Tutorial Sheet 5

QUESTION 1 The mobile wrecking crane is moving with a constant speed o ! km"h when it is suddenl# brought to a stop$ %ompute the ma&imum angle through which the cable o the wrecking ball swings$ 'nswer( ) *$+!

QUESTION + In the design o a conve#or,belt s#stem- small metal blocks are discharged with a velocit# o .$/ m"s onto a ramp b# the upper conve#or belt shown$ I the kinetic coe icient o riction between the blocks and the ramp is .$!.- calculate the angle which the ramp must make with the hori0ontal so that the blocks will trans er without slipping to the lower conve#or belt moving at the speed o .$1/ m"s$ 'nswer( ) 1*$*+

QUESTION ! The .$*. kg collar slides on the curved rod in the vertical plane with negligible riction under the action o the constant orce F in the cord guided b# the two pulle#s at D$ I the collar is released rom rest at A- determine the orce F which will result in the collar striking the stop at B with a velocit# o / m"s$ 1INT( There is an eas# wa# o determining the work done b# the orce 2 i$e$ o determining the distance over which it acts$ 'nswer( F ) 1!$+1 N