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Work energy Theorem

1. Work done by a force is given by W=𝐹⃗ .𝑆 ⃗⃗⃗⃗Where 𝐹⃗ is the force and 𝑆

⃗⃗⃗⃗is the displacement.
Show that work done is also equal to change in K.E using this expression.
2. Find the torque of a force 7𝑖⃗ − 3𝑗⃗ − 5𝑘⃗⃗ about the origin which acts on a particle whose
position vector is 𝑖⃗ + 𝑗⃗ − 𝑘⃗⃗.
3. Work done by a force is given by W=𝐹⃗ .𝑆 ⃗⃗⃗⃗Where 𝐹⃗ is the force and 𝑆
⃗⃗⃗⃗is the displacement.
Show that work done is also equal to change in potential energy using this expression
4. Obtain an expression for the work done by a torque. Hence write
the expression for power delivered by a torque.
5. A non-uniform bar of weight W is suspended at rest by two string
of negligible weights as shown in figure. The angle made by the
string with the vertical are 𝟑𝟗. 𝟔∘ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝟓𝟑. 𝟏° respectively. The bar
is 2 m long. Calculate the distance of the centre of gravity (in cm)
of the bar from it left end.(Sin 36.9° = 0.600 , sin 53.1° =
0.800, cos 36.9° = 0.800, cos 53.1° = 0.600

6. State the law of conservation of mechanical energy. Show that the total mechanical energy
of a body falling freely under gravity is conserved. Show it graphically.
7. A cyclist comes to a skidding stop in10m. During this process, the force on the cycle due to the
road is 300N and is directly opposed to the motion.
A) How much work does the road do on the cycle?
B) How much work does the cycle do on the road?
8. Define elastic collision and discuss it for two bodies in one dimension. Calculate the
velocities of bodies after collision. Discuss special cases also.
9. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
10. Prove that instantaneous power is given, by the dot product of force and velocity i.e P =
F.v
11. State work –energy theorem.
12. Calculate the work done and power of an engine that can maintain a sped of 50ms -1 for a
train of mass 3 x 106 kg on a rough level track of 5 km. The coefficient of friction is 0.05.
Given g = 10 ms-2.

System of particles

1. Find the components along the x,y,z axes of the angular momentum 𝑙⃗ of a particle whose
position vector is 𝑟⃗ with components x,y,z and momentum is 𝑃⃗⃗ with components 𝑃𝑥 , 𝑃𝑦 , 𝑃𝑧 .
Show that if the particle moves only in the x-y plane the angular momentum has only
a z- component.
2. Establish the relation between torque and angular acceleration. Hence define moment of
Inertia.
3. What is the pressure on a swimmer 10m below the surface of a lake?
4. A solid cylinder of mass 20 kg rotates about its axis with an angular speed of 100 rad/s.
The radius of the cylinder is 0.25 m. What is the kinetic energy associated with the rotation
of the cylinder? What is the magnitude of angular momentum of the cylinder about its axis?
5. The angular momentum of a body is 31.4Js and its rate of revolution is 10cycles per second.
Calculate the moment of inertia of the body about the axis of rotation
6. A flywheel of mass 25kg has a radius of 0.2m.It is making 240r.p.m.What is the torque
necessary to bring it to rest in 20s? If the torque is due to a force applied tangentially on
the rim of the flywheel, what is the magnitude of the force?
7. A flywheel of mass 25kg has a radius of 0.2m.It is making 240r.p.m.What is the torque
necessary to bring it to rest in 20s? If the torque is due to a force applied tangentially on
the rim of the flywheel, what is the magnitude of the force?
8. Explain the following:
(i)The angular velocity of revolution of the earth around the sun increases, when it comes
closer to sun. Why?
(ii)A person is standing on a rotating table with metal spheres in his hands. If he withdraws
his hand to his chest, what will be the effect on his angular speed?
(iii)When a diver leaves the diving board, he brings his hands and feet closer together in
order to make a somersault. Why?
9. A rigid body of mass 0.3 kg is taken slowly up an inclined plane of length 10 m and height
5 m (assuming the applied force to be parallel to the inclined plane), and then allowed to
slide down to the bottom again. The coefficient of friction between the body and the plane
is 0.15. using g = 9.8 m/s 2 find the
i. work done y the gravitational force over the round trip
ii. work done by the applied force over the upward journey
iii. work done by frictional force over the round trip
iv. Kinetic energy of the body at the end of the trip?
v. How is the answer to (d) related to the first three answers?
10. What is the difference between centre of mass and centre of gravity?
11. Derive an expression for the position vector of the center of mass of a system consisting of
two particles.
12. A wheel has a constant angular acceleration of 4.2 rad/s 2. During a certain 8.05 s interval,
it turns through angle of 140 rad. assuming that wheel started from rest, how long it had
been in motion before the start of the 8.0 s?
13. A child sits stationary at one end of a long trolley moving uniformly with a speed V on a
smooth horizontal floor. If the child gets up and runs about on the trolley in any manner,
what is the speed of the CM of the (trolley + child) system?
14. (a) Find the moment of inertia of a sphere about a tangent to the sphere, given the
moment of inertia of the sphere about any of its diameters to be 2 MR2/5, where M is the
mass of the sphere and R is the radius of the sphere.
(b) Given the moment of inertia of a disc of mass M and radius R about any of its
diameters to be MR2/4, find its moment of inertia about an axis normal to the disc and
passing through a point on its edge.
15. A solid cylinder of mass 20 kg rotates about its axis with angular speed 100 rad s–1. The
radius of the cylinder is 0.25 m. What is the kinetic energy associated with the rotation of
the cylinder? What is the magnitude of angular momentum of the cylinder about its axis?
Gravitation
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1. Does the escape speed of a body from the earth depends on (a) the mass of the body (b)
the location from where it is projected? Explain your answer
2. Define escape velocity. Derive an expression for the escape velocity of an object from the
surface of the earth. Does it depend on the location from where it is projected?
3. Show that the value of ‘g’ decreases with the altitude or height. Discuss the variation of ‘g’
with depth.
4. Define orbital velocity. Derive an expression for the orbital velocity of a satellite.
5. The acceleration due to gravity at the moon’s surface is 1.67ms 2.If the radius of the moon
is 1.74 × 106 𝑚,calculate the mass of the moon. Use the known value of G
6. Define gravitational potential energy. Derive an expression for the gravitational P.E of a
body of mass m lying at height h above the earth’s surface.
7. One of the satellite of Jupiter has an orbital period of 1.769 days and the radius of the
orbit is 4.88 × 108 𝑚. Show that the mass of the Jupiter is about one-thousand that of the
sun.
8. Show that Kepler’s second law follows from the law of conservation of angular
momentum
9. Define escape velocity. Derive an expression for the escape velocity of an object from the
surface of the earth. Does it depend on the location from where it is projected?
10. Show that the value of ‘g’ decreases with the altitude or height. Discuss the variation of
‘g’ with depth.
11. An electron and a proton are detected in a cosmic ray experiment the first with kinetic
energy 10keV and the second with 100keV.Which is faster, the electron or the proton?
Obtain the ratio of their speeds
12. How far from Earth’s surface does the value of g decrease to 4 of its value on Earth’s
surface, given that the Earth’s radius is 6400 kilometres?
13. A body weighs 63N while it is on the Earth’s surface. What is the magnitude of the Earth’s
gravitational pull on it at a height equal to one-half the radius of the Earth?
14. A rocket is launched vertically at a speed of 5 km/s -1 from the surface of the Earth. How
far does the rocket travel before coming back to Earth? Earth’s mass is 6.0 × 10 24 kg; its
mean radius is 6.4 × 106 m; and its gravitational constant is 6.67 × 10-11 Nm2kg-2.
Mechanical Properties of Solids
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1. Which is more elastic –rubber or steel. Explain.
2. A square shaped slab of lead with side 50 cm and thickness 10.0 cm is subjected to a
shearing force (on its narrow face) of magnitude 9.0×104 N. The lower edge is riveted to
the floor as shown in figure. How much is the upper edge displaced, if the shear modulus
of lead is 5.6×109 Pa?
3. Four identical hollow cylindrical columns of mild steel support a big structure of mass
50,000 kg. The inner and outer radii of each column are 30 cm and 60 cm respectively.
Assuming the load distribution to be uniform, calculate the compressional strain of each
column. The young’s modulus of steel is 2.0 × 1011 𝑃𝑎.
4. Two wires of different materials are suspended from a rigid support. They have the same
length and diameter and carry the same load at their free ends.(a)Will the stress and strain
in each wire be the same?(b) Will the extension in both wires be the same?
5. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
6. Discuss stress strain graph for a loaded steel wire and hence explain the terms elastic limit,
yield point, permanent set and tensile strength.
7. Two wires of diameter 0.25 cm, one made of steel and the other made of brass are loaded
as shown in Fig. The unloaded length of steel wire is 1.5 m and that of brass wire is 1.0
m. Young’s modulus of steel is 2.0 × 1011 𝑃𝑎.Compute the elongation of the steel and the
brass wires(1Pa = 1Nm-2).

8. Define Young’s modulus and bulk modulus. Write mathematical expression for these
moduli.
9. A structural steel rod has a radius of 10mm and a length of 1m .A 100kN force F stretches
it along its length. Calculate (a) the stress, (b) elongation, and (c) strain on the rod. Given
that the Young’s modulus ,Y ,of the structural steel is 2.0 × 1011 𝑁𝑚−2 .
10. To simulate car accidents, auto manufacturers study the collision of moving cars with
mounted springs of different spring constants. Consider a typical simulation with a car of
mass 1000kg moving with a speed 18.0kmh-1 on a smooth road and colliding with a
horizontally mounted spring of spring constant 6.25 × 103 𝑁𝑚−1 . what is the maximum
compression of the spring.
11. The two thigh bones (femurs), each of cross –sectional area 10cm2 support the upper part
of a human body of mass 40kg. Estimate the average pressure sustained by the femurs.
Take g =10ms2
12. A steel wire of 2.0 mm2 cross-section is held straight (but under no tension) by attaching
it firmly to two points a distance 1.50 m apart at 30°C. If the temperature now decreases
to 5°C and if the two points remain fixed, what will be the tension in the wire? Given that
Young’s modulus of steel = 2 1011 Nm2 and coefficient of thermal expansion of steel a
=1.1 10-5/ °C.
13. A steel wire of length 4.7 m and cross-sectional area 3.0×10−5m2 stretches by the same
amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and cross-sectional area 4.0×10−5m2 of under a given
load. What is the ratio of the Young’s modulus of steel to that of copper?
14. A steel cable with a radius of 1.5 cm supports a chairlift at a ski area. If the maximum stress
is not to exceed N , what is the maximum load the cable can support?
 15. A cube is subject to a pressure of 5 X 105 N|m2. Each side of cube is shortened by 1% find:
- 1) the volumetric strain 2) the bulk modulus of elasticity of cube.

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Mechanical Properties of Fluids

1. What are cohesive and adhesive force? Give Examples.
2. A body of mass 2kg initially at rest moves under the action of an applied horizontal force
of 7N on a table with coefficient of kinetic friction =0.1.Compute the
(i)work done by the applied force in 10s
(ii)work done by the friction in 10s
(iii) work done by the net force on the body in 10s
3. A body of mass 2kg initially at rest moves under the action of an applied horizontal force
of 7N on a table with coefficient of kinetic friction =0.1.Compute the
(i)work done by the applied force in 10s
(ii)work done by the friction in 10s
(iii) work done by the net force on the body in 10s
4. A liquid is in a streamline flow through a pipe of non –uniform cross section.Prove that the
sum of its potential energy, kinetic energy and pressure energy per unit volume remains
constant.
5. Derive the equation of continuity.
6. The rise or fall of a liquid against gravitational force through fine tubes is known as
capillarity.
(a)Give examples for capillarity from practical life.
(b)Derive an expression for the capillary rise through a capillary tube.
7. State Poiseuille’s formula. Define terminal velocity.
8. What is the pressure inside the drop of mercury of radius 3.00 mm at room temperature?
Surface tension of mercury at that temperature (20 °C) is 4.65 × 10¯¹ 𝑁 𝑚¯¹. The
atmospheric pressure is 1.01 × 10⁵ 𝑃𝑎. Also give the excess pressure inside the drop.
9. Describe how an open tube manometer can be used to measure the pressure of a gas.
10. The average depth of Indian ocean is about 3000m.Calcualte the fractional compression
∆𝑉
,of water at the bottom of the ocean ,given that the bulk modulus of water is
𝑉
2.2 × 109 𝑁𝑚−2 .
11. Apply Bernoulli’s principle to determine the speed of efflux from the side of a container
both when its top is closed and open. Hence derive Torricelli’s law.
12. On the basis of Bernoulli’s principle , explain the lift of an aircraft wing.
13. A hydraulic automobile lift is designed to lift cars with a maximum mass of 3000kg.The
area of cross-section of the piston carrying the load is 425cm2.What maximum pressure
would the smaller piston have to bear?
14. State and prove Bernoulli’s Theorem. Name any two applications of the principle.
15. (i)A hydraulic automobile lift is designed to lift cars with a maximum mass of 3000 kg.
The area of cross-section of the piston carrying the load is 425cm2. What maximum
pressure would the smaller piston have to bear?
16.
(ii) In a test experiment on a model aero plane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on the
upper and lower surface of the wings are 70m/s and 63m/s respectively .What is the lift of
the wing if its area is 2.5m2? Density of air =1.3kg/m3
17. What do you understand by the term capillarity? Give some examples of capillarity from
daily life.
18. Explain the variation of fluid pressure with depth.
19. Derive an expression for the excess pressure inside a soap bubble
20. The rise or fall of a liquid against gravitational force through fine tubes is known as
capillarity.
1. Give examples for capillarity from practical life.
2. Derive an expression for the capillary rise through a capillary tube.
21. A liquid is in a streamline flow through a pipe of non –uniform cross section. Prove that
the sum of its potential energy, kinetic energy and pressure energy per unit volume
remains constant.
22. A metre stick is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins, each of mass 5 g
are put one on top of the other at the 12.0 cm mark, the stick is found to be balanced at 45.0
cm. What is the mass of the metre stick?
23. In deriving Bernoulli’s equation, we equated the work done on the fluid in the tube due to
its change in the potential and kinetic energy.
(a) What is the largest average velocity of blood flow in the artery of diameter 2 X 10 -3 m
if the flow must remain laminar? Given

(b) Do the dissipative forces become more important as the fluid velocity increases?
Discuss qualitatively.