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28. State the analytical conditions for the equilibrium of coplanar forces in a plane.
29. What is meant by coplanar concurrent force systems?
30. What is the single force that replaces a system of coplanar concurrent forces?
31. Two forces act on a body as shown in fig. Calculate the magnitude of their resultant?
Figure
32. How will you resolve a given force into a force and a couple?
33. Differentiate Resultant and equilibrant.
34. A force system has a resultant of 58 KN. The resultant acts at 360 with horizontal. What
will be the direction and magnitude of equilibrant.
35. Determine the resultant of the body given below
Figure
36. Replace the given system with a couple and force.
37. What is the value of R and S if the system is in equilibrium
38. Find the Value of x
Figure
39. Following forces act a point P. a) F1 = 50i b) F2 = -30i -15j c) F3 = -25i -10j + 5k
40. Two forces F1 = 5i and F2 = 8.66j pass through a pint whose co ordinates are (2,1)m.
Calculate the moment of the forces about the origin.
41. What are the conditions for the equilibrium of a particle in space?
42. A force 27N makes an angle 30, 45, 80 with x, y, z axes. Find the force vector.
43. A force R = 5i + 2j – 8k KN acts through origin. What is the magnitude of the force and
angle it makes with x, y and z axis
44. Take two points (1,2,3), (4,5,6). If a force of 25N is applied between this pints. Find the
force vector.
45. A force of 125N makes an angle of 30, 60 and 120 with X,Y and Z axis. Find the force
vector.
46. What are fundamental and derived units? Give examples
47. Distinguish between Equal vectors and like vectors.
48. State the equations of equilibrium of a coplanar system of forces
49. Find the resultant of a n 800N force acting towards eastern direction and 500N force acting
towards north eastern direction.
50. Distinguish the following types of forces with suitable sketch: a) Collinear and b) Co-planar
forces
51. State and explain Lami’s theorem of triangle law of equilibrium.
52. A man has a mass of 72 Kg is standing on a board inclined 200 with the horizontal. Find
the component of man’s weight. A) Perpendicular to the plane of the board b) Parallel to the
plane of the board.
53. A force is represented by a vector form P = (10i – 8j +14k)N. Determine the projection of
this force on a line which originates from (2, -5, 3) and passes through point (5,2,-4)
54. A force of magnitude 750N is directed along AB where A is (0.8, 0, 1.2)m and B is (1.4,
1.2,0) m. Write the vector form of the force.
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55. A force (10i + 20j – 5k) N applied at A (3,0,2)m is moved to point B(6,3,1)m. Find the
work done by the force.
56. How many equations of equilibrium are defined for a concurrent force system and coplanar
force system?
57. A force F = 700i + 1500j is applied to a bolt A. Determine the magnitude of the force and
the angle it forms with the horizontal.
58. Two forces of magnitude 20N and 40N are acting on a particle such that the angle between
the two is 1350. If both these forces are acting away from the particle, calculate their
resultant and find its direction.
59. A force of magnitude 700N is directed along PQ where P is (0.8,0,1.2)m and Q is
(1.4,1.2,0)m. Write the vector form of the force.
60. Define equivalent system of forces.
61. A vector A is equal to 2i – 3j + 2k. Find the projection of this vector on the line joining the
point P(-3,2,1) and Q(2,-2,-1)
62. The sum of two concurrent forces F1 and F2 is 300N and their resultant is 200N. The angle
between the force F1 and resultant is 900. Find the magnitude of each force.
63. A 100N force acts at the origin in a direction defined by the angles θx = 750 and θy = 450.
Determine θz and the component of the force in the z direction.
64. Find the magnitude and direction cosines of the resultant of two concurrent forces F1 = 4i +
8j – 8k and F2 = 5i – 5j + 4k
65. Using Lami’s theorem calculate the forces in the member CA and CB for the system shown
in figure
66. A force F has the components Fx = 20N, Fy = -30N, Fz = 60 N. Find the angle θy it forms
with the coordinates axes y.
67. What are the characteristics of forces.
68. Explain principles of transmissibility.
69. Define equilibrant.
PART – B
1. Two forces F 1 = (-2.0i + 3.3j - 2.9 K) N and F 2 = (-i + 5.2j - 2.9 K) N are concurrent at the
point (2,2,-5). Find the magnitude of the resultant of these forces and the angle it makes
with positive x-axis.
2. A force is represented by a vector F = 8i - 6j N. Find magnitude of the force and the CCW
angle that it makes with +ve x-axis.
3. A force of 200N is directed along the line drawn from the point A(8,2,3)m to the point B(2,-
4.4,7.8). Find the magnitude of moment of this force about z-axis.
4. A 50N force is directed along the line drawn from point whose x,y,z coordinates are
(8,2,3)m to the point whose coordinates are (2,-6,5)m. Find the moment of this force about
z axis.
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5. Two vectors A and B are given. Determine their cross product and the unit vector along it.
A = 2i + 3j +k and B = 3i – 3j + 4k.
6. Compute the moment of the 200N force about points A and B for the figure shown below.
7. Determine the resultant of three forces F 1 = 3i + 2 j + 5k , F 2 = −2i − j + 4k and
F 3 = 7i − 3 j + 6k which are concurrent at the point (1, -6,5). The forces are in N and the
distances are in metres.
8. A force F = 5i + 2 j + 4kis acting at a point A whose position vector is given by )4i + 2j –
3k). find the moment of the force about the origin.
9. The coordinates of the initial and terminal points of a vectors are (4,5,2) and (6, -3,9)
respectively. Determine the components of the vector and its angles with the axes.
10. An inclined plane makes 45 0with the horizontal. A body of weight 1000N is acted by three
forces such F = 150N, T =1300N and R = 500N as shown in figure. Find the resultant force
acting on that body.
11. Find the vector 2A + 3B + 5C in terms of I, j, k and it magnitude. Take A =i-2j-3k; B =4i-
3j+2k; C =0.5i +j-k
12. Find the vector (- -2
A B -3 C ) in terms of i,j,k and its magnitude. Take A =4i-3j+7k; B =3i-
2j-5k; C = 2i-j-4k
13. Find the unit vector along the line which originates at the point (3,4, -3) and passes through
the point (2,1,6).
14. Resolve the force 250N acting on the joint as shown in figure. Into components in the (a) x
and y directions and (b) x 1 and y1 directions.
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15. A moment vector of magnitude 90Kgf. Starts at the point (2,3,4) and terminates at the point
(5,-3,7). Find the vector expression for the moment.
16. A cantilever beam is loaded as shown in figure. Determine the moment of the forces about
‘O’.
17. A force F = 6i + 4.35 j + 2k is applied at point A(6,4.35,2). Find the moment of the force
about the point B (6.5,3.75,-0.5)
18. Find the dot product and cross product of the following vectors. A =(3.3i -4.6j+5.5k)m
B =(5.4-7.6j-3.7k)m
19. There are 3 concurrent vectors.
=(4i+3j+3k)m B = (i-3j+2k)m C = (-2i +4j + 6k)m
What will be the volume enclose by these three concurrent vectors?
20. If vector A = I + 3j +2k, B = 2i -2j +3k
(a) Find A X B and unit vector along it.
(b) Find the included angle between vector A and vector resulting from the cross product.
21. What is the displacement vector from position (3,5,4)m to position (4,-1,2)m?
What are its magnitude and direction cosines?
22. On a beam ABC, 10m long, forces are indicated as shown in figure. What is the moment of
these forces about points A and B?
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23. A rectangular bar weighing 500N hangs from a point C, by two strings AC and BC. Ac is
inclined at 300to the horizontal and BC is 450 to the vertical as shown in figure. Determine
the forces in the strings AC and BC.
24. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant R of four concurrent forces acting as
shown in figure.
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26. Two smooth spheres A and B rest in a box as shown in figure. A has a diameter of 250mm
and weights 1000N. B has a diameter of 100mm and weights 2KN. The box is 500mm
wide at the bottom. Find the reaction at the supporting surfaces.
27. A body is subjected to the five forces as shown in figure. Determine the direction of the
force F so that the resultant is in X direction, When (a) F =5000N, (b) F = 3000N.
28. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant of forces acting at ‘O’ as shown in
figure.
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29. Five force are acting on a particle. The magnitude of the forces are 300N, 600N, 700N,
900N and P and their respective angles with the horizontal are 00,600,1350, 2100 and 2700 as
shown in figure. If the vertical component of all these forces is -1000N. Find the value of
P. Also calculate the magnitude and the direction of the resultant, assuming that the first
force acts towards the point while all the remaining forces act away from the point.
30. Two spherical balls each of radius 200mm and weight 200N are kept between two vertical
walls 600mm apart such that the first ball is resting on the ground and touching one of the
vertical walls, the second ball is touching the first ball and the other vertical wall.
Determine the reactions at the contact surfaces.
31. Find dot product and cross product of the following vectors:
P = I + 2j -3k and Q = 4i -5j +6k
32. If vector A = 5i +3j+2k, B = I – j-2k
i) Find A X B and unit vector along it.
ii) Find the included angle between vectors A and the vector resulting from the cross
product.
33. The resultant of two concurrent forces is 1500N and the angle between the forces is 900.
The resultant makes an angle of 360 with one of the force. Find the magnitude of each
force.
34. A force vector of magnitude 40N, is directed from A(1,4) to B(6,7). Determine
i) The components of the force along x,y axes.
ii) Angles with x and y axes
iii) Specify the force vector.
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35. Two cylinders of diameter 60mm and 30mm weighing 160N and 40N respectively are
placed as shown in figure. Assuming all the contact surfaces to be smooth, find the
reactions at A, B and C.
36. A system of four forces acting on a body as shown in figure . Determine the resultant force
and its direction.
37. A force of 300N forms angles of 300,450 and 1550, respectively with the x,y and z axes.
Find the components Fx, Fy and Fz of the force.
38. Determine
a) The x,y and z components of both forces
b) The angles θx,θy and θz that the force forms with the coordinate axes.
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39. In figure, a pole 10m high is supporting a wire in the xy plane, exerting a force of 500N on
the top at an angle of 200 below the horizontal. Two guy wires are affixed as shown.
Determine the tension in each guy wire and the compression in the pole assuming that the
column is supported by a ball and socket joint at C.
UNIT – 2
EQUILIBRIUM OF RIGID BODIES
1. A horizontal bar ABCD is hinged at A and freely supported over D. Determine the reaction
at C. (fig)
2. Sketch the hinged support and mark the direction of reaction
3. What is the conditions in equilibrium for two dimensional rigid body?
4. What are the types of supports?
5. Sketch a roller support and mark the direction of reaction.
6. Distinguish between particle and rigid body.
7. Explain what is meant by couple in space.
8. How will you resolve a given force into a force and couple in rigid body?
9. Define equivalent system of forces.
10. Find moment about x, y, z axes for the vector F = (20i + 30j + 50k)KN
11. Explain moment of force about a point in space.
12. Explain moment of force about an axis in space.
13. Define couple in space.
14. Give necessary and sufficient conditions for the equilibrium of a rigid body.
15. A simply supported beam of 6m span carries a concentrated load P at 2m from the left end.
If the support reaction at the left and support is 8KN, find P.
16. What is the general condition of equilibrium of a rigid body?
17. The dimensions of power is ----------------. The unit of polar moment of inertia is ------------.
18. What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of equilibrium of rigid bodies in two
dimensions and in three dimensions?
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19. Three couples +12 Nm, -35Nm and +100Nm are acting in the xy, yz, xz. Write the vector
form.
20. What is space diagram and free body diagram?
21. Three couples +16N.m, -45N.m and +120 N.m are acting in the xy, yz, and xz planes
respectively. Determine the magnitude of the resultant vector of these three couples.
22. Locate the point where the system of forces given in Fig. is converted into a single force
and zero couple. Also find the magnitude of the single force.
Figure
23. How do you draw the free-body diagram of a body?
24. With the help of a simple illustration define free body diagram.
25. What is a free body diagram?
26. State Varigon’s principle
27. Define equilibrium, and write the various types of equilibrium
28. Define Moment and also write the various types of moments
29. Define equivalent couple
30. What is support, write the various types of supports and their properties
31. What are the various types of beams.
32. State the necessary and sufficient conditions for static conditions of a particle in two
dimensions.
33. Why the couple moment is said to be a free vector.
34. State the necessary and sufficient conditions for equilibrium of rigid bodies in two
dimensions.
35. Give the equations indicating the principle of equilibrium of rigid bodies.
36. State Varigon’s theorem
37. What is couple and moment of a couple?
38. State Newton’s law concerning equilibrium of particle.
39. What are the conditions of equilibrium of a stationary body subjected to coplanar forces?
1. 6.2m beam is subjected to the forces shown in figure. Reduce the given system of forces to
a single force or resultant and the distance of the resultant from point A.
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2. A rigid bar is subjected to a system of parallel forces as shown in figure. Reduce this
system to
i) Single force
ii) A single force moment system at A
iii) A single force moment system at B.
3. A system of forces are acting on a rigid bar as shown in figure. Reduce this system to
i) A single force
ii) A single force and a couple at A
iii) A single force and a couple at B.
4. The figure shown, two vertical forces and a couple of moment 200Nm acting on a
horizontal rod which fixed at end A.
i) Determine the resultant of the system
ii) Determine an equivalent system through A.
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5. Four forces are acting along the side of a square ABCD of side 2m as shown in figure. In
addition another force is acting along the diagonal CA. Calculate the resultant moment
about the corner B.
6. Determine the magnitude and direction of a single force which keeps the system in
equilibrium. The system of forces acting is shown in figure.
7. Replace the given system of forces acting on the body by a single force and couple acting at
the point A.
8. Forces acting on the Hexagon ABCDEF of side 40cm is shown in figure. Determine the
Net moment about A.
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9. A simply supported beam of length 10m, carries the uniformly distributed load and two
point loads as shown in figure. Calculate the reactions RA and RB.
10. A beam AB 6m long is loaded as shown in figure. Determine the reactions at A and B by
analytical method.
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12. A beam AB of span 4m, over hanging on one side upto a length of 2m, carries a uniformly
distributed load of 2Kn/m over the entire length of 6m and a point load of 2 KN/m as shown
in figure. Calculate the reactions at A and B.
14. Determine the reactions at the fixed support A for the loaded frame shown in figure. Take
the diameter of the pulley as 200mm.
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15. A horizontal beam AB is hinged to a vertical wall at A and supported at the point C by a
tie rod CD as shown in figure. Find tension in the tie rod and the reaction at A due to a
vertical load of 50N at B.
15. F1 = (10i + 6j + 7k)N acts at the origin while a force F2 = -F1 acts at the length of a rod of
length 10m protruding from the origin with direction cosines l = 0.6 and m=0.8. What is the
moment of the forces F1 and F2 about a point P whose position vector rp = (5i + 10j +15k)m.
If the position vector of S is (7.4i + 6.8j + 12K)m, find the moment of the forces about the
line PS.
16. A rod AB shown in figure is held by a ball and socket joint at A and supports a mass
weighing 1000N at end B. The rod is in xy plane and is inclined to y axis at an angle of 180.
The rod is 12m long and has negligible weight. Find the forces in the cable DF and EB.
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17. 5m post shown in figure is acted upon by a 30KN force (F) at C and is held by a ball and
socket at A and by the two cable BD and BE. Determine the tension in each cable and the
reaction at A.
18. A tension T of magnitude 10KN is applied to the cable attached to the top A of rigid mast
and secured to the ground at B as shown in figure. Determine moment of the tension T
about the z-axis passing through the base O.
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19. A pole shown in figure is supported by a ball and socket joint at its base and by cables AB
and AC. Also it is subjected to forces 300N and 600N and the forces act in a plane parallel
to x-y plane. Compute the forces in the cables and reaction at the ball and socket joint.
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UNIT – III
PROPERTIES OF SURFACES AND SOLIDS
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23. Define polar axis of a cross section. What is the value of moment of inertia of circular
section of 50mm radius about its axis.
24. What do you mean by mass moment of inertia? What is its unit?
25. Give equations for calculating moment of inertia of any plane are.
26. Define centroid and centre of mass.
27. Find the polar moment of inertia at a hollow circular section of external diameter ‘D’ and
internal diameter ‘d’.
28. Determine the second moment of area of a triangle with respect to the base.
29. Under what conditions do the following coincide
a) Centre of mass and centre of gravity
b) Centre of gravity and Centroid
30. A semi circular arc having radius 100mm is located in the xy plane such that its diameteral
edge coincides with the y-axis. Determine the x-coordinate of its centroid.
31. Define principal axes and principal moment of inertia
32. Find the product of inertia (Ixy) about centroidal axis for the are formed by subtracting the
circle of diameter 40mm for the square of side 80mm as shown in fig. Centroid of circle
coincides with centroid of square.
40. Calculate moment of inertia Ixx for plane are shown in figure. All dimensions are in mm.
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PART – B
1. Find the moments of inertia of the section given in the figure about the horizontal and
vertical centroidal axes. Also find the polar moment of inertia and minimum radius
gyration (All dimensions are in mm).
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8. Find the moment of inertia about 1-1 and 2-2 axes for the area shown in figure.
9. Find the moment of inertia of the shaded area for the figure about the centroidal axes, the
axes being parallel to x and y axes.
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11. Determine the centroid of the cross-sectional area of an unequal I-section shown in figure.
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12. Calculate the moment of inertia and radius of gyration about the x-axis for the sectioned
area shown in figure.
13. Determine the product of inertia of the sectioned area about the x-y axes shown in figure.
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14. Determine the centroidal coordinates of thee area shown in figure with respect to the shown
x-y coordinate system.
15. Determine the second moment of area of the section shown in figure about its base axis a-a.
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16. Locate the centroid for the plane surface shown in figure.
17. Compute the second moment of area of the plane surface shown in figure about its
horizontal centroidal axis.
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18. For the plane area shown in figure, located the centroid of the area.
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19. The cross-section of a culvert is shown in figure. Compute the moment of inertia about the
horizontal A-A axis.
20. Determine the moment of inertia of the section shown in figure about centroidal XX and
YY axes:
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x = 0.912m
y = 2.25m
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23. The cross-section of a hollow circular lamina is as shown in figure. Locate the position of
the centroid of the net area and then work out the moments of inertia about both the
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24. Find the plane section shown in figure determine the moment of inertia about its horizontal
and vertical centroidal axes.
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UNIT –IV
DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES
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45. A car traverse half of a distance with a velocity of 40 Kmph and the remaining half of
distance with a velocity of 60 Kmph. Find the average velocity.
46. Give mathematical definitions of velocity and acceleration.
47. State Newton’s law of collision of elastic bodies
48. A ball is dropped on a smooth floor from a height of 1m. If the first rebound height is 81
cm, find the co-efficient of restitution.
49. A body is moving with a velocity of 4 m/s. After 5 seconds the velocity of the body
becomes 10 m/s. find the acceleration of the body
50. Define horizontal range and trajectory.
51. A cricket ball of mass 0.20 Kg moving horizontally at 150 m/s hit straight back with a bat
with a velocity of 60 m/s. If the contact lasted 1/20 sec, find the impulse force exerted by
the bat.
52. What is meant by the term ‘translation’?
53. Define angle of repose
54. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. A stone reaches the ground in 10 seconds.
Determine the height of tower.
55. State the principle of work and energy.
56. What general plane motion?
57. Define instantaneous centre of rotation
58. A particle, starting from rest, moves in a straight line and its acceleration is given by a = 50
– 36t2 m/sec2 where t is in sec. Determine the velocity of the particle when it has travelled
52m.
59. A stone is dropped into a well and if the splash is heard 2.50 seconds later, determine the
depth of water surface assuming that the velocity of sound is 330 m/sec.
60. What are motion curves?
61. Explain dynamic equilibrium
62. A lift has an upward acceleration of 1 m/s2. What pressure will a man weighing 600N exert
on the floor of the lift?
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63. The angular rotation in radians of an accelerated flywheel is given by θ = t . Find its
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angular acceleration when t = 1.6 s.
64. A ball dropped from a height of 1.6m on a floor rebounds to a height of 0.9m, find the co-
efficient of restitution.
65. A circular disc has a mass moment of inertia of 12 Kg m2 about its axis of rotation. If it is
initially at rest, find its angular velocity after 3 seconds, if it is acted upon by a torque of
magnitude 800Nm.
66. A car starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2. Determine the distance
travelled in the 7th seconds.
67. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x = t3 – 16t2 – 22 where x is expressed in
metre and t in seconds. Determine the acceleration of the particle at t -= 3s.
68. A food packet having a mass of 12 Kg is dropped at 5 m/s from a very high altitude. If the
atmospheric drag resistance Fd is 80N, determine the velocity of the food packet when it has
fallen 10m.
69. Write down the equation of principle of work and energy for a rigid body.
70. A particle starting from rest, moves in a straight line and its acceleration is given by a = 40
– 46t2 m/sec2 where t is in sec. Determine the velocity of the particle it has travelled 52m.
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71. A steel ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a building 25m above the ground
with an initial velocity of 18 m/sec. Find the maximum height reached by the ball from the
ground.
72. A body is moving with a velocity of 4 m/s. After five seconds the velocity of body becomes
14 m/s, find the acceleration of the body.
73. A particle moves along x axis and its position is expressed as x = 5t3 -10t2 where ‘s’ is in m
and ‘t’ is in sec. Find velocity and acceleration at t = 3sec.
74. State work energy equation of particles. The meaning of each term.
75. Two balls are projected from the same point in the directions inclined at 600 and 300 to the
horizontal. Determine ratio of velocity of projections if they have same maximum height.
76. Explain the terms power and energy.
77. A body is rotating with an angular velocity of 5 radians/sec. After 4 seconds, the angular
velocity of the body becomes 13 radians/sec. Determine the angular acceleration of the
body.
78. State the impulse momentum principle. Write its equation form, stating the meaning of
each term in it.
79. A golf ball is dropped from a height of 10m on to a fixed steel plate. The coefficient of
restitution is 0.85. Find the height to which the ball rebounds at the first bounce.
80. State principle of conservation of energy.
1. A stone falls past a window 2m high in 0.5s. Find the height above the window from where
the stone is dropped.
2. A shot is fired with a velocity of 30m/s from a point 15m in front of a vertical wall 6m high.
Find the angle of projection with the horizontal to enable the shot to just clear the wall.
Explain the double answer.
3. A cage descends a vertical mineshaft with an acceleration of 0.5m/s2 from rest. After the
cage has traveled 25m, a stone is dropped from the top of the shaft. Determine the time
taken for the stone to hit the cage and the distance traveled by the before the impact.
4. A particle is projected at such an angle that the horizontal range is thrice the greatest height.
5. A weight of 10N resting on an inclined plane that makes an angle of 300 with horizontal is
connected by a string passing over a frictionless pulley at the upper end of the plane. On the
free end of the string a weight of 20N is connected. If the coefficient of friction between the
plane and 10N weight is 0.2, calculate the time taken by the hanging weight to descend by
1m. Adopt work-energy method.
6. A bullet of mass 20g is fired into a body of mass 10Kg which is suspended by a string 0.8m
long. Due to this impact, the body swings through an angle of 300. Find the velocity of the
bullet.
7. A particle moves along X – axis and its position is expressed as
S = 4t3 – 3t2.
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26. In a police investigation of tyre marks, it was concluded that a car while in motion along a
straight level road skidded for a total of 60 metres after the brakes were applied. If the co-
efficient of friction between the tyres and the pavement is estimated as 0.5. What was the
probable speed of the car just before the brakes were applied?
27. Two vehicles approach each other in opposite lanes of a straight horizontal roadway as
shown in figure. Find the time and positions at which the vehicles meet if both continue to
move with constant speed.
28. Two bodies of weight 20N and 10N are connected to the two ends of light inextensible
string, passing over a smooth pulley. The weight of 20N is placed on a horizontal surface
which the weight of 10N is hanging free in air as shown in figure. The horizontal surface is
a rough one, having coefficient between the weight 20N and the plane surface equal to 0.3,
using newton’s second law of motion determine (i) the acceleration of the system (ii) the
tension in the string.
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29. In the oblique central impact shown in figure, the co-efficient of restitution is 0.8. the flat
disks shown, slide on a smooth horizontal surface. Determine the final velocity of each disk
directly after impact.
30. Two electric trains A and B leave the same station on parallel lines. The train A starts with
a uniform acceleration of 0.15 m/s2 and attains a speed of 40 Km/hr when the steam is
reduced to keep the speed constant. The train B leaves1 minute after, with a uniform
acceleration of 0.3m/sec2 to attain a maximum speed of 70 Km/hr. When the train B will
overtake the train A?
31. The angle of rotation of a body is given as the function of time by the equation θ = θ0 + at +
bt2 where θ0 is the initial angular displacement, a and b are constants. Obtain the general
expression for
a) The angular velocity
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FRICTION AND ELEMENT OF RIGID BODY DYNAMICS
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1. A ladder 3m long and weighing 200N is resting on the horizontal floor and leaning against a
vertical wall, making 300 with the floor. The friction coefficients at the ground and wall
contact surfaces are 0.35 and 0.25 respectively. It has to support a weight of 100N at the
top. To prevent slipping, a string is tied to the foot of the ladder and attached to the wall in
the horizontal position. Determine the minimum tension required in the string for this
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condition. Find also the minimum angle with the floor at which the above ladder with the
weight at the top could be placed without slipping in the absence of the string.
2. The tension in the tight side of a belt having an angle of lap of 1600 is 500N. Find the
tension in the slack side if the coefficient of friction is 0.2. Derive equation used, if any.
3. A uniform ladder of length 10m and weighing 20N is placed against a smooth vertical wall
with its lower end 8m from the wall. In this position the ladder is just to slip. Determine
a) The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor
b) Frictional force acting on the ladder at the point of contact between ladder and floor.
4. A uniform ladder of weight 200N of length 4.5m rests on a horizontal ground and leans
against a rough vertical wall. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor is
0.4 and between ladder and vertical wall is 0.2. When a weight of 900 N is placed on the
ladder at a distance of 1.2m from the top of the ladder, the ladder at the point of sliding.
Find (a) The angle made by the ladder with horizontal and (b) Reaction at the foot and top
of the ladder.
5. A force of 200N is required to just move a certain body yup an inclined plane of angle 150,
the force being parallel to the plane. If the angle of inclination of the plane is made 200, the
force required again parallel to the lane is found to be 230N. Find the weight of the body
and the coefficient of friction. The uniform 5 Kg rod shown in figure is acted up on by 30N
force which always acts perpendicular to the bar. If the bar has an initial clockwise angular
velocity ω1 =10 rad/s when θ = 00, determine its angular velocity at the instant θ = 900
6. Two rough planes inclined at 300 and 600 to horizontal are placed back to back as shown in
figure. Two blocks of weight 50N and 100N are placed on the planes and are connected by
a cord passing over a friction less pulley. If the coefficient of friction between the planes
and blocks is 0.33. Find the resulting acceleration of the blocks and the tension in the cord.
7. Determine the smallest force P required to move the block B shown in figure. (i) Block A is
restrained by cable CD as shown in figure and (ii) cable CD is removed. Take µ s = 0.30 and
µ k = 0.25.
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8. Determine whether the block shown in figure (i) having a mass of 40 Kg is in equilibrium
and find the magnitude and direction of the friction force. Take µ s = 0.40 and µ k = 0.30
.
9. A flat belt rolls over a pulley of diameter D, making contact angle β when their respective
tensions are T1 and T2. Derive a relationship between the tensions, angle of contact and
coefficient of friction µ. Show that the diameter of the pulley is immaterial.
10. A block weighing 1350N is placed on an inclined plane whose inclination to the horizontal
is 370. A force of 450 N acts on the body in the upward direction parallel to the plane.
Determine whether the block is in equilibrium or not, and also find the frictional force
between the body and the plane. The co-efficient of static and kinetic frictions are 0.25 and
0.20 respectively.
11. Two bodies of weight 40N and 20N are connected to the two ends of a light inextensible
string, passing over a smooth pulley. The weight of 40 N is placed on a smooth horizontal
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surface while the weight of 20N is hanging free in air. Find (i) The acceleration of the
system and (ii) The tension in the string. Take g = 9.81 m/sec2
12. A block weighing 200N rests on a plane inclined at 450 to the horizontal. The block is tied
by a horizontal string as shown in figure. The block is in equilibrium when the tension in
the string is 70N. Determine the friction force, the normal reaction of the plane and the
coefficient of friction between the block and the plane.
13. A wheel of diameter 560mm rolls without slipping on a flat surface. The centre of wheel is
moving a velocity 20m/s. Find the velocity of the point B,D, C as shown in figure.
14. A 60mm radius drum is rigidly attached to a 100mm radius drum as shown in figure. One
of the drum rolls without sliding on the surface shown, and a card is wound around the other
drum knowing that at the instant shown. The centre point velocity is 160mm/sec. and
acceleration 60mm/sec2. Find the acceleration of the point A, B & C of the drum.
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15. In a crank connecting rod mechanism the lengths of crank and the rod are 75mm and
200mm. The crank is rotating at 2000rpm. Determine the velocity of the piston when the
crank is at angle 400 with horizontal.
16. A flywheel 500mm diameter accelerated uniformly from rest to 300 rpm in 15 seconds.
Find the velocity and acceleration of a point on the rim 2S after starting.
17. A bar AB of length 1m has it’s a and B constrained to move on horizontal floor and vertical
wall respectively. The end A moves with constant velocity of 5 m/s. Find (i) angular
velocity of the bar (ii) Velocity of end B and (iii) the velocity of the midpoint of the bar
when the axis of bar makes an angle of 300 with the floor.
18. A wheel rotating about a fixed axis of 20 revolutions per minute is uniformly accelerated for
70 seconds during which time it makes 50 revolutions. Find the
a) Angular velocity at the end of this interval
b) Time required for the velocity to reach 100 revolutions per minute.
19. A 500mm diameter flywheel is brought uniformly from rest up to a speed of 300 rpm in 20
sec. Determine the velocity and acceleration of a point on the rim 2 sec after. Starting from
rest.
20. The constant angular acceleration of a pulley is 4 rad/sec2 and is angular speed is 3 rad/sec.
Determine the radius of the pulley if the total acceleration of a point on the rim of the pulley
is 3.5 m/sec2.
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