CE261 DYNAMICS-Problems Fall 09

1 1 DYNAMICS Pierre Julien The problems have been sub-divided into three groups for each mid-term (A and B) and the final is comprehensive. Problems with are considered moderate to difficult and are perhaps the most difficult. Successful problem solving involves the following steps: 1) read the question and retrieve all relevant information 2) draw sketches and free body diagrams 3) identify the governing equation 4) mathematically solve the problem 5) find the answer(s) and double-check when possible PROBLEMS A Introduction 1.

2 The weight of one dozen apples is 5 lb. Determine the average weight and mass of one apple in both SI and units. Is it true that an average apple weighs 1 N? Ans. m = kg, m = slugs, W = N 2. In the equation T = l 2 , the term l is the mass moment of inertia in kg-m2 and is the angular velocity in s 1. (a) What are the SI units of T? (b) If the value of T is 200 when l is in kg-m2 and is in s 1, what is the value of T when it is expressed in terms of Customary base units? 3. A pressure transducer measures a value of 200 lb/in2.

3 Determine the value of the pressure in pascals. A pascal (Pa) is one Newton per meter squared. 2 KINEMATICS OF PARTICLES Rectilinear Coordinates 4. The velocity of an object in m/s is v = 200 2 t2 . When t = 3 s, its position is s = 600 m. Determine the position and acceleration of the object at t = 6 s? 5. The acceleration of a point in m/s2 is a = 20t. When t = 0, s = 40 m and v = -10 m/s. What are the position and velocity at t = 3 s? 6. The acceleration of an object in ft/s2 is given by the function a = 2s.

4 When t = 0, v = 1 ft/s. Find the velocity when the object has moved 2 ft from its initial position? 7. A projectile is fired vertically with an initial velocity of 200 m/s. Calculate the maximum altitude h reached by the projectile and the time t after firing for it to return to the ground. Neglect air resistance and assume a constant gravitational acceleration at m/s2. Ans. h = 2040 m, t = s 8. During takeoff an airplane starts from rest and accelerates according to a = a0 kv2, where a0 is the constant acceleration resulting from the engine thrust and kv2 is the acceleration due to aerodynamic drag.

5 If a0 = 2 m/s2, k = m 1, and v is in meters per second, determine the design length of runway required to reach the takeoff speed of 250 km/h if the drag term is (a) excluded and (b) included. Ans. (a) s = 1206 m, (b) s = 1269 m Repeat the problem when k is twice as large. 3 Curvilinear Coordinates 9. An outfielder experiments with two different trajectories for throwing to home plate from the position shown: (a) v0 = 140 ft/sec with = 8 and (b) v0 = 120 ft/sec with = 12 . For each set of initial conditions, determine the time t required for the baseball to reach home plate and the altitude h as the ball crosses the plate.

6 Ans. (a) t = sec, h = ft (b) t = sec, h = ft 10. A 7 ft tall basketball player likes to release his shots at an angle = 60 to the horizontal. The basket is 10 high and he is positioned 13ft and 9 inches from the basket. What initial speed v0 will cause the ball to pass through the center of the rim? Does the ball clear the 10 ft high fingertip of a defensive player located 3 ft in front of the ball? 11. A jumper approaches his takeoff board A with a horizontal velocity of 30 ft/sec. Determine the vertical component vy of the velocity of his center of gravity at takeoff for him to make the jump shown.

7 What is the vertical rise h of his center of gravity? Ans. vy = ft/sec, h = ft What would be the jumping length if the vertical velocity increases by 10% and the horizontal velocity decreases by 10%. 12. A football player attempts a 30-yd field goal. If he is able to impart a velocity u of 100 ft/sec to the ball, compute the minimum angle for which the ball will clear the crossbar of the goal. (Hint: Let m = tan .) Ans. = Can you also define the maximum angle? 4 Normal Coordinates 13. For the baseball problem sketched below determine the radius of curvature of the path and the time rate of change v& of the speed at times t = 1 sec and t = sec, where t = 0 is the time of release from the player s hand.

8 Ans. = 248 ft, v& = ft/sec2 = 278 ft, v&= ft/sec2 14. A spacecraft S is orbiting Jupiter in a circular path 1000 km above the surface with a constant speed. Using the gravitation law, calculate the magnitude v of its orbital velocity with respect to Jupiter. The diameter of Jupiter is 142,984 km and its surface-level gravitational acceleration is m/s2. Ans. v = 41,900 m/s 15. A minivan starts from rest on the road whose constant radius of curvature is 40 m and whose bank angle is 10 . The motion occurs in a horizontal plane.

9 If the constant forward acceleration of the minivan is m/s2, determine the magnitude a of its total acceleration 5 s after starting. Ans. a = m/s2 Is the acceleration twice as large at a time t =10s? 5 Polar Coordinates 16. A jet flying at a constant speed v at an altitude h = 10 km is being tracked by radar located at O directly below the line of flight. If the angle is decreasing at the rate of rad/s when = 60 , determine the value of r&& at this instant and the magnitude of the velocity v of the plane.

10 Ans. r&&= m/s2, v = 960 km/h 17. The rocket is fired vertically and tracked by the radar shown. When reaches 60 , other corresponding measurements give the values r = 30,000 ft, r&&= 70 ft/sec2, and &= rad/sec. Calculate the magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration of the rocket at this position. Ans. v = 1200 ft/sec, a = ft/sec2 Repeat this problem at = 70 . 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 semi minor axis at A.