plane. Determine
40. E 6 Nov/Dec’06
whether the block is in equilibrium or not and also find the
frictional force between the body and the plane. The coefficient of
static and kinetic frictions is 0.25 and 0.20 respectively.
Determine whether the block shown in Fig., below having a mass

of 40 kg is in equilibrium and find the magnitude and direction of
the friction force. Take µs = 0.40 and µk = 0.30
May/June’06,
41. U 6
Nov’04
Determine the least value of ‘P’ required to cse the motion impend
the system shown in Fig., below. Assume coefficient of friction on
all contact surface as 0.2
A right circular cylinder of weight 100 N and radius 20 cm is

suspended from a cord that is wound around its circumference. If
the cylinder is allowed to fall freely, find the acceleration of its
mass center and the tension in the cord.
A flat belt rolls over a pulley of diameter D, making contact angle ß

when their respective tensions are T1 and T2. Derive a relationship
44. E 6 Nov’04
between the tensions, angle of contact and coefficient of friction
µ. Show that the diameter of the pulley is immaterial.
A rope is wrapped three and a half times around a cylinder as

shown in Fig., below. Determine the force T1 exerted on the free
45. U 6 Jan’03
end of the rope that is required to support a 1kN weight. The
coefficient of friction between the rope and the cylinder is 0.25.
In the Fig., below the blocks A and B have masses of 45 kg and 60
kg respectively. The drum has a moment of inertia of 16 kgm2
about its axis of rotation. Find the distance through which the
block A falls before it reached a speed of 2 m/s.
46. R 6 April/May’03
In the engine system shown in Fig., below, the crank AB has a

constant angular velocity of 3000rpm. For the crank position
indicated, find i) the angular velocity of the connecting rod ii)
velocity of piston.
47. E 4 Nov/Dec’02
A screw jack has square threads of mean diameter of 10cm and

pitch 1.25cm. Determine the force that must be applied to the end
48. U Nov’02
of 50cm lever. i) to raise ii) to lower a weight of 50kN. Find the
efficient of the jack. Is itself locking? Assume µ = 0.2
The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the 100 kg

block and inclined plane are 0.3 and 0.2 respectively Determine (i)
the friction force F acting on the block when P is applied with a
49. U Nov’02
magnitude of 200 N to the block at rest (ii) the force P required to
initial motion up the incline from rest and (iii) the friction force F
acting on the block if P = 600 N.
During the starting phase of a computer, it is observed that a

storage disk which was initially at rest executed 2.5 revolutions in
50. 0.3sec. Assuming that the motion was uniformly accelerated, E 4 Nov’02
determine i) the angular acceleration of the disk, ii) the final
angular velocity of the disk.
Two masses m1 and m2 are tied together by a rope parallel to the

51. inclined plane surface as shown in fig., below. Their masses are E 6 Nov’01
22.5 kg and 14 kg respectively. the coefficient of friction between
m1 and the plane is 0.25, while that of mass m2 and the plane is
0.5. Determine (i) the value of the inclination of the plane surface
θ for which the masses will just start sliding (ii) the tension in the
rope.
A body having mass of 22kg rests on a plane inclined at 60◦ with

the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the body and
inclined plane is 1/3. The body is acted upon by a horizontal force
52. E 6 June’01
P. what is the value of P so that the body will not slide down the
plane? What is the value of P so that the body will slide up the
plane? In between these values, the body will be at rest.
STAFF INCHARGES
1.
Dr. Sathishkumar B
HOD / Mechanical Engineering, SECE
2.
MR. Robinson J
AP / Civil Engineering, SECE
3.
Mr. Gandhiram T
AP / Mechanical Engineering, SECE

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