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Dynamics Tutorial Sheet 5 - Rigid Body Kinetics

The document discusses five problems involving rigid body kinetics. The problems involve calculating values like tensions, accelerations, reactions, and minimum coefficients of friction for systems with masses, drums, wheels, and links undergoing translational or rotational motion under various forces and accelerations.

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Dynamics Tutorial Sheet 5 - Rigid Body Kinetics

The document discusses five problems involving rigid body kinetics. The problems involve calculating values like tensions, accelerations, reactions, and minimum coefficients of friction for systems with masses, drums, wheels, and links undergoing translational or rotational motion under various forces and accelerations.

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MEC134 – Engineering Mechanics

Dynamics Tutorial Sheet 5


RIGID BODY KINETICS

1. Figure 1 shows a passenger jet with a landing speed of 200 km/h that reduces
its speed to 50 km/h with a reverse thrust R from its jet engines in a distance
of 450m along the runway with constant deceleration. The total mass of the
jet is 125x103 kg with the centre of mass at G. If aerodynamic forces are
negligible at the lower speed, determine the deceleration, the reverse thrust R
and the reaction RB under the nose wheel B towards the end of the jet engine
braking interval and prior to the application of mechanical braking.

Figure 1

2. The mine skip shown in Figure 2 has a loaded mass of 2000 kg and is attached
to the towing vehicle by the light hinged link CD. If the towing vehicle has an
acceleration of 3 m/s2, calculate the tension T in the tie-bar CD and
corresponding reactions under each of the two small wheels at A and B.

Figure 2
3. In the simple mechanism shown in Figure 3, the drum is a uniform cylinder and
has a radius of 250 mm and a mass of 15 kg. Friction at the bearing is
negligible. Determine:

(a) the moment of inertia of the drum


(b) the tensions T1, T2 and the downward acceleration of the 10 kg mass
(c) the tensions T1, T2 and the downward acceleration of the 10 kg mass if
the drum is considered to have no mass.

Figure 3

4. Figure 4 shows a mass of 15 kg moving with a downward velocity of 5 m/s. The


moment of inertia of the drum is 20 kg m2 and it rotates in frictionless
bearings. The coefficients of friction between the brake block at A and the
drum are µs = 0.5 and µk = 0.4. Calculate the deceleration of the pulley, the
force F which must be applied at E to stop the system in two seconds, and
determine the magnitude and direction of the reaction at D.

Figure 4
5. Figure 5 shows a 30 kg wheel with a radius of gyration of 150 mm about its
central axis, and a centre of mass also located on the central axis. If friction is
sufficient to prevent slipping, determine the acceleration of the centre of the
wheel and the friction force F acting on the wheel during its downhill roll.
What is the minimum coefficient of friction required to prevent slipping?

Figure 5
Numerical Answers

1. deceleration = 3.22 m/s2 R = 402 kN RB = 228 kN ↑

2. T = 6.12 kN RA = 5.69 kN ↑ RB = 3.53 kN ↑

3.
(a) I = 0.469 kgm2
(b) T1 = 90.4N T2 = 84.6N a = 0.769 m/s2 ↓
(c) T1 = T2 = 87.2 N a = 1.09 m/s2 ↓

4. deceleration is 5 rad/s2 F = 154 N →


RD = 551 N at 27.8º

5. a = 2.61 m/s2 F =34.8N


µmin= 0.128

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