2/3 2/7 ‘The velocity of a particle which moves along thes-axis, is given by v = 2 — 41 + 5/5%, where f is in seconds and v is in meters per second. Evaluate the position s, velocity v, and acceleration a when ft = 3s. The parti- cle is at the position sy = 3 m when ¢ = 0. ‘Ans, 5 = 22.2 m, v = 15,98 m/s, a = 8.99 m/s? ‘The acceleration of a particle which is moving along a straight line is given by a = —h\v, where @ is in meters per second squared, 2 is a constant, and o is the velocity in meters per second. Determine the ve- locity as a function of both time 1 and position s. Evaluate your expressions for ¢ = 2s and at s = 3m if k = 0.2 m!s~$? and the initial conditions at time t=O ares, = 1 mandug = 7 m/s Ans. v = Wg! — 2Rb)?, v = [vg®® — Sais — 59)1"* v = 5.98 m/satt =2s,v = 6.85 m/sats = 3m 2/10 A ball is thrown vertically up with a velocity of 80 ft/sec at the edge of a 200-ft cliff. Calculate the height / to which the ball rises and the total time ¢ after release for the ball to reach the bottom of the cliff. Noglect air resistance and take the downward acceleration to be 32.2 ftsec” i | 2/16 A jet aircveft with a landing speed cf 200 km/h has a maximum of 600 m of available runway after touch- down in which to reduce its ground speed to 30 km/h. Compute the average acceleration a required of the aircraft during braking.219 2/25 A particle moves along the s-direction with constant acceleration. The displacement, measured from a convenient position, is 2 m at time ¢ = 0 and is zero when # = 10 s, If the velocity of the particle is mo- mentarily zero when t = 6s, determine the accelera- tion a and the velocity v when ¢ = 10s. Ans. a = 0.2 m/s’, v = 0.8 m/s A girl rolls a ball up an incline and allows it to re- turn to her. For the angle # and ball involved, the ac- celeration of the ball along the incline is constant at 0.25g, directed down the incline. If the hall is re- leased with a speed of 4 m/s, determine the distance s it moves up the indiine before reversing its direc~ tion and the total time ¢ required for the hall to re- turn to the child’s hand. Ans. ¢ = 4.26 m, ¢ 26s Problem 2/252/27 The 14.in. spring is compressed to an 8-in. length, where it is released from rest and accelerates the sliding block A. The acceleration has an initial value of 400 ft/sec? and then decreases linearly with the x-movement of the Hock, reaching zero when the spring regains its original 14-in. length. Calculate the time ¢ for the block to go (a) 3 in, and (A) 6 in. Ans. (a) t = 0.0370 sec, (6) t = 0.0555 sec -— #—| 2/29 The car is traveling at a constant speed vo = 100 km/h on the level portion of the road. When the 6-percent (tan @ = 6/100) incline is encountered, the driver does not change the throttle setting and con- sequently the ear deceleratea at the constant rate g sin 0. Determine the speed of the car (a) 10 seconds after passing point A and (6) when s = 100 m. Ans, (a) U = 21.9 mis, (b) v = 25.6 m/s2/30 A particle moving along the positive x-direction with an initial velocity of 12 m/s is subjected to a retard- ing force that gives it a negative acceleration which varies linearly with time for the first 4 seconds as shown. For the next 5 seconds the force is constant and the acceleration remains constant. Plot the ve- locity of the particle during the 9 seconds and specify its value at ¢ = 4s. Also find the distance Ar traveled by the particle from its position at t = 0 to the point where it reverses its direction. 4 a, m/s? 2/32 A motorcycle patrolman starts from rest at A two seconds after a car, speeding at the constant rate of 120 km/h, passes point A. If the patrolman acceler- ates at the rate of 6 m/s’ until he reaches his maxi- mum permissible speed of 150 km/h, which he maintains, calculate the distance s from point A to the point at which he overtakes the car.2/33 A sprinter reaches his maximum speed Upay in 2.5 seconds from rest with constant acceleration. He then maintains that speed and finishes the 100 yards in the overall time of 9.60 seconds. Determine his maximum speed Upac- Ans. dyyax — 35. ft/sec 100 ya + £= 9.60 see 2/35 The body falling with speed vy strikes and maintains contact with the platform supported by a nest of springy. Tho secolaration of the bady aftor impact ia a = g — cy, where c is a positive constant and y is measured from the original platform position. If the maximum compression of the springs is observed to be y,,, determine the constant c. U0? + 28¥n Anse ;‘The horizontal motion of the phinger and shaft is ar- rested by the resistance of the attached disk which moves through the oil bath. If the velocity of the plunger is vg in the position A where x = 0 andt = 0, and if the deceleration is proportional to v so that a = kw, derive expressions for the velocity » and position coordinate x in terms of the time t. Also ex- press v in terms of x. 2/47 A test projectile is fired horizontally into a viscous liquid with a velocity of vp. The retarding force is proportional to the square of the velocity, so that the acceleration becomes a = —hv*. Derive expressions for the distance D traveled in the liquid and the cor- responding time ¢ required to reduce the velocity to vo/2. Neglect any vertical motion, Ans. D = 0.693/k, t= 1 hog ———2/49 To a dose approximation the pressure behind a rifle bullet varies inversely with the position x of the bul- let along the barrel. Thus the acceleration of the bul- let may be written as a = k'x where k is a constant. If the bullet starts from rest at x = 7.5 mm and if the muzzle velocity of the bullet is 600 m/s at the end of the 750-mm barrel, compute the acceleration of the bullet as it passes the midpoint of the barrel at x = 375 mm. Ans. a = 104.2 km/s [x Paani | 600 mAs 2/51 When Uke effect uf wererysueaic draws iv iecluded, the y-aeceleration of a baseball moving vertically upward isa, = —g — kv”, while the acceleration when the ball is moving downward is ag = —g + ku”, where k is a positive constant and v is the speed in feet per second. If the ball is thrown upward at 100 ft/sec from essen- tially ground level, compute its maximum height h and its speed vy upon impact with the ground. Take k to be 0.002 ft! and assume that g is constant. Ans, h = 120.8 ft, vy = 78.5 ft/sec |e =-g+kv?2/59 Car A travels at a constant speed of 65 mijhr. When in the position shown at time t = 0, car B has a speed of 25 mi/hr and accelerates at a constant, rate of 0.1g along its path until it reaches a speed of 65 mi/hr, after which it travels at that constant speed. What is the steady-state position of car A with re- speet to car B? Ans. A is ahead of B by 706 ft 2/60 Repeat Prob. 2/59, except that car B, rather than possessing a constant acceleration, now accelerates as shown in the accompanying plot. Time ty is the time at which the speed of car B reaches 65 mijhr. After time fs, the speed remains constant. Compare your result with that stated for Prob. 2/59.2/29 A particle starts from rest at x= 2m and moves along the x-axis with the velocity history shown. Plot the corresponding acceleration and the displacement histories for the 2 seconds. Find the time ¢ when the particle crosses the origin. vyms 20 L045 ts + 2/55 A bumper, consisting of a nest of three springs, is used to arrest the horizontal motion of a large mass which is traveling at 40 Alses as it contacts the bumper. The two outer springs cause a deceleration proportional to the spring deformation. The center spring inereases the deseleration rate when the com- pression exceeds 6 in. as shown on the graph. Deler- mine the maximum compression x of the outer springs. Deceleration Problem 2/55> 2/58 The preliminary design for a rapid-transit system calls for the train velocity to vary with time as shown in the plot as the train runs the two miles be- ‘tween stations A and B. The slopes of the cubic tran- sition curves (which are of form a + bt + ct? + de®) are zero at the end points. Determine the total run time ¢ between the stations and the maximum accel- eration.