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    1. The document provides 13 problems related to curvilinear motion and forces. The problems involve calculating accelerations, forces, and speeds for objects moving along curved paths like circles and parabolas. 2. Example calculations include finding the tangential and normal accelerations of a locomotive moving along a circular curve, determining the maximum normal acceleration of a particle moving along a parabolic path, and calculating the total friction force on a man walking outward on a rotating turntable. 3. The problems cover topics like curvilinear motion, forces on objects in circular motion, friction, and analyzing the motion and forces on vehicles traveling along curved roads or tracks.

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    1. The document provides 13 problems related to curvilinear motion and forces. The problems involve calculating accelerations, forces, and speeds for objects moving along curved paths like circles and parabolas. 2. Example calculations include finding the tangential and normal accelerations of a locomotive moving along a circular curve, determining the maximum normal acceleration of a particle moving along a parabolic path, and calculating the total friction force on a man walking outward on a rotating turntable. 3. The problems cover topics like curvilinear motion, forces on objects in circular motion, friction, and analyzing the motion and forces on vehicles traveling along curved roads or tracks.

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    1. The document provides 13 problems related to curvilinear motion and forces. The problems involve calculating accelerations, forces, and speeds for objects moving along curved paths like circles and parabolas. 2. Example calculations include finding the tangential and normal accelerations of a locomotive moving along a circular curve, determining the maximum normal acceleration of a particle moving along a parabolic path, and calculating the total friction force on a man walking outward on a rotating turntable. 3. The problems cover topics like curvilinear motion, forces on objects in circular motion, friction, and analyzing the motion and forces on vehicles traveling along curved roads or tracks.

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    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR 7.

    A locomotive of weight W = 60 tons goes around a curve of radius r =


    ENGINEERING MECHANICS 1,000 ft at a uniform speed of 45 mph. Determine the total lateral thrust on
    First / Second Semester (All Branch) the rails. (Ans. 16,250 lb outward.)
    COURSE NO. ME 101 LTPC
    3 104 8. A motorcycle and rider of total weight W
    ASSIGNMENT – 21
    = 500 lb travel in a vertical plane with
    constant speed v = 45 mph along the circular
    1. At the instant t = 0, a locomotive starts to move with uniformly
    curve AB of radius r = 1,000 ft, as shown in
    accelerated speed along a circular curve of radius r = 2,000 ft and acquires
    Fig. B. Find the reaction R exerted on the
    by the end of the first 60 sec of motion a speed equal to 15 mph. Find the
    motor cycle by the track as it passes the crest
    tangential and normal accelerations at the instant t = 30 sec. Ans. at =
    2 2 C of the curve. (Ans. R - 432 lb.)
    0.367 ft/sec ; (an)t = 30 = 0.0605 ft/sec )
    9. In Fig. C, a horizontal turntable rotates about a fixed
    2. Prove that, if ends A and B of a bar AB of length 2l
    vertical axis through O with constant angular speed ω
    (Fig. A) are constrained to move along the y and x
    so that at any instant t, the angle AoOA = ωt, as shown.
    axes, respectively, its mid-point C describes a circle of
    As it does so, a man M of weight W = 160 lb, starting
    radius l with center at O while any intermediate point
    from O when t = 0, walks with constant speed v = 3
    D describes an ellipse with major and minor semi axes
    fps outward along the rotating line OA on the
    l + b and l - b, respectively.
    turntable. Find the total friction force F between the
    3. The plane curvilinear motion of a particle is defined by the displacement
    man's feet and the floor of the turntable at the instant t
    equations x = v0t and y = h cos 2πv0t/l. Find the maximum normal = 2π/ω, that is, at the end of one revolution of the table.
    acceleration of the particle if v0 = 10 fps, h = 1, and l = 10ft. Find also the Assume ω = 1 radian/sec. (Ans. F = 98.5 lb.)
    equation of the path y = f(x). (Ans. (an)max = 4π2 ft/sec2.)
    10. In Fig. D, the bob of conical pendulum of length
    4. Starting from rest, a particle moves along a circular path of radius r so
    l and weight W describes a horizontal circle defined
    that the distance travelled is given by the expression s = ct2, where c is a by the equations: x = a cos ωt and y = a sin ωt ,
    constant. Find the tangential and normal components of acceleration of the where a is the radius of the circular path and ω is a
    particle. (Ans. at = 2c, an = 4c2t2/r.) constant. Prove that the tension T in the string is
    constant during such motion and find its
    5. A particle travels with constant speed v along a parabolic path defined magnitude. (Ans. T = (W/g) ω2l. )
    by the equation y = kx2, where k is a constant. Find the maximum
    acceleration of the particle. (Ans. amax = 2kv2.)
    11. The coefficient of friction between wet asphalt pavement and the tires
    6. Small oscillations of a simple pendulum of weight W and length l are of an automobile is found to have the value µ = 0.20. At what constant
    defined by the equation s = s0 cos pt, where s0 is the amplitude of swing speed v can the automobile travel around a curve of radius r = 800 ft without
    skidding if the road is level? (Ans. (v)max = 49 mph.)
    and p is a constant equal to √𝑔/𝑙. Determine the maximum value of the
    tensile force T in the string. (Ans. Tmax = W(1+s02/l2). )
    12. A small block of weight W rests on a
    horizontal turntable at a distance r from the
    axis of rotation (Fig. E). If the coefficient of
    friction between the block and the surface of
    the turntable is µ, find the maximum uniform
    speed vm that block can have owing to
    rotation of the turntable without slipping off.
    (Ans. vm =√µ𝑔𝑟) )

    13. An automobile of weight W travels with uniform speed v over a vertical


    curve ACB (Fig. F) which is parabolic. Determine the total pressure R
    exerted on the road by the four wheels of the car as it passes the crest C if
    δ = 4 ft, l = 200 ft, v = 60 mph. (Ans. R = 0.81 W)

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