Assignment-1

engineering dynamics

last date 20-02-2014

1.A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 15 m/s. Determine the time of flight when it returns to its original position?

Fig.1 fig.2 2.A particle travels along a straight line with a velocity of v = (20 - 0.05s 2) mis, where s is in meters. Determine the acceleration of the particle at s = 15 m. 3.A particle travels along a straight line with a velocity v = (12 3t2) m/s, where t is in seconds. When t = 1 s, the particle is located 10 m to the left of the origin. Determine the acceleration when t = 4 s, the displacement from t = 0 to t = 10 s, and the distance the particle travels during this time period. 4. A car has an initial speed of 25 m/s and a constant deceleration of 3 m/s 2. Determine the velocity of the car when t = 4 S. What is the displacement of the car during the 4-s time interval? How much time is needed to stop the car? 5.The particle travels along a straight track such that its position is described by the s-t graph. Construct the v-t graph for the same time interval.

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6.A van travels along a straight road with a velocity described by the graph. Construct the s-t and a-t graphs during the same period. Take s = 0 when t = O. 7.The dragster starts from rest and has a velocity described by the graph. Construct the s-t graph during the time interval O t 15 s. Also, determine the total distance traveled during this time interval.

Fig.7 fig.8 8.The dragster starts from rest and has an acceleration described by the graph. Construct the v-t graph for the time interval 0 t t' , where t' is the time for the car to come to rest. 9.A train starts from station A and for the first kilo-meter, it travels with a uniform acceleration. Then, for the next two kilometers, it travels with a uniform speed. Finally, the train decelerates uniformly for another kilometer before coming to rest at station B. If the time for the whole journey is six minutes, draw the v-t graph and determine the maximum speed of the train. 10.A two-stage missile is fired vertically from rest with the acceleration shown. In 15 s the first stage A burns out and the second stage B ignites. Plot the v-t and s-t graphs which describe the two-stage motion of the missile for o t 20 s.

Fig.10 fig.12 11.A particle travels along a curve defined by the equation s = (t3 - 3t2 + 2t) m. where t is in seconds. Draw the s - t, v - t, and a - t graphs for the particle for o t 3 s. 12.The snowmobile moves along a straight course according to the v-t graph. Construct the s-t and a-t graphs for the same 50-s time interval. When t = 0, s = O. 13.A missile starting from rest travels along a straight track and for 10 s has an acceleration as shown. Draw the v-t graph that describes the motion and find the distance traveled in 10 s.

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14.The rocket has a n acceleration described by the graph. If it starts from rest, construct the v-t and s-t graphs for the motion for the time interval 0 S 1 4 s . 15.If the x and y components of a particle's velocity are Vx = (32t) m/s and Vy = 8 m/s, determine the equation of the path y = f(x). x = 0 and y = 0 when t = O. 16.A particle is traveling along the parabolic path y = 0.25x2 If x = (2t2) m, where t is in seconds, determine the magnitude of the particle's velocity and acceleration when t = 2 s. The ball is kicked from point A with the initial velocity v A = 10 m/s. Determine the range R, and the speed when the ball strikes the ground.

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17.The velocity of a particle is v = {3i + (6 - 2t)j } mis, where t is in seconds. If r = 0 when t = 0, determine the displacement of the particle during the time interval t = 1 s to t = 3 s. 18.A particle travels along the parabolic path y = bx2. If its component of velocity along the y axis is Vy = et2, determine the x and y components of the particle's acceleration. Here b and e are constants. 19. The velocity of a particle is given by v = { 16t2i + 4t3j + (5t + 2)k} mis, where t is in seconds. If the particle is at the origin when t = 0, determine the magnitude of the particle's acceleration when t = 2 s. Also, what is the x, y, Z coordinate position of the particle at this instant? 20. A particle travels along the circular path X2 + Y2 = r2. If the y component of the particle's velocity Vy = 2r cos2t, determine the x and y components of its acceleration at any instant. 21.The van travels over the hill described by y = ( - 1 .5(10-3) x2 + 15) ft. If it has a constant speed of 75 ft/s, determine the x and y components of the van's velocity and acceleration when x = 5 0 ft. 22.The ball is thrown off the top o f the building. If it strikes the ground at B in 3 s, determine the initial velocity vA and the inclination angle A at which it was thrown. Also, find the magnitude of the ball's velocity when it strikes the ground.

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23.The baseball player A hits the baseball with VA = 40 ft/s and A= 60. When the ball is directly above of player B he begins to run under it. Determine the constant speed VB and the distance d at which B must run in order to make the catch at the same elevation at which the ball was hit. 24.The golf ball is hit a t A with a speed o f VA = 40 m/s and directed at an angle of 30 with the horizontal as shown. Determine the distance d where the ball strikes the slope at B.

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25.The boat is traveling along the circular path with a speed of v = (0.0625t2) m/s, where t is in seconds. Determine the magnitude of its acceleration when t = 10 s. 26.If the motorcycle has a deceleration of at = - (0.00ls) m/s 2 and its speed at position A is 25 m/s, determine the magnitude of its acceleration when it passes point B.

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27.The car is traveling along the road with a speed of v = (300/s) m/s, where s is in meters. Determine the magnitude of its acceleration when t = 3 s if t = 0 at s = O. 28.An automobile is traveling on a horizontal circular curve having a radius of 800 ft. If the acceleration of the automobile is 5 ft/S2, determine the constant speed at which the automobile is traveling. 29. A car travels along a horizontal circular curved road that has a radius of 600 m. If the speed is uniformly increased at a rate of 2000 km/h2, determine the magnitude of the acceleration at the instant the speed of the car is 60 km/h. 30. The automobile has a speed of 80 ft/s at point A and an acceleration a having a magnitude of 1 0 ft/S2, acting in the direction shown. Determine the radius of curvature of the path at point A and the tangential component of acceleration.