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Chapter 13, Solution 12.

Given: Block A is released at the position shown at a velocity of 1.5 m/s up.

After moving 0.6 m the velocity is 3 m/s. Find: work done by friction force on the block, Vf J From the Law of Cosines
d 2 = (1.2) 2 + (0.6)2 2(1.2) (0.6) (cos 15) d 2 = 0.4091m 2 d = 0.63958m

WA = 7(9.81) = 68.67 N

UC = 140 N (1.2 0.63958) m = 39.229 N m


1 2 U A = 68.67 N (sin15) (0.6 m) = 10.664 N m U C + U A U friction = T2 T1 = 1 2 2 mA [v2 v1 ] 2 1 (7 kg)[(3)2 (1.5) 2 ] m 2 2

39.229 10.664 U friction =

U friction = 39.229 + 10.664 + 23.625 = 4.94 J U friction = 4.94 J !

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

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