Worksheet

Assignment One (Individual)

(Q2, Q3, Q5, Q9, Q13, Q14, Q16, Q17, Q20, Q21, Q22, Q25)

Deadline: 30/12/2022

Rectilinear Motion

1. A girl rolls a ball up an incline and allows it to return to her. For the angle θ and ball
involved, the acceleration of the ball along the incline is constant at 0.25g, directed down
the incline. If the ball is released with a speed of 4 m /s, determine the distance s it moves
up the incline before reversing its direction and the total time t required for the ball to
return to the child’s hand.

2. Car A is traveling at a constant speed VA = 130 km/ h at a location where the speed limit
is 100 km / h. The police officer in car P observes this speed via radar. At the moment
when A passes P, the police car begins to accelerate at the constant rate of 6 m/s2 until a
speed of 160 km / h is achieved, and that speed is then maintained. Determine the
distance required for the police officer to overtake car A. Neglect any non-rectilinear
motion of P.
3. A Scotch-yoke mechanism is used to convert rotary motion into reciprocating motion. As
the disk rotates at the constant angular rate ꞷ, a pin A slides in a vertical slot causing the
slotted member to displace horizontally according to x = rsin(ꞷt) relative to the fixed disk
center O. Determine the expressions for the velocity and acceleration of a point P on the
output shaft of the mechanism as functions of time, and determine the maximum velocity
and acceleration of point P during one cycle. Use the values r = 75 mm and ꞷ = 𝜋rad /s.

4. On its takeoff roll, the airplane starts from rest and accelerates according to a = ao − kv2,
where ao is the constant acceleration resulting from the engine thrust and −kv2 is the
acceleration due to aerodynamic drag. If ao = 2 m/s2, k = 0.00004 m-1, and v is in meters
per second, determine the design length of runway required for the airplane to reach the
takeoff speed of 250 km /h if the drag term is (a) excluded and (b) included.

Plane Curvilinear Motion

5. For a certain interval of motion the pin A is forced to move in the fixed parabolic slot by
the horizontal slotted arm which is elevated in the y-direction at the constant rate of 3 in.
/sec. All measurements are in inches and seconds. Calculate the velocity v and
acceleration a of pin A when x = 6 in.
6. In a basketball game, the point guard A intends to throw a pass to the shooting guard B,
who is breaking toward the basket at a constant speed of 12ft /sec. If the shooting guard is
to catch the ball at a height of 7ft at C while in full stride to execute a layup, determine
the speed Vo and launch angle θ with which the point guard should throw the ball.

7. A boy tosses a ball onto the roof of a house. For the launch conditions shown, determine
the slant distance s to the point of impact. Also, determine the angle θ which the velocity
of the ball makes with the roof at the moment of impact.

8. If the tennis player serves the ball horizontally (θ = 0), calculate its velocity v if the
center of the ball clears the 0.9-m net by 150 mm. Also find the distance s from the net to
the point where the ball hits the court surface. Neglect air resistance and the effect of ball
spin.
9. A projectile is fi red with a velocity u at right angles to the slope, which is inclined at an
angle θ with the horizontal. Derive an expression for the distance R to the point of
impact.

Normal and Tangential

10. A test car starts from rest on a horizontal circular track of 80-m radius and increases its
speed at a uniform rate to reach 100 km / h in 10 seconds. Determine the magnitude a of
the total acceleration of the car 8 seconds after the start.
11. If the compact disc is spinning at a constant angular rate θ̇ = 360 rev/min, determine the
magnitudes of the accelerations of points A and B at the instant shown.

12. The car C increases its speed at the constant rate of 1.5 m/s2 as it rounds the curve shown.
If the magnitude of the total acceleration of the car is 2.5 m/s2 at point A where the radius
of curvature is 200 m, compute the speed v of the car at this point.

13. During a short interval the slotted guides are designed to move according to x = 16 − 12t
+ 4t2 and y = 2 + 15t − 3t2, where x and y are in millimeters and t is in seconds. At the
instant when t = 2 s, determine the radius of curvature 𝜌 of the path of the constrained pin
P.
14. The particle P starts from rest at point A at time t = 0 and changes its speed thereafter at a
constant rate of 2g as it follows the horizontal path shown. Determine the magnitude and
direction of its total acceleration (a) just before it passes point B, (b) just after it passes
point B, and (c) as it passes point C. State your directions relative to the x-axis shown
(CCW positive).

Polar Coordinates
15. Motion of the sliding block P in the rotating radial slot is controlled by the power screw
as shown. For the instant represented, θ̇ = 0.1 rad /s, 𝜃̈ = −0.04 rad /s2, and r = 300 mm.
Also, the screw turns at a constant speed giving ṙ = 40 mm /s. For this instant, determine
the magnitudes of the velocity v and acceleration a of P. Sketch v and a if θ = 120°.
16. At the bottom of a loop in the vertical (r- θ ) plane at an altitude of 400 m, the airplane P
has a horizontal velocity of 600 km / h and no horizontal acceleration. The radius of
curvature of the loop is 1200 m. For the radar tracking at O, determine the recorded
values of 𝑟̈ and 𝜃̈ for this instant.

17. A locomotive is traveling on the straight and level track with a speed v = 90 km / h and a
deceleration a = 0.5 m /s2 as shown. Relative to the fixed observer at O, determine the
quantities θ̇, 𝜃̈ , ṙ and 𝑟̈ at the instant when 𝜃 = 60° and r = 400 m.

18. An earth satellite traveling in the elliptical orbit shown has a velocity v = 12,149 mi/hr as
it passes the end of the semiminor axis at A. The acceleration of the satellite at A is due to
gravitational attraction and is 32.2333959/840042 = 7.159 ft/sec2 directed from A to O.
For position A calculate the values of θ̇, 𝜃̈ , ṙ and 𝑟̈ .
 Relative Motion
19. Rapid-transit trains A and B travel on parallel tracks. Train A has a speed of 80 km /h and
is slowing at the rate of 2 m /s2, while train B has a constant speed of 40 km /h.
Determine the velocity and acceleration of train B relative to train A.

20. Car A is traveling at the constant speed of 60 km /h as it rounds the circular curve of 300-
m radius and at the instant represented is at the position 𝜃 = 45°. Car B is traveling at the
constant speed of 80 km /h and passes the center of the circle at this same instant. Car A
is located with respect to car B by polar coordinates r and 𝜃 with the pole moving with B.
For this instant determine VA/B and the values of ṙ and 𝜃̇ as measured by an observer in
car B.
21. At a certain instant after jumping from the airplane A, a skydiver B is in the position
shown and has reached a terminal (constant) speed VB = 50 m/s. The airplane has the
same constant speed VA = 50 m/s, and after a period of level flight is just beginning to
follow the circular path shown of radius 𝜌A = 2000 m. (a) Determine the velocity and
acceleration of the airplane relative to the skydiver. (b) Determine the time rate of change
of the speed Vr of the airplane and the radius of curvature 𝜌r of its path, both as observed
by the nonrotating skydiver.

Constrained Motion
22. Under the action of force P, the constant acceleration of block B is 6 ft/sec2 up the
incline. For the instant when the velocity of B is 3 ft /sec up the incline, determine the
 velocity of B relative to A, the acceleration of B relative to A, and the absolute velocity of
point C of the cable.

23. At the instant represented, VB/A = 3.5j m /s. Determine the velocity of each body at this
instant. Assume that the upper surface of A remains horizontal.

24. Determine an expression for the velocity VA of the cart A down the incline in terms of the
upward velocity VB of cylinder B.
25. If load B has a downward velocity VB, determine the upward component (VA)y of the
velocity of A in terms of b, the boom length l, and the angle 𝜃. Assume that the cable
supporting A remains vertical.