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First Year - Preparatory Classes Academic Year: 2024/2025
First Semester Tutorial Worksheet of Physics 1 No. 3 Sunday, November 24, 2024
Exercise 1: A rifle with a mass of 0.80 𝑘𝑔 fires a bullet with a mass of 0.016 𝑘𝑔, moving at a velocity
of 700 𝑚/𝑠. Calculate the recoil velocity of the rifle.
Exercise 2: In a Galilean coordinate system 𝑂𝑥𝑦, the masses and coordinates of two objects are given by
𝑥 3𝑡 1 𝑥 2
𝑚 1 𝐾𝑔; ; 𝑚 3 𝐾𝑔;
𝑦 4 𝑡 𝑦 𝑡 2
1. Determine the quantity of motion of the two objects.
2. Find the quantity of motion of the system.
3. Calculate the coordinates of the center of mass 𝐺.
4. Will the two objects collide? If the answer is yes, determine the position and the moment of the collision.
Exercise 3: A player kicks a ball with a mass of 𝑚 0,43 𝑘𝑔 with an impact force of 500 𝑁. The duration of the kick is
20 𝑚𝑠.
1. Write the expression for the momentum of the ball.
2. Write the theorem of the variation of momentum.
3. Deduce the velocity of the ball immediately after the kick.
4. Given that the distance from the penalty spot to the goal line is 11 𝑚, explain why the goalkeeper is forced to anticipate
the shot and dive to one side before the kicker has struck the ball.
Exercise 4: Two carriages 𝐴 and 𝐵 of the same mass 𝑚 are linked by
an inextensible massless wire carrying a pulley of negligible mass. The
axis of the pulley carries a mass 𝑚′ and the inclined plane carrying 𝐵
makes an angle 𝛼 30° with the horizontal.
1. Neglecting all friction, represent all the forces acting on the
system.
2. Calculate the ratio 𝑚/𝑚′ for 𝐵 to remain stationary.
3. If 𝑚 2𝑚, calculate the accelerations to which the masses are
subjected.
Exercise 5: A material point 𝑀 of mass 𝑚 is initially at the top of a semicircle of radius 𝑅. At time 𝑡 0, the material point
is released without initial velocity.
Kinematic study:
- Express the position vector 𝑂𝑀⃗ in terms of 𝑅 and 𝜃, in the polar coordinate system.
- Deduce the velocity vector and the acceleration vector of the material point, still in contact with the circle.
Dynamic study:
- Represent and write, in the polar coordinate system, the different forces acting on the material point.
- Establish the vector equation of motion.
- Establish the two scalar equations of motion.
- Deduce the magnitude of the reaction of the circle as a function of 𝜃 and 𝜃.
- Find the angular velocity 𝜃.
- Find the expression of the circle's reaction in terms of 𝑚, g and 𝜃. Deduce the angle at which point 𝑀 leaves the circle.
Exercise 6: A material point of mass 𝑚 is subject to two forces 𝐹⃗ 𝑎 sin 𝜔𝑡 𝚤⃗; 𝐹⃗ 𝑎 sin 𝜔𝑡 𝚥⃗ with 𝑎 and 𝑎
being two positive constants. At time 𝑡 0, the material point is at rest and located at the origin 𝑂.
1. Determine the velocity as a function of 𝜔, 𝑎 , 𝑎 and 𝑚.
2. Determine the magnitude of the velocity in the case where 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎.
3. Determine the stopping positions of the material point.
Exercise 7: A bungee jumper with a mass of 𝑚 70 𝐾𝑔, treated as a point mass, falls from a point 𝐴 at 𝑡 0. During the
first 20 meters of the fall (point 𝐵), the bungee cord is of no use, and the jumper is assumed to be in free fall.
1. Represent and write down the different forces acting on the jumper.
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2. Establish the vector equation of the jumper's motion.
3. Find the scalar equation of motion, the jumper's velocity 𝑣 𝑡 , and its position 𝑥 𝑡 .
4. Determine the duration of the free fall phase (from point 𝐴 to point 𝐵).
5. Determine 𝑣𝐵 , the jumper's velocity at point 𝐵.
From point 𝐵 (considered as the new origin at 𝑡 0), the action of the bungee cord is modeled by a spring with negligible
mass, a natural length l0 20m, and a stiffness k 120 𝑁/𝑚.
6. Establish the vector equation of motion.
7. Find the scalar equation of motion.
8. The solution to such an equation includes a particular solution and a general solution:
𝑥 𝑡 𝑥 𝑀 cos 𝜔 𝑡 𝑁 sin 𝜔 𝑡
where 𝑥𝑝 , 𝑀, 𝑁 and 𝜔0 are constants to be determined.
9. The jumper reaches point 𝐶 when 𝑥 𝑡 is maximal. Determine the distance 𝐵𝐶 as a function of 𝑚, 𝑘, 𝑔 and 𝑣𝐵 .
10. Determine the maximum acceleration of the jumper during the second phase.
Exercise 8: Let's consider a solid object made of an unknown material with a mass 𝑚 2 𝐾𝑔. The objective of the exercise
is to determine this material. To achieve this, the object is placed on an inclined wooden plane with a slope 𝛼, and by means
of a certain mechanism, the inclination of the plane is gradually increased. We can distinguish two phases:
𝛼 𝛼 : The object is static.
𝛼 𝛼 : The object slides on the plane.
Here are the steps to follow:
1. Represent the forces acting on the object.
2. Applying Newton's first law, find the expression for the static friction coefficient 𝑓 . Comment on the obtained result.
3. Use the provided table to identify the material of the object. Given 𝛼 17.74°.
Now, we fix the value of 𝛼 𝛼 , and at time 𝑡 0 we place the same object on the inclined plane.
4. Applying the fundamental law of dynamics, find the expression for the acceleration 𝑎.
5. After five seconds, the object acquires a momentum 𝑄 50 𝐾𝑔. 𝑚/𝑠. Calculate the angle 𝛼.
Surface 𝑓 𝑓
Wood - Wood 0.5 0.3
Wood - Snow 0.1 0.05
Wood - Cardboard 0.32 0.23
Exercise 9:
Two bodies 𝑆 and 𝑆 , considered as material points with masses 𝑚 and 𝑚 100 g, are connected by an
ideal thread (flexible, inextensible, and massless) passing through an ideal pulley (massless).
As it descends, 𝑆 pulls 𝑆 which moves on an inclined plane with an angle 𝛼 30°. At 𝑡 0, the system
starts moving and at 𝑡 𝑡 the thread breaks. We represented the velocity diagrams of both bodies.
𝐴 𝐵
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1. Represent and write down the different forces acting on 𝑆 and 𝑆 before the thread breaks.
2. What happens to 𝑆 and 𝑆 after the thread breaks?
3. Link each diagram to the corresponding body and find 𝑡 .
4. Show that 𝑆 slides with friction 𝑓.
5. Using the diagrams, Find the accelerations of 𝑆 and 𝑆 before and after the breaking.
6. Using the Newton’s law, determine the acceleration of both bodies as a function of 𝑚 , 𝑚 , g, 𝑓 and 𝛼 before
and after the breaking.
7. Find 𝑚 and 𝑓, then deduce the kinetic friction coefficient.
Good Luck
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