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Chapter 11, Solution 10.

Given:

a = 5.4sin kt ft/s 2 ,
t

v0 = 1.8 ft/s, x0 = 0,

v v0 = 0 a dt = 5.4 0 sin kt dt =
v 1.8 =
Velocity:

v = 1.8cos kt ft/s
t

x0=

When t = 0.5 s,

5.4
( cos kt 1) = 1.8cos kt 1.8
3

x x0 = 0 v dt = 1.8 0 cos kt dt =

Position:

5.4
cos kt
k

k = 3 rad/s

1.8
sin kt
k

1.8
( sin kt 0 ) = 0.6sin kt
3

x = 0.6sin kt ft
kt = ( 3)( 0.5 ) = 1.5 rad
v = 1.8cos1.5 = 0.1273 ft/s
x = 0.6sin1.5 = 0.5985 ft

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.

v = 0.1273 ft/s W
x = 0.598 ft W