Course : Structural Dynamics CE212 Taibah University

Homework-2: Relative Motion Faculty of Engineering

Deadline: Civil Engineering Department
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Unit convert: >>>> Km/hr = m/sec , mi/hr = ft/sec
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2/183 Car A rounds a curve of 150-m radius at

a constant speed of 54 km/h. At the
instant represented, car B is moving at
81 km/h but is slowing down at the rate
of 3 m/sec2.
Determine the velocity and acceleration of car
A as observed from car B.

2/184 For the instant represented, car A is

rounding the circular curve at a constant
speed of 30 mi/hr, while car B is slowing
down at the rate of 5 mi/hr per second.
Determine the magnitude of the acceleration that
car A appears to have to an observer in car B.

2/185 The passenger aircraft B is flying east with a

velocity
࡮   / . A military jet
traveling south with a velocity
࡭ 

 / passes under B at a slightly lower
altitude.
What velocity does A appear to have to a passenger
in B, and what is the direction of that apparent
velocity?

2/186 A marathon participant R is running north at

a speed
ࡾ 
 / . A wind is blowing in
the direction shown at a speed
࢝ 

 / .
(a) Determine the velocity of the wind relative to
the runner.
(b) Repeat for the case when the runner is moving
directly to the south at the same speed.
Express all answers both in terms of the unit
vectors i and j and as magnitudes and
compass directions.
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