PHYSICS 218 Exam 2 Spring, 2005 Do not fill out the information below until instructed to do so! Name: Satwtons Signature: Student ID E-mail: Section Number: + You have the full class period to complete the exam. + Formulae are provided on the last page. You may NOT use any other formula sheet. + When calculating numerical values, be sure to keep track of units + You may use this exam or come up front for scratch paper. + Be sure to put a box around your final answers and clearly indicate your work to your grader. + All work must be shown to get credit for the answer marked. If the answer marked does not obviously follow from the shown work, even if the answer is correct, you will not get credit for the answer. + Clearly erase any unwanted marks, No credit will be given if we can’t figure out which answer you ate choosing, or which answer you want us to consider. + Partial credit can be given only if your work is clearly explained and labeled Put your initials here after reading the above instructions:Extra Credit (5) Total (100)Part 1: each problem is worth 5 points 1. A bucket is being lowered on a rope at a constant speed. Ignoring anv effects due to the air: Up S820 sp-mgeTe: a) the tension of the rope is greater than the weight of the bucket. b) the tension of the rope is less than the weight of the bucket. ©Pthe tension of the rope is equal to the weight of the bucket. ‘d) which is greater depends on how fast the bucket is going. ie e) there is no connection between the tension of the rope and the weight of the bucket. 2. Atrain engine pulls four boxcars, A, B, C, and D, as show in the diagram below. Ignoring friction, which free-body diagram best represents all of the forces acting on boxcar A when the train is moving to the right with increasing speed? Note that the difference in the length of arrows indicates the difference in the maanitude of the forces. 2 aepnenses iin a “a ey Ltn>O Hh ZFy=0 3. Aman pushes his young daughter on her new bicycle so that she is speeding up. He feels the bicycle pushing on him with a force that is (a) greater than his push. (b) less than his push. equal to his push. —P lua 2tr Newt's 3 bw less than the acceleration of the bicycle. (€) greater than the acceleration of the bicycle.Continuations of part 1: 4. The figure to the right shows two pucks on a frictionless table. Puck Lis three times more massive than puek Il, Starting from rest, both pucks are simultaneously and pushed across the table by equal, but non-constant, forces. Which puck will have the greater kinetic energy at the finish (a) puck I . re Bare on Example 6.4 (© They wl boa have the same energy.) (@ Too Title information to answer. e? 5. In the same figure above, which will have the larger velocity (a) puck I (b) puck IL (©) They will both have the same velocity (@ Too little information to answer. Bard on problem 618 |—Finish —Continuation of part 1: 6. Suppose you attach a ball to a string that you hold in your hand at point O (as shown in the figure to the right) and rotate it at a high constant speed in a vertical plane in front of you. The circle shows the path of the ball. Which of the free-body diagrams to the right represents the forces acting on the ball when it is at the bottom of the circular path and_ moving towards the right? Ignore air resistance and cirele your answer. iG > \ fe r/ 7: Pe fe frPart 2: Pulley Problem (20 points) ‘A block (mass m,) is lying stationary on a rough inclined plane and is connected to a second block (mass m;) by a massless cord passing over a massless pulley as shown in the figure. The plane makes an angle @ with respect to the horizontal. The acceleration due to gravity is g. a) (5 pts) Draw and label the free-body diagram for each of the blocks. b) (15 pts) What is the minimum static coefficient of friction i, needed for the masses not to move. Express your answer in terms of the masses of the blocks (m, and m,) and the slope of the plane @. fv Oy, Nomgesdso 7 Mem, gan Bsn tT-mgtn® =O" => Asm gen Omg 5m 8+ Mage OPart 3: Spring Problem (20 points) (Based on oxamp 7.1!) Ina “worst-case” design scenario, an elevator with a mass m with a broken cable will fall a distance h (the maximum height of the elevator shaft) when it first constants a spring which is to stop the elevator in a distance d . The instant the cable brakes a safety clamp applies a frictional constant force Fp. (a) (S points) Draw a sketch of the before and after situation? (b) (5 points) What is the work done by the force of friction during the whole fall? (6) (10 points) What is the spring constant k needed to achieve this? Express all your answers in terms of a, h, d, F;, and g. it a) dant Ree, ; ie 7 { { | | ! 1 | 4 ++ ad a pth: Your? ¢ ) Woccnerta efch * Epa - E cnahol _ G4 F eee (dewmg + bhPart &: Roller Coaster (#€points) (band ox problem 7.46) ‘A small mass, M, starts at rest a height # above ground. It then slides without friction along the looped track as shown in the figure. The mass remains on the track at all times, The loop is a perfect circle with radius R. Assume the acceleration due to gravity is given by g pointing downward and ignore air resistance. a) (1Gpts) What is the minimum value of h such that the particle stays on the track at all foams b) (15 pts) If we set h = SR, what is the normal force exerted by the track at the top of the loop? a Sa ete corm Servaion diee ho fa amge +pmv> ee frm mow & seemd lew, otiredp af he rmnp os 20 fer Pile block gee es ju i ud jut make i7 50 “yg 4 => mgh= amgR + Zor => fhe 5 * a" ek D) In Hus cae Smge = 2ngh agar omy. Sqm aud Namgom ve o> Nemg omy o> [s Sh