PHY 121 Ch 13-15 Exam Name

When a 200 gr mass is attached to a vertical spring, it OR 15/15

causes the spring to stretch a distance d. ω 2

= k / m -k d = .2 g
If the mass is now displaced 10/10 7/7
(2πf) = k / 0.2
2 31.6(d) = .2(9.8)
slightly from equilibrium, it is k = 4 π m / T2
2
f = 100 osc / 50 sec d = 0.0621 m
found to make 100 oscillations k = 4 π .2/(50/100)
2 2
(2π2)2 = k / 0.2
in 50.0 s. What is d ? k = 31.6 N/m k = 31.5 N/m

12/12
An organ pipe 4.00m long is open at one end,
similar to your lab. What is the linear distance
between a node and the adjacent antinode for the
5th harmonic in this organ pipe?
(Hint, this is easier if you draw in the nodes/antinodes)

5λ/4 = 4 m  10/10

λ = 16/5 meters
N to A is λ / 4  10/10
N to A = 16/5 / 4 = 4/5 meters

Through a pipe 15.0 cm in diameter, water is 4/4 8/8

pumped from the Colorado River up to Grand 4500 m /d (1d/24h)(24h/3600s) = A v

3

Canyon Village, located on the rim of the canyon. 0.052083 = π¼d2 v

The river is at an elevation of 564 m and the 0.052083 = π¼ .152 v
village is at an elevation of 2096 m. What is the v = 2.95 m/s
pressure to deliver a flow of 4500 m3 per day?
4/4 4/4 8/8 8/8
(The level of the river
P + ½ρv + ρgh = P2 + ½ ρ v2 + ρ g
2
h2 2
doesn’t lower appreciably
(1atm + Ppump) + 0 + 0 = 1atm + ½ 1000 2.95 + 1000(9.8)(2096-564)
2
so v is about zero)
Ppump = 4340 Pa + 150 x 105 Pa
Ppump = 150.043 x 105 Pa

Alternate Exam
The motion of the piston of an automobile engine is approximately simple harmonic.
1. If the stroke (twice the amplitude) of an engine is 0.100m and
the engine runs at 4000rpm, compute the acceleration of the
piston at the endpoint of its stroke.
2. If the piston has a mass of 500 grams, what net force must be
exerted on it at this point?
3. What is the kinetic energy of the piston at the midpoint of its
stroke? (max values of sin or cos are 1)

6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 8/8

a= A ω cos(ω t)
2
F=m a v = A ω sin(ω t) K =½ m v2
a = 0.05(2π4000/60)2 F = .5 (8760) v = 0.05(2π4000/60) K = ½ (.5Kg) 20.92
a = 8760 m/s2 F = 4380 N v = 20.9 m/s K = 110 Joules
Or Kmax = ½ m vmax2
Kmax = ½ m ω2 A2
Kmax = ½ k A2

12/12
An organ pipe 5.0m long is open at one end, similar
to your lab. What is the linear distance between a
node and the adjacent antinode for the 5 th
harmonic in this organ pipe?
(Hint, this is easier if you draw in the nodes/antinodes)
5λ/4 = 5 m  10/10

λ = 4 meters
N to A is λ / 4  10/10
N to A = 4 / 4 = 1 meter

A 200 gram ball with a volume of 100 ml is lowered on a string into a container with two
different fluids. If the tension in the string is ½ Newton when the ball is half submerged in the
more dense fluid (1.8 g/cc) what is the density of the less dense fluid?
Fup = Fdown since FNet = mt a  a = zero

FT + FB-Bottom half + FB-Top half = FW

3/3 10/10 10/10 8/8 3/3
0.5 N + 1800(50x10 )g + ρ(50x10 )g = 0.2 kg “g”
-6 -6

0.5 N + 0.9 + ρ (0.0005) = 2 N

ρ = 1200 kg/m 3