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EXERCISE NO.8
Impulse and Momentum

1. A 1200-lb automobile is moving at a speed of 90 mi/h when the brakes are fully applied, causing all four wheels to skid.
Determine the time required to stop the automobile (a) on dry pavement (0.75), (b) on an icy road (k 0.10).

SOLUTION

V1=90 mph = 132 ft/s

mv1 - wt=0
=mvt1
Wmg

(a) For =0.75

t= _ 132 ft/s ____
fts

t= 5.47 s
(b) For =0.1
t= _ 132 ft/s ____
fts

t= 40.994 s
2. Two steel blocks are sliding on a frictionless horizontal surface with the velocities shown. Knowing that after impact the velocity of
B is observed to be10.5 ft/s to the right, determine the coefficient of restitution between the two blocks.
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3.A 600-g ball A is moving with a velocity of
magnitude 6 m/s when it is hit as shown by a
1-kg ball B, which has a velocity of
magnitude 4 m/s.Knowing that the coefficient
of restitution is 0.8 and assuming no friction,
determine the velocity of each ball after
impact.
4. A 1-kg block B is moving with a velocity
v0 of magnitude v0 2 m/s
as it hits the 0.5-kg sphere A, which is at rest
and hanging from a cord
attached at O. Knowing that =0.6
between the block and the sphere,
determine after impact (a) the maximum
height h reached by the
sphere, (b) the distance x traveled by the
block.
5. The tanker has a mass of 130 Gg. If it is
originally at rest, determine its speed when t =
10s. The horizontal thrust provided by its
propeller varies with time as shown in the
graph. Neglect the effect of water resistance

Solution:
6. Two cars A and B have a mass of 2Mg and
1.5 Mg, respectively. Determine the
magnitude of vA and vB if the cars collide and
stick together while moving with a common
speed of 50 km/h in the direction shown.
7. A man wearing ice skates throws an 8kg
block with an initial velocity of 2m/s,
measured relative to himself, in the direction
shown. If he is originally at rest and
completes the throw in 1.5 s while keeping
his legs rigid, determine the horizontal
velocity of the man just after releasing the
block. What is the vertical reaction of both his
skates on the ice during the throw? The man
has a mass of 70kg. Neglect friction and the
motion of his arms.
8.A 1.5-kg block B is attached to an undeformed spring of constant k = 80 N/m and is resting
on a horizontal surface when it is struck by an identical block A moving at a speed of 5 m/s.
Assuming the impact to be perfectly elastic (e = 1) and knowing the coefficients of friction
between the blocks and the horizontal surface: mk = 0.3 and ms = 0.5, determine (a) velocities
of blocks A and B just after the first impact (b) maximum deflection of the spring, (c)
velocity of B just before the second impact with A on its return back to the equilibrium
position (d) velocity of A and B after the second impact (e = 1) (e) final positions of blocks A
and B from the initial impact position.
 9.The girl throws the ball with a horizontal
velocity of v1 = 8ft/s
. If the coefficient of restitution between the
ball and the ground is e = 0.8, determine (a)
the velocity of the
ball just after it rebounds from the ground
and (b) the maximum height to which the
ball rises after the first bounce.

Solution
10. A sphere rebounds as shown after
striking an inclined plane with a vertical
velocity 0 v of magnitude v0 = 15 ft/s.
Knowing that a = 30 and e = 0.8 between
the sphere and the plane, determine the
height h reached by the sphere.

15sin300

7.5 ft/s

15cos300) (0.8)

10.39 ft/s

11.69 ft/s

7.5t

11.69 ft/s

5.24 ft/s

= 5.24 9.81t

0.534s

5.24(0.534) 4.905(0.534)2

h = 1.4 m