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University of Bahrain Department of Mechanical Engineering MENG 263 TUTORIAL # 4 (Chapter 3)

This document contains 20 physics problems related to mechanics. It provides questions, answers, and context for problems involving collisions, springs, projectile motion, efficiency, and more. Key details include calculations for speed, displacement, energy loss, and other variables based on given mass, force, velocity, stiffness, and other physical properties. The problems cover concepts like work, kinetic energy, momentum, and Newton's laws of motion.

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University of Bahrain Department of Mechanical Engineering MENG 263 TUTORIAL # 4 (Chapter 3)

This document contains 20 physics problems related to mechanics. It provides questions, answers, and context for problems involving collisions, springs, projectile motion, efficiency, and more. Key details include calculations for speed, displacement, energy loss, and other variables based on given mass, force, velocity, stiffness, and other physical properties. The problems cover concepts like work, kinetic energy, momentum, and Newton's laws of motion.

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University of Bahrain

Department of Mechanical Engineering


MENG 263
TUTORIAL # 4 (Chapter 3)
Q1.The car having a mass of 2 Mg is originally
travelling at 2 m/s, Determine the distance it must
be towed by a force F = 4 kN in order to attain a
speed of 5 m/s. Neglect friction and the mass of
the wheels.
( Ans. S= 59.7 m )
Q2. Design considerations for the bumper B on the
5-Mg train car require use of a nonlinear spring
having the load-deflection characteristics shown
in the graph. Select the proper value of k so that
the maximum deflection of the spring is limited
to 0.2 m when the car, travelling at 4 m/s. strikes
the rigid stop. Neglect the mass of the car wheels.
( Ans. K = 15.0 MN/m2 )
Q3. Determine the height h to the top of the incline
D to which the 200-kg roller coaster car will
reach, if it is launched at B with a speed just
sufficient for it to round the top of the loop at C
without leaving the track. The radius of curvature
at C is ρC = 25 m.
( Ans. h = 47.5 m )

Q4. It is required that when the 2-kg smooth collar is


drawn back to point B and released from rest, the
collar attains a speed of 2 m/s when it arrives at
point A. Determine the necessary unstretched
length of the spring if it has a stiffness k = 3 N/m.
( Ans. l = 3.33 m )

Q5. Marbles having a mass of 5 g fall from rest at A


through the glass tube and accumulate in the can at
C. Determine the placement R of the can from the
end of the tube and the speed at which the marbles
fall into the can. Neglect the size of the can.
(Ans. R = 2.83 m , vc = 7.67 m/s )
Q6. The steel ingot has a mass of 1800 kg. It travels
along the conveyor at a speed v = 0.5 m/s when it
collides with the ‘‘nested’’ spring assembly. If the
stiffness of the outer spring kA = 5 kN/m, determine
the required stiffness kB of the inner spring so that
the motion of the ingot is stopped at the moment
the front, C, of the ingot is 0.3 m from the wall.
( Ans. kB = 11.1 kN/m )
Q7. The 25-N cylinder is falling from A with a speed
vA = 3 m/s onto the platform. Determine the
maximum displacement of the platform, caused by
the collision. The spring has an un stretched length
of 0.53 m and is originally kept in compression by
the 0.3-m long cables attached to the platform.
Neglect the mass of the platform and spring and
any energy lost during the collision.
( Ans. S = 22 mm )
Q8. The collar has a mass of 20 kg and slides along the
smooth rod. Two springs are attached to it and the
ends of the rod as shown. If each spring has an
uncompressed length of I m and the collar has a
speed of 2 m/s when s = 0, determine the maximum
compression of each spring due to the back-and-
forth (oscillating) motion of the collar.
( Ans. S = 0.730 m )

Q9. The assembly consists of two blocks A and B


which have a mass of 20 kg and 30 kg, respectively.
Determine the speed of each block when B descends
1.5 m. The blocks are released from rest. Neglect the
mass of the pulleys and cords.
( Ans. vA = 1.54 m/s , vB = 4.62 m/s )

Q10. The skier starts from rest at A and travels down


the ramp. If friction and air resistance can be
neglected, determine his speed v when he
reaches B. Also, compute the distances to where
he strikes the ground at C, if he makes the jump
travelling horizontally at B. Neglect the skier’s
size. He has a mass of 70kg.
(Ans. v = 30.04 m/s , S = 130 m , t = 3.75 s )
Q11. A 2-kg collar is attached to a spring and slides
without friction in a vertical plane along the
curved rod ABC. The spring is undeformed when
the collar is at C and its constant is 600 N/m. If
the collar is released at A with no initial velocity,
determine its ‘velocity (a) as it passes through B,
(b) as it reaches.
( Ans. vB = 2.48 m/s, vC = 1.732 m/s )

Q12. The motor M is used to hoist the 500-kg elevator


upward with a constant velocity CE = 8 m/s. If
the motor draws 60 kW of electrical power,
determine the motor’s efficiency. Neglect the
mass of the pulleys and cable.

( Ans. 0.654 )

Q13. The car A has a weight of 22.5 kN and is traveling to


the right at 0.9 m/s. Meanwhile a 15-kN car B is
traveling at 1.8 m/s to the left. If the cars crash head-
on and become entangled, determine their common
velocity just after the collision and percentage of the
original energy lost during the impact. Assume that
the brakes are not applied during collision .

( Ans. v2= -0.18 m/s)

Q14. The man M weighs 750 N and jumps onto the


boat B which is originally at rest. If he has a
horizontal component of velocity of 0.9 m/s just
before he enters the boat, determine the weight the
boat if it has a velocity of 0.6 m/s once the man
enters it.

( Ans. WB = 376.04 N )

Q15. The 20-g bullet is fired horizontally at (v) = 1200


m/s into the 300-g block which rests on the smooth
surface. Determine the distance the block moves to
the right before momentarily coming to rest. The
spring has a stiffness k 200 N/m and is originally
unstretched.

( Ans. X = 3m )
Q16. A 60-g bullet is fired horizontally with a
velocity = 600 m/s into the 3-kg block of soft
wood initially at rest on the horizontal surface.
The bullet emerges from the block with the
velocity = 400 m/s, and the block is observed
to slide a distance of 2.70 m before coming to
rest. Determine the coefficient of kinetic
friction μk between the block and the
supporting surface.
( Ans. μk = 0.302 )

Q17. A 2.5-lb block B is moving with a velocity of


magnitude v0 = 6 ft/s as it hits the 1.5-lb sphere A,
which is at rest and hanging from a cord attached at
O. Knowing that μk = 0.6 between the block and the
horizontal surface and e = 0.8 between the block and
the sphere, determine after impact, (a) the maximum
height h reached by the sphere, (b) the distance x
traveled by the block..

( Ans. h = 8.49 in , x = 1.1808 in )

Q18. The ping-pong ball has a mass of 2 g. If it is struck


with the velocity shown, determine how high h it rises
above the end of the smooth table after the rebound.
Take e = 0.8.

( Ans. h = 0.390 m )

Q19. As a check of the basketball before the start of a


game, the referee releases the ball from the overhead
position shown, and the ball rebounds to about waist
level. Determine the coefficient of restitution e and
the percentage n of the original energy lost during the
impact.

( Ans. e = 0.724, n = 47.6% )


Q20. The two cars collide at right angles in the
intersection of two icy roads. Car A has a mass of
1200 kg and car B has a mass of 1600 kg. The cars
become entangled and move off together with a
common velocity v’ in the direction indicated. If car
A was travelling 50 km/h at the instant of impact,
compute the corresponding velocity of car B just
before impact.

( Ans. vB = 21.7 km/h )

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