(a) (6) MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1964 Apvancep LeveL APPLIED MATHEMATICS I Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions An acroplane whose maximum speed in still air is u m.p.h. travels in level flight along the three sides of an equilateral triangular course. If each side of the course is s miles and wind is blowing at a constant speed of v m.p.h. in a direction parallel to one side of the triangular course, show that the shortest possible time of flight to cover the whole course is Te « + fhe = sa) z 1 ‘Two particles P, and P, travel along a straight line in the same direction with constant accelerations «, ft./sec.* and a» ft./sec.* respectively. At a certain instant P, and P, are at a distance s ft. apart. Show that they cannot pass one another more than twice and discuss all the possible cases. A locomotive of mass M tons drags 10 carriages along a level track. The resistance to each carriage is R Ib.wt. and the mass of the ith carriage (from the locomotive) is m; tons (i = 1, 2, 3, . . . , 10). Find the tension in the th coupling when the train is accelerating at « ft./sec.* Assuming that the resistance to the locomotive is Ry -+ Ib.wt. and the train accelerates with constant acceleration « ft./sec.* from u m.p.h. for ¢ seconds, find the greatest’ horse power developed.3, Advanced Level Papers 1964 In a vertical plane three particles are simultaneously projected with initial velocities V,, Vo, Vs and angles of projection %, %, % respectively. Prove that the area of the triangle formed by joining the positions of the three particles at time ¢ after the projection is proportional to ¢?, If V,Vesin (x — 2%) + V2V3sin(%2—2% 3) + VsVisin(%3—%) =9, what can be said about the trajectories? A racing track is banked at a corner to a lateral gradient 0 so as to reduce the side-slip force to zero when a car is driving at speed U. If the coefficient of friction is », what is the ratio of the greatest speed to the least speed of the car at this corner so that there is no side-slip? Discuss how this ratio depends on the values of 4 and tan 0. (a) A particle moves in a circle of radius @ with uniform angular velocity w about a fixed centre. Show that its orthogonal projection on a diameter of the circle is in simple harmonic motion. Write down the equation of motion and its solution. (6) Two equal cylindrical rough rollers at the same level are fixed with their axes horizontal and at a distance d from each other. They rotate in opposite directions about their own axes. A long, straight, uniform rod of weight W rests on top of the rollers with its length perpendicular to the rollers. The coeffi- cient of kinetic friction between the rod and the roller is p. Write down the equation of horizontal motion of the rod, and describe the possible ways that the rod can move. Find the frequency when the motion is oscillatory. A cylinder of radius a rolls down a rough plane inclined at an angle 2 with the horizontal. Let k be the radius of gyration of the cylinder about its axis, and p the coefficient of friction between the cylinder and the plane. Prove that in order that rolling may occur without slipping p =F? tan « | (a? + Re). 10Applied Mathematics 1 i What is the minimum value of such that a thin uniform cylinder of radius 10 inches will roll without slipping down a rough plane whose inclination is 30° with the horizontal? (a) Write down the kinetic and potential energies of a compound pendulum. From the law of conservation of total energy derive the equation of motion of the compound pendulum. What is its period when the compound pendulum is in small oscillation? (b) Find the frequency of a uniform rod of length d oscillating in a vertical plane about a horizontal axis through one end of the rod. What is the length of the equivalent simple pendulum? A ball rolls down a staircase. It leaves the landing A with a horizon- tal velocity v inches per second. The height of each step is h inches and its width is d inches. If the ball falls on the first step B and then bounces to the second step C, express, in terms of v, h and the coefficient of restitution e, the horizontal distances x, and x3. from the end of the landing A to the points where the ball touches the steps B and C (sce figure). If d > 3v\/2h/g, on which step will the second bounce fall? Here g is the acceleration due to gravity.MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 1964 ADVANCED LEVEL APPLIED MATHEMATICS II Time allowed: Three hours Answer any SEVEN questions ABCDEF is a vertical freely jointed light framework with AB = BC = 8 ft., BE = 5ft.,and AF = CD = 4 ft. AC is hori- zontal and BE is perpendicular to AC. The framework rests on A and C and is loaded at D, E and F with vertical loads as shown. Find the reactions at A and C and the stresses in all members of the framework. A uniform equilateral triangle ABC rests in equilibrium in a vertical plane with C against a rough vertical wall and B ona rough horizon- tal floor both of the same coefficient of friction 2. Find the maxi- mum inclination of BC. A triangular lamina ABC of sides AB = 3 ft., BC = 2 ft. and CA = 1:5 ft., rests on a smooth horizontal plane. It is acted on by forces of 4 Ib., 2 Ib. and 6 Ib. along AB, BC and CD respectively, where CD is perpendicular to AB and D is on AB. Find the forces which act at A and C and perpendicular to CA and the force acting along CA so as to keep the lamina in equilibrium. 12.on 6. Applied Mathematics II 13 ABCD is a uniform lamina in the shape of a trapezium in which AB and CD are parallel, AB = 3 ft. AD = 2 ft, CD =1 ft. and ZBAD = 50°. The side BC is folded down and lies along AB. Find the position of the centre of gravity of the lamina thus folded. An open rectangular tank with vertical section ABCD with bottom BC = 10 ft. is filled with water to a depth of 8 ft. It is then tilted about the lower edge B. Find the inclination of the bottom BC if the ratio of thrusts on the two sides AB and CD is 1: 2. ‘Two rings A and B of equal weight W can slide freely on a rough rod inclined to the horizontal at an angle 0, the coefficient of friction being %. They are connected by a smooth light string of length L, on which a third ring of weight 3W can move freely. Find the distance AB when the system is in limiting equilibrium. A uniform cylinder of density 0-6 and height 15 in. floats with its axis vertical in a cylindrical vessel of horizontal cross section 100 sq.in. containing 5,000 cu.in. of water. Oil, which does not mix with water, is then poured in the vessel. If the density of oil is 0-95, how much oil must be poured in so that the cylinder will rise by 3 in. above its original position. From the given set of 6 numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 form all possible samples of size 2 drawn with replacement and find their means (x). Show that the mean of all the sample means found is equal to the mean of the given set and that the standard error of % is o/\/n, where a is the standard deviation of the given set of numbers.