17ME1204 VR17 Reg.

No:

b. Determine the moment of inertia of a solid sphere of radius ‘r’ VELAGAPUDI RAMAKRISHNA
about its diametrical axis. 9M SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
UNIT–IV
I/IV B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY, 2019
8. a. A grinding wheel is attached to the shaft of an electric motor of Second Semester
rated speed of 1800 r.p.m. When power is switched on the unit
attains the rated speed in 5sec and when the power is switched 17ME1204 ENGINEERING MECHANICS-II
off the unit coasts to rest in 90sec. Assuming uniformly (CE, ME branches only)
accelerated motion, determine the number of revolution the unit
turns to Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
i) attain the rated speed Part-A is compulsory
ii) come to rest 8M
Answer One Question from each Unit of Part - B
b. A cylinder of radius 1m rolls without slipping along a horizontal Answer to any single question or its part shall be written at one place only
plane AB. Its centre has a uniform velocity of 20m/s. Find the
velocities of the points D and E on the rim of the cylinder as PART-A
shown in fig.(3). E 7M
10 x 1 = 10M
ve
vd
1. a. What do you mean by rectilinear motion and give an example?
D
b. What is instantaneous velocity and average velocity?
vc
C c. State the work-energy principle.
r=1m
fig. (3) d. If the speed of a particle along a curved path is constant, what is
A
the value of tangential acceleration? Why?
F B
e. What is the angle of projection, if the range of a projectile is
(or) maximum for a given velocity?
9. a. Derive the equation of motion for rotation about a fixed axis. f. Define polar moment of inertia.
5M g. What is radius of gyration?
b. A solid cylindrical pulley of mass 1000kg having 0.8m radius h. What is the moment of inertia of cylinder about own axis and
of gyration and 2m diameter is rotated by electric motor, which radius ‘a’?
exerts a uniform torque of 50kN-m. A body of mass 3 tonne is i. What are the parameters to be defined for completely define
to be lifted by a wire wrapped round the pulley. Determine the the plane motion of a rigid body?
acceleration of the body and tension in rope. 10M
j. What do you mean by instantaneous centre of rotation?
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PART-B b. A body is projected upwards with a velocity of 30m/s at an
angle of 300 with the horizontal. Determine the
4 x 15 = 60M i) time of flight
UNIT-I ii) range of the body
iii) maximum height attained by the body 9M
2. a. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 50m high. At the
(or)
same time another stone is thrown up from the foot of the tower
with a velocity of 25m/s. At what distance from the top and 5. a. An automobile track is so designed that when a car travels at
after how much time the two stones cross each other? 8M 100km/hour, the force between the car and track acts normal to
the surface of the track. Find the angle of banking the track
b. The position of a particle moving along a straight line is defined
assuming it to be a circle of radius 250m. 8M
by the relation x = t3-9t2+15t+18 where x is expressed in metres
and t in seconds. Determine the time, position and acceleration b. What velocity must be given to a projectile at the surface of the
of the particle when its velocity becomes zero. 7M earth so that it may rise to an infinite height? The radius of the
earth may be assumed to be ‘r’. 7M
(or)
UNIT-III
3. Two blocks A and B are held on an inclined plane 5 m apart as
shown in fig.(1). The coefficients of friction between the blocks 6. Find the moment of inertia of the shaded area as shown in fig.(2)
A and B and the inclined plane are 0.2 and 0.1 respectively. If with respect to the centroidal axes. 15M
the blocks begin to slide down the plane simultaneously, y
calculate the time and distance travelled by the each block
before collision. 15M
2.5cm

Collide here SB
5m B
SA μ B  0.1 x
A 5cm C 5cm

200
μ A  0.2 fig. (1)
2.5cm
UNIT–II fig. (2)
12cm
4. a. A car starts from rest on a curved road of 250m radius and
accelerates at a constant tangential acceleration of 0.6m/s 2. (or)
Determine the distance and the time for which that car will
travel before the magnitude of the total acceleration attained 7. a. State and prove parallel axis theorem for mass moment of inertia.
by it becomes 0.75m/s 2. 6M 6M
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