COSMOS: Complete Online Solutions Manual Organization System

Chapter 11, Solution 17.

a = 100 ( 0.25 x ) m/s 2

a is a function of x:

Use v dv = a dx = 100 ( 0.25 x ) dx with limits v = 0 when x = 0.2 m

0 v dv = 0.2100 ( 0.25 x ) dx
v

1 2
1
2
v 0 = (100 )( 0.25 x )
2
2
0.2

= 50 ( 0.25 x ) + 0.125
2

So
v 2 = 0.25 100 ( 0.25 x )
Use

Integrate:

dx = v dt
t
x
0 dt = 0.2

Let u = 20 ( 0.25 x ) ;
So

Solve for u.

or

dt =

v = 0.5 1 400 ( 0.25 x )

or

dx
dx
=
2
v
0.5 1 400 ( 0.25 x )

dx
0.5 1 400 ( 0.25 x )

when x = 0.2 u = 1

and du = 20dx

1
1 1

= m sin 1 u = m
t = m
sin u
2
10
10
2
10 1 u
1
u
1

du

sin 1 u =

m 10t

u = sin m 10t = cos ( 10t ) = cos10t

2

u = cos 10t = 20 ( 0.25 x )

continued

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.

COSMOS: Complete Online Solutions Manual Organization System

Solve for x and v.

x = 0.25
v=
Evaluate at t = 0.2 s.

1
sin10t
2

x = 0.25
v=

1
cos10t
20

1
cos ( (10 )( 0.2 ) )
20

1
sin ( (10 )( 0.2 ) )
2

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.

x = 0.271 m W
v = 0.455 m/s W