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Review Module – Classical Physics

CLASSICAL PHYSICS 19. A special electronic sensor is embedded in the seat of a car that takes
RECTILINEAR MOTION: riders around a circular loop-the-loop ride at an amusement park. The
vf = v0 + at sensor measures the magnitude of the normal force that the seat exerts
vf2 = v02 + 2a∆s on a rider. The loop-the-loop ride is in the vertical plane and its radius is
1 21 m. Sitting on the seat before the ride starts, a rider is level and
s = s0 + v0 t + at2
2
stationary, and the electronic sensor reads 770 N. At the top of the loop,
1. The car left from point O and moves in a straight line such that for a
the rider is upside down and moving, and the sensor reads 350 N. What is
short time its velocity is defined by v=(3t 2+2t) m/s, where t is in seconds.
the speed of the rider at the top of the loop?
Determine its position and acceleration when t=3s. Note: When t=0, s=0.
CURVILINEAR MOTION:
2. The three-toed sloth is the slowest-moving land mammal. On the
20. The van travels over the hill described by y=(-1.5(10-3)x2+15) meters.
ground, the sloth moves at an average speed of 0.037 m/s, considerably
If it has a constant speed of 75 m/s. Determine the x and y component of
slower than the giant tortoise, which walks at 0.076 m/s. After 12 minutes
the van’s velocity and acceleration when x=50m.
of walking, how much further would the tortoise have gone relative to the
sloth? x2
21. A road is represented by a curve y = 16 − . If the car passes at point
625
3. A jetliner, traveling northward, is landing with a speed of 69 m/s. A which is at the origin point with a speed of 20 m/s and begins to increase
Once the jet touches down, it has 750 m of runway in which to reduce its its speed at a constant rate of at=0.5 m/s2, determine the magnitude
speed to 6.1 m/s. Compute the average acceleration (magnitude and of the car’s acceleration at point B which is 101.68m along the curve.
direction) of the plane during landing.
22. Determine the initial velocity Vo when the corresponding angle θo=30˚
4. A car is traveling at a constant speed of 33 m/s on a highway. At the at which the ball must be kicked in order for it to just cross over the 3-m
instant this car passes an entrance ramp, a second car enters the highway high fence. The fence is 6m from the kicker.
from the ramp. The second car starts from rest and has a constant
acceleration. What acceleration must it maintain, so that the two cars meet 23-24. A basketball player released a ball by 30˚ at point A and enter the
for the first time at the next exit, which is 2.5 km away? ring at point B, 10 meters away from the player. The height of the player is
2m and the height of the ring is 3m. Neglecting the size of the ball,
5. An astronaut on a distant planet wants to determine its acceleration due determine the magnitude of the velocity of the ball when release by the
to gravity. The astronaut throws a rock straight up with a velocity of +15 player and when it passes through the basket.
m/s and measures a time of 20.0 s before the rock returns to his hand.
What is the acceleration (magnitude and direction) due to gravity on this
planet? ERRATIC MOTION:
The velocity of a car is plotted as shown.
ROTATIONAL MOTION:
ωf = ω0 + αt
ωf 2 = ω20 + 2α∆θ
1
θ = θ0 + ω0 t + αt2
2

Initially, a ball has an angular velocity of 5.0 rad/s counterclockwise.

Sometime later, after rotating through a total angle of 5.5 radians, the ball
has an angular velocity of 1.5 rad/s clockwise.
6. What is the angular acceleration?
7. What is the average angular velocity?
8. How much time did this take? The velocity of a car is plotted as shown.
9. At some point the angular velocity of the ball had to have been zero. 25. Determine the acceleration from the 40 to 80 second mark.
10. At what angle from its initial orientation did this occur and how long did 26. Determine the total distance the car moves until it stops (t=80s).
it take? 27. Determine the average velocity of the car from 0 to 80 second mark.

11. The radius of each wheel on a bicycle is 0.400 m. The bicycle travels The acceleration of a rocket is plotted as shown.
a distance of 3.0 km. Assuming that the wheels do not slip, how many
revolutions does each wheel make?

General Force Equation: F=ma

V2
Centrifugal/Centripetal Acceleration: acentrifugal/centripetal =
R

The angular velocity of the disk is defined by ω=5t +2 rad/s, where “t” is in
2

seconds. Radius of the disk is 0.8m.

12. Determine the magnitude of the velocity at point A on the disk when
t=0.5s.
13. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration at point A on the disk
when t=0.5 s.
28. When the rocket started from rest, determine the velocity at point B.
14. A car travels at a constant speed around a circular track whose radius 29. When the rocket started from rest, determine the total distance traveled
is 2.6 km. The car goes once around the track in 360 s. What is the from point A to C.
magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the car? 30. If the acceleration at point B to C be replaced with a constant
deceleration to make the rocket stop at point C, what should be the value
15. An exit ramp on a certain interstate has a radius of curvature of 75m. of the negative acceleration?
If the ramp is banked 20 degrees, what is the maximum speed that can
safely be executed?
FORCE AND ACCELERATION
A stone of mass 2 kg is whirled in a horizontal circle attached at one end 31. The coefficient of kinetic friction under block A is 0.30 and under block
of 0.50m long string. If a string makes an angle of 30° with the vertical. A. B is 0.20. Find the acceleration of the system and the tension in each
16. What is the centripetal force acting on it? chord.
17. What is the Tension of the string?
18. Calculate the Period?

ft/s2, T1
= 90.91
lb, T2 =
255.36
lb
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Review Module – Classical Physics

The 100-kg block A shown is released from
rest. If the masses of the pulleys and the IMPACT – occurs when two bodies collide with each other during a very
cord are neglected, short period of time, causing relatively large (impulsive) forces to be
32. Determine the acceleration of block A. exerted between the bodies.
33. Determine the speed of the 20-kg block
B in 2 seconds.
34. Determine the tension on the cord
attached to B.

WORK AND ENERGY THEOREM

4. A block weighing 500-N is dropped from a height of 1.3 meters upon a
spring whose modulus is 20 N/mm. What velocity will the block have at the
instant the spring is deformed 100 mm? (Nov 2017)
1. Momentum of the SYSTEM is conserved along the LINE OF
35. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the 100-kg crate and the IMPACT.
plane is μk = 0.25, determine the compression x of the spring required to 2. Momentum of particle A and B is conserved perpendicular
bring the crate momentarily to rest. Initially the spring is unstretched and to the line of impact since no impulse acts on particle A
the crate is at rest. and B in this direction.

The 3-kg ball is thrown at the suspended 20-kg block with a velocity
of 5 m/s. If the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the
block is e = 0.8.
41. Determine the maximum height h to which the block will swing
before it momentarily stops. 21.8 mm
42. If the time of impact between the ball and the block is .005 s,
determine the average normal force exerted on the block during
this time. 2618 N

36. A block weighing 100 kN is pushed by a horizontal force of 100 kN

along a smooth horizontal plane from A to B, 10 m long. The velocity of the
block at A is 10 m/s. The block is released at B and passes through an
upward circular arc BC (tangent to B) of radius 10 m and central angle 45⁰,
and along an inclined plane CD tangent to the arc at C. Determine the
distance along CD that the block will move before it comes to rest?

IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM

∑𝐦𝐯 = ∫ 𝐅𝐝𝐭
43. Two smooth disks A and B, having a mass of 1 kg and 2 kg,
37. A 400-N block slides on a horizontal plane from rest by applying respectively, collide with the velocities shown in. If the coefficient of
a horizontal force 200 N and reaches a velocity of 10 m/s in a restitution for the disks is e = 0.75, determine the x and y
distance of 30 m from rest. If the friction force is 130 N, find the components of the final velocity of each disk just after collision.
time the block moves from rest.

An 800-kg rigid pile is driven into the ground using a 300- kg

hammer. The hammer falls from rest at a height of 0.5 m and
strikes the top of the pile. The pile is surrounded entirely by loose
sand so that after striking, the hammer does not rebound off the
pile.

38. Determine the velocity of the hammer right before striking the
pile.

39. Determine the velocity of the hammer and the pile right after
collision.

40. Determine the impulse which the pile exerts on the hammer.

“Long-term consistency trumps short-

term intensity, always.”