Chapter’s Name: Motion in 2D – Projectile Motion

Lecture No. : 2
Faculty Name: Karmendra Tyagi
PROJECTILE MOTION

Motion in 2 D

2-Motions in 1 D
 Time of Flight (T)

H
u
θ R
 Maximum height (H)

H
u sin u
θ R
 Horizontal Range (R)

H
u
θ R
 PROJECTILE MOTION
For maximum Range
Angle θ= 450
Maximum Range Rmax = u2/ g

** For projection angle θ and (90 – θ) , range is same

Q. A body is projected with a velocity of 30 ms–1 at an angle of 30° with
the vertical. Find the maximum height, time of flight and the horizontal
range. ( g = 10 m/s2 )
 Velocity of a projectile at maximum height is half of its initial
velocity . Find angle of projection.
 It was calculated that a shell when fired form a gun with a
3π
certain velocity and at an angle of elevation rad should
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strike a given target. In actual practice, it was found that a hill
prevented the trajectory. At what angle of elevation should the
gun be fired to hit the target.
13π 5π 9π 13π
(A) rad (B) rad (C) rad (D) rad
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A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed
such that it hits the target on the ground at a distance from it.
If and are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target
in two possible ways, the product is (2019 Main, 12 April I)

(b)

(c)

(d)
Two particles are projected from the same point with the
same speed such that they have the same range , but
different maximum heights and .
Which of the following is correct? (12 April 2019 Shift II)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
4. Position of a particle after a given time t
y

(x,y)

t=t

u
t=0 θ x
5. Velocity of motion after a given time

α
t=t

u
t=0 θ x
 6. Equation of trajectory
y

(x,y)

t=t

u
θ x
 x2
The equation of a projectile is y= 3x− , find the angle of
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projection, range and maximum height .(g=10ms-2)
The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth is given
as . If it were launched at an angle with speed , then
(Take, (2019 Main, 12 April 1)

and

(b) and
(c) and
(d) and
A ball is thrown from ground level so as to just clear a wall 4m
high at a distance of 4m and falls at a distance of 16 m from the
wall. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity.