13th National Mechanical-Aerospace Engineering Expo

"MechTRIX 2023"
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus

MechTRIX: Pre-event Maths-Physics Olympiad

Details:
 Eligibility: For +2 (Science) Students and those in their gap years.
 Date of event: 22nd of Poush, Friday (From 8 am to 10 am).
 Venue: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace , Pulchowk Campus.

 Full marks: 60 (Maths and physics carry 30 marks each) with 3 questions of physics and math
each
 Prizes:
Trophy, medal, certificate and other gift hampers to the winner, runner-up/s and best 'girl'
participant.
 Registration fee: Rs. 100 per head.
 Result to be announced by 23rd/24th Poush.

Participation guide:
 Register through the QR provided.
 For more information you can visit our facebook page somaes or contact
Mahesh khadka (9813333788) ,
Swastik Om Bk (9840912220)

Practice Questions:
Mathematics section

Physics section
 A physics student immerses one end of a copper rod in boiling water at 100 oC and the other end
in an ice-water mixture at 0oC.The sides of the rod are insulated. After steady state has been
 13th National Mechanical-Aerospace Engineering Expo
"MechTRIX 2023"
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus
achieved in the rod, 0.175kg of ice melts in a certain time interval. For this time interval mixture;
a) Find the entropy change of the boiling water. b) The total energy change of the entire system.
 Point charges q1 = −5.0nC and q2 = +5.0nC are separated by 3.2mm forming an electric dipole.
a) Find its dipole moment. Is dipole a vector quantity?

b) The dipole is located in a uniform electric field whose direction makes an angle 41.3o with the
line connecting the charges. Draw a diagram and show the directions of the dipole, the electric
field and the torque acting on the dipole.

c) The torque exerted on the dipole is found to have a magnitude 7.5 X 10−9Nm. Calculate the
magnitude of the field.
d) Calculate the potential energy of the dipole in the electric field.

 A body of mass m is moving in one dimension under the influence of a conservative force with
a potential energy U(x).

a) Show that the body, when displaced slightly from a point of stable equilibrium at x = xo
will experience a restoring force proportional to its displacement, the force constant
being

b) The potential energy is given by the expression:

where c and a are positive constants.

i. Sketch this potential energy and the force resulting from it.
ii. Find the position of stable equilibrium.
iii. Calculate the angular frequency of small oscillations about this position.