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The University of Sydney

Faculty of Engineering
AMME1550 Dynamics 1

Semester 2 2008

Time Allowed: 3 hours

All questions are to be answered.
All questions are of equal value.
This is an open book examination. All material, including lecture notes, text books, and
electronic calculators, are allowed in the examination room.

Question 1 (25%)
Gas guns are used to investigate the properties of materials SUbjected to high velocity
impacts. A projectile is accelerated through the barrel of the gun by gas at high pressure.
Assume that the acceleration of the projectile in mls 2 is given by a = c / s, where s is the
position ofthe projectile in the barrel in meters and c is a constant that depends on the initial
gas pressure behind the projectile. The projectile starts from rest at s = 1.5 m and accelerates
until it reaches the end of the barrel at s = 3 m. Determine the value of the constant c
necessary for the projectile to leave the barrel with a velocity 0[200 mls.

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Question 2 (25%)

Question 4 (25%)

The smooth circular bar rotates with constant angular velocity 000 about the vertical axis AB.
The radius R = 0.5 m. The mass m remains stationary relative to the circular bar at f3 = 40.
Determine 00 0

The bar rotates in the horizontal plane about a smooth pin at the origin. The 2-kg sleeve A
slides on the smooth bar, and the mass of the bar is negligible in comparison to the mass of
the sleeve. The spring constant is k = 40 N/m , and the spring is unstretched when r = O. At t
= 0, the radial position of the sleeve is r = 0.2 m and the angular velocity ofthe bar is 00 0 = 6
rad/s. What is the angular velocity of the bar whenr = 0.25 m?

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Question 3 (25%)
The spring constant k = 700 N /m. The masses rn A = 14 kg and rnB = 18 kg. The horizontal
bar is smooth. At the instant shown, the spring is unstretched and the mass B is moving
downwards at 1 mls. How fast is B moving when it has moved downward 0.2 m from its
present position?

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