Physics, Mechanics and Strength of Materials

For items 1 and 2: The radius of the outer sphere is 0.1520 m and its potential is
A small spherical insulator of mass 8.00 x 10-2 kg and charge +0.600 82.0 V. If the region between the two spheres is filled with
μC is hung by a thin wire with negligible mass. A charge of -0.900 μC Teflon (κ=2.1), find the electric energy contained in this space.
is held 0.150 m away from the sphere and directly to the right of it so a. 1.2 x 10-8 J c. 2.3 x 10-8 J
the wire makes an angle θ to the vertical. b. 4.5 x 10 J-8 d. 7.8 x 10-8 J
1. What is the value of θ (in degrees)? 9. The heating element in an iron has a resistance of 16 Ω and is
a. 7.85 c. 15.40 connected to a 120-V wall socket. What is the peak power?
b. 21.21 d. 28.11 a. 900 W c. 1,273 W
2. What is the tension in the wire? b. 1,800 W d. 2,700 W
a. 0.813 N c. 0.221 N 10. The rear window defogger of a car consists of thirteen thin
b. 0.381 N d. 0.122 N wires (ρ = 88.0 x 10-8 Ω-m) embedded in the glass. The wires
3. A small plastic ball of mass 6.50 x 10-3 kg and charge +0.150 are connected in parallel to the 12.0-V battery, and each has a
μC is suspended from an insulating thread and hangs between length of 1.30 m. The defogger can melt 2.10 x 10-2 kg of ice (Lf
the plates of a capacitor. The ball is in equilibrium, with the = 33.5 x 104 J/kg) at 273.15 K to water at the same
thread making an angle of 30.0o to the vertical. The area of temperature. What is the cross-sectional area of the wire?
each plate is 0.0150 m2. What is the magnitude of the charge a. 4.68 x 10-8 m2 c. 2.18 x 10-8 m2
on each plate? b. 3.58 x 10 m -8 2 d. 5.78 x 10-8 m2
For items 11 and 12:
a. 325 μC c. 146 μC
The currents on the given circuit below are constants. If the given
b. 78 μC d. 298 μC
circuit has been left closed for a very long time:
For items 4-6: In the circuit below, the resistors all have the
same resistance. The battery, wires, and ammeter have
negligible resistance. A closed switch also has negligible
resistance.

11. The value of I2 is?

a. 0.25 Amp c. 0.50 Amp
b. 0.75 Amp d. None of these
12. The charge in the capacitor is?
4. Closing which of the switches will produce the greatest
a. 0.25 μC c. 0.50 μC
power dissipation in R2?
b. 0.75 μC d. None of these
a. S1 only c. S2 only
b. S1 and S2 only d. All switches For items 13 and 14:
A proton travels at 5.0 x 106 m/s along the +y-axis then a uniform 30
5. Closing which of the switches will produce the greatest
G magnetic field pointing out of the page.
reading on the ammeter?
a. S1 and S2 only c. S1 and S3 only 13. The magnitude of the force that the proton experiences is:
b. S2 and S3 only d. All switches a. 2.4 x 10-15 N c. 1.2 x 10-15 N
6. Closing which of the switches will produce the greatest b. 3.6 x 10-15 N d. 8.4 x 10-15 N
voltage across R3? 14. The description of the proton’s motion is:
a. S1 only c. S2 only a. Slows down, stops, then reverses direction
b. S1 and S2 only d. All switches b. Speeds up indefinitely
7. The potential at location A is 452 V. A positively charged c. Rotates at an orbit with radius of 17 m
particle is released there from rest and arrives at location B with d. Flies out of the page while slowing down
a speed vB. The potential at location C is 791 V, and when 15. An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential
released from this spot, the particle arrives at B with twice the difference of 800 V. It then moves perpendicularly to a
speed it previously had, or 2vB. Find the potential at B. magnetic field of 30 G. Find its orbital frequency.
a. 156 V c. 278 V a. 71 MHz c. 101 MHz
b. 447 V d. 339 V b. 84 MHz d. 97 MHz
8. Two hollow metal spheres are concentric with each other. The
inner sphere has a radius of 0.1500 m and a potential of 85.0 V.
16. A step-up transformer is used on a 120-V line to furnish 1800 V. 24. Which of the following characterizes the image when the
The primary has 100 turns. How many turns are on the object is in the position shown?
secondary? a. Real, inverted, and smaller
a. 1500 Turns c. 7 Turns b. Virtual, upright, and larger
b. 2160 Turns d. None of these c. Real, upright, and larger
17. It is a device that can generate DC from an AC input. d. Virtual, upright and smaller
a. Rectifier c. Transformer
b. Inverter d. Diode For items 25 and 26:
For items 18 and 19: A string vibrates in five segments to a A train has a length of 92 m and starts from rest with a
frequency of 460 Hz. constant acceleration at time t = 0 s. At this instant, a car just
18. What is its fundamental frequency? reaches the end of the train. The car is now moving with a
a. 46 Hz c. 92 Hz constant velocity. At a time t = 14 s, the car just reaches the
b. 138 Hz d. 184 Hz front of the train. Ultimately, however, the train pulls ahead of
19. What frequency will cause it to vibrate on its second the car and at time t = 28 s, the car is at the rear of the train.
overtone?
a. 138 Hz c. 276 Hz 25. What is the train’s acceleration?
b. 414 Hz d. 736 Hz a. 0.36 m/s2 c. 0.81 m/s2
20. A car moving at 20 m/s with its horn blowing (f = 1200 Hz) is b. 0.93 m/s2 d. 0.47 m/s2
chasing another car going at 15 m/s. What is the apparent 26. What is the car’s velocity?
frequency of the horn as heard by the driver being chased?
a. 5.04 m/s c. 11.34 m/s
Take the speed of sound to be 340 m/s.
b. 13.02 m/s d. 6.58 m/s
a. 1.18 kHz c. 1.08 kHz
27. A projectile is fired up the inclined plane at an initial
b. 1.22 kHz d. 1.33 kHz
velocity of 15 m/s. The plane is making an angle of 30°
21. Where an object should be placed, with reference to a concave
spherical mirror of radius 180 cm, to form a real image having from the horizontal. If the projectile was fired at 30° from
half its linear dimensions? the incline, compute the maximum height z measured
a. 0.27 m from the mirror perpendicular to the incline that is reached by the
b. at the focus projectile. Neglect air resistance.
c. 0.45 m from the focus a. 3.3 m c. 2.2 m
d. 0.16 m from the mirror b. 4.4 m d. 5.5 m
22. A pool of water (n = 4/3) is 60 cm deep. Find its apparent 28. Block A rests on top of block B resting on a flat surface
depth when viewed vertically through air. and both blocks are connected by a massless rope
a. 45 cm c. 80 cm through a pulley that is pinned at the wall. If block A
b. 90 cm d. 160 cm weighs 4 N and block B weighs 8 N, the coefficient of
For items 23 and 24: An object O is located at point P to the sliding friction between all surfaces is 0.25, find the force
left of a converging lens, as shown below. F1 and F2 are the necessary to drag B to the left at constant speed.
focal points of the lens. a. 3 N c. 2 N
b. 4 N d. 5 N
29. We want to load a 12-kg crate into a truck by sliding it up
a ramp 2.5 m long, inclined at 300. A worker, giving no
thought to friction, calculates that he can get the crate up
the ramp by giving it an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s at the
bottom and letting it go. But friction is not negligible; the
23. If the focal length of the lens is 0.40 m and point P is 0.30 crate slides 1.6 m up the ramp, stops, and slides back
m to the left of the lens, where is the image of the object down. How fast (in m/s) is the crate moving when it
located? reaches the bottom of the ramp?
a. 1.2 m to the left of the lens a. 5.0 b. 2.5 c. 3.1 d. 4.6
b. 0.17 m to the left of the lens 30. An electric motor is turned off and its angular velocity
c. 1.2 m to the right of the lens decreases uniformly from 1000 rpm to 400 rpm in 5 sec.
d. 0.17 m to the right of the lens How much revolutions (in rad) were made by the motor?
a. 87.02 b. 91.33 c. 51.95 d. 21.63
31. A flywheel has a moment of inertia of 3.8 kg-m2. What b. 8 ft from A d. At point B
constant torque (N-m) is required to increase its 38. What is the magnitude of the maximum shear?
frequency from 2.0 rev/s to 5.0 rev/s in 6.0 rev? a. 1000 lbs c. 1160 lbs
a. 21 b. 42 c. 84 d. NOTA b. 2160 lbs d. 3160 lbs
32. A 5-kg rifle fires a 15-g bullet at a muzzle velocity of 600 39. Where is the maximum moment?
m/s. What is the recoil velocity (m/s) of the rifle? a. 8.2 ft from A c. 4.1 ft from A
a. 1.8 b. 18 c. 1.3 d. 13 b. At point B d. At the midpoint
33. Find the centroid of the given figure: 40. What is the magnitude of the maximum moment?
a. 3445 lb-ft c. 1674 lb-ft
b. 5443 lb-ft d. 4761 lb-ft
41. A cylindrical pressure vessel is fabricated from steel
plating that has a thickness of 20 mm. The diameter of
the pressure vessel is 450 mm and its length is 2.0 m.
Determine the maximum internal pressure that can be
applied if the longitudinal stress is limited to 140 MPa,
and the circumferential stress is limited to 60 MPa.
a. (39.71, 30.39) c. (27.11, 31.33) a. 23.4 MPa c. 5.33 MPa
b. (30.39, 39.71) d. (31.33, 27.11) b. 3.24 MPa d. 35.3 MPa
34. A hollow square cross section consists of an 8 in. by 8 in.
For items 42 and 43:
square from which is subtracted a concentrically placed A steel rod with a cross-sectional area of 0.25 in2 is stretched
square 4 in. by 4 in. Find the polar moment of inertia and between two fixed points. The tensile load at 70°F is 1200 lb.
the polar radius of gyration with respect to a z axis Assume α = 6.5 × 10-6 in/(in·°F) and E = 29 × 106 psi.
passing through one of the outside corners.
42. What will be the stress at 0 °F?
a. 2176 in4 c. 1672 in4
b. 3318 in 4 d. 1383 in4 a. 13.2 kips c. 12.0 kips
For items 35 and 36: b. 15.7 kips d. 14.5 kips
43. At what temperature is the stress zero?
The Warren truss is loaded as shown below.
a. 102.7 °F c. 95.5 °F
b. 89.1 °F d. 113.8 °F
44. An aluminum bar having a cross-sectional area of 0.5
in2 carries the axial loads applied at the positions shown.
Compute the total change in length of the bar if E = 10 ×
106 psi. Assume the bar is suitably braced to prevent
lateral buckling.

35. The force at section CE is:

a. 5 kN T c. 25 kN C
b. 15 kN T d. 10 kN C a. 0.07 in lengthening c. 0.07 in shortening
36. The force at section DF is: b. 0.12 in lengthening d. 0.12 in shortening
a. 45 kN T c. 80 kN T 45. It is a constant that relates the stress experienced by a
b. 90 kN T d. 160 kN T material to the force applied perpendicularly to a given
For items 37 – 40: cross-sectional area.
Consider the given beam; find the position and the magnitude a. Young’s Modulus c. Bulk Modulus
of the maximum shear and the maximum moment. b. Shear Modulus d. Constant of Rigidity

”A chemical engineer is a person who knows a lot of chemistry

to confuse a mechanic; a lot of mechanics to confuse a
chemist; and a lot of mathematics to confuse himself.”

- Anonymous
37. Where is the maximum shear?
a. At point A c. 6 ft from A