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Physics 151L
Midterm II
November 6, 2012
Name
Signature
Student ID
First Letter
of Your
Last Name:
Problem Score Max Grader
1. (30)
2. (20)
3. (30)
4. (20)
Total (100)
Dr. Burke
Dr. Gould
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Midterm II Page 2
Possibly Useful Formulae
For constant acceleration in one dimension:
v v
v
v v
= +
= + +
=
at
x at t x
a x
0
1
2
2
0 0
2
0
2
2 A
Momentum linear and angular:

p m = v


L r p I = = e
Newton's Second Law:
F a

= m

t o = = = r F
dL
dt
I
Circular Motion Accelerations:
a
R
R
c
= =
v
2
2
e a
d
dt
t
=
v
Friction:
f N
f N
k k
s s
=
s

Moment of Inertia:
I mr r dm
i i
body
= =

}
2 2
I MR ring
I MR disc
I ML thin rod
I MR sphere
c m
c m
c m
c m
. .
. .
. .
. .
( )
( )
( )
( )
=
=
=
=
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
12
2
5
Parallel axis theorem:
I I Mh
c m
= +
. .
2
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Kinetic Energy rotational and translational:
K m I
c m
= +
1
2
1
2
2 2
v
. .
e
Work:
W F ds
i f
i
f

=
}


Potential Energy:
U r U ref F ds
ref
r
( ) ( )

= -
}
U(y) mgy
U(r)=
Gm m
r
U(x)= kx
=

( )
( )
( )
gravity, near Earth
gravity, generally
spring
1 2
2
1
2
Conservation of Energy: All Forces External:
W E K K
ext mech trans rot
= = + A A ( )
Conservation of Energy: All Conservative Forces Internal:
W E K K U U
non
conserv
mech trans rot grav elastic
= = + + + + A A ( )
Condition for rolling without slipping for a round object of radius R:
s R = u

v = Re

a R = o
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1. (30 pts) Blocks in Collision. A block of mass m
1
travels at a speed of v
0
on a frictionless horizontal
surface when it comes upon a second block of mass m
2
which is initially motionless. Block m
2
has a massless
spring with spring constant k in front of it.
a. (4 pts) Explain why the linear momentum of the
system of two blocks and spring is or is not conserved during the collision.
b. (4 pts) Explain why the mechanical energy of the system of two blocks and spring is or is not
conserved during the collision.
c. (4 pts) Consider a time when the spring is compressed a distance x from its equilibrium length.
At this instant, how are the changes in the velocities of the two masses related?
d. (6 pts) Now consider the instant when the spring is compressed as far as it will ever be
compressed, a displacement L from its equilibrium length. What are the velocities of the two
masses at this instant?
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1. Blocks in Collision (contd)
e. (6 pts) What is the springs maximal compression L in terms of m
1
, m
2
, k, and v
0
, or a subset of
these quantities?
f. (6 pts) In the end when block m
1
has been pushed away and is no longer touching the spring, what
is the final velocity of block m
1
?
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2. (20 pts) Truck on a Hill. A truck with mass m
comes over a hill traveling at speed v
0
and begins
going down a constant downward slope 2 when the
driver discovers that the road is icy and has negligible
friction. After careening downhill a distance L, the
truck driver luckily ends up on a runaway truck ramp
of constant upward slope angle N and immediately
locks his brakes. This ramp has a soft sand surface for which the coefficient of friction is :
k
. What
is the distance D that the truck moves along the ramp before coming to a halt? Solve using energy
methods.
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3. (30 pts) Falling and Spinning Disk. A uniform disk of
mass M and radius R hangs from a massless string which
turns a pulley (it is not frictionless) which is in turn
connected to block of mass M sitting on a frictionless table.
The pulley is a ring of the same mass M and same radius R
The hanging disk both falls and rotates about its center of
mass.
a. (6 pts) Draw the free-body diagrams for each of the
objects described above. Remember to include all forces
and each coordinate system you will use.
Block (x
1
) Pulley (u
1
) Disk (x
2
, u
2
)
b. (8 pts) Write Newtons Second Law (in either the translational or rotational form) along every
coordinate you drew in the above free-body diagrams.
c. (3 pts) What is the relationship between the translational motion of the block and the rotational
motion of the pulley?
d. (6 pts) What is the relationship between the translational motion of the disk and the rotational
motions of the disk and of the pulley?
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3. Falling and Spinning Disk (contd)
e. (7 pts) What is the translational acceleration of the disk? (Before trying to solve for this motion,
count the number of unknowns that you have and the number of equations. If those dont match,
then go back to the previous page and find your mistake.)
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4. (20 pts) Rolling and Slipping. Starting from
rest, a solid sphere of mass m and radius R rolls
down a hill at angle 2, starting from a height H above
the ground. The sphere then encounters a short
horizontal segment, followed by a frictionless hill at
angle N. On the first slope and horizontal segment
the friction coefficient is large enough that the sphere
rolls and does not slip.
a. (5 pts) When the sphere is on the horizontal segment, what is its kinetic energy?
b. (5 pts) On the horizontal segment, what is the translational velocity of the spheres center of
mass?
c. (5 pts) When climbing the frictionless incline on the right, how high above the ground does the
sphere reach before coming to a stop?
d. (5 pts) When the sphere comes to a stop on the frictionless incline on the right, what is its kinetic
energy?