Physics: Mechanics-1

Kinematics-2
2-D Motion: Projectile Motion
1. A projectile thrown at 45  passes the top of a tower at a distance a
and again touches the ground at distance b from the tower. What
is the height of the tower? 45°
a b
2. A particle projected at angle  . It passes through a, b and b, a .
What is range R and  in terms of a and b ?


3. Two projectiles are fired with same speed u  5 3 ms 1 with a

time interval  t from the top of a tower 10 m high as shown u u=53 m/s
in the figure. One of the two projectiles is thrown 60°

horizontally while the other at an angle 60 o from the ground. u

If the two projectiles collides at the position P . 10m p(x,y)
Find
(a) the time interval between the firings, and y
(b) the coordinates of the point P .
O x

4. A shell is fired at an angle  with the horizontal up a plane inclined at an angle  . Show
 
that for maximum range,    . What is the maximum range?
2 4
5. A cannon fires successively two shells with velocity u , the first at an angle 1 and the
second at an angle  2 to the horizontal in the same horizontal plane. Neglecting the air
drag, show that the time interval between firings leading to the collision of the shells will
be
2u  sin 1   2  
t   .
g  cos  1  cos  2 
dx dy
6. A particle moving in the xy  plane has velocity components  6  2t and 4t
dt dt
where x and y are measured in metre and t in second.
(a) integrate the above equation to obtain x and y as functions of time, given that the
particle was initially at the origin.
(b) Write the velocity v of the particle in terms of the unit vectors î and ĵ .
(c) Show that the acceleration of the particle may be written as a  2iˆ  ˆj .
(d) Find the magnitude of the acceleration and its direction with respect to the x  axis.

7. Two objects are projected horizontally in  u2 iˆ u1 iˆ

opposite directions from the top of a tower
with velocities u1 and u 2 . Find the time when
 u2 iˆ  gt ˆj u1 iˆ  gt ˆj
the velocity vectors are perpendicular to each r12
other and the distance of separation at that
instant.
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8. In the figure shown, two particles A and B are projected simultaneously from two points
on the ground separated by 20 m. Their velocities are u1  20 3 ms 1 and u2  20 ms 1 ,
respectively. Find the instant when the particles come closest to each other and what is
the minimum distance between them?

u1
u2
A 60o 30o B
20m

9. A cannon fires successively two shells with velocity u , the first at an angle 1 and the
second at an angle  2 to the horizontal in the same horizontal plane. Neglecting the air
drag, show that the time interval between firings leading to the collision of the shells will
be
2u  sin 1   2  
t   
g  cos 1  cos  2 
10. In the figure shown, three particles A , B and C are projected simultaneously from
three different positions in the same vertical plane, as shown in the figure. Initially,
particle A lies at the origin; particle B at 0 , h  and the particle C at d, 0 . All distances
are measured in meter. The particle B is thrown horizontally with velocity
u2  20 ms 1 and particle C is thrown vertically upwards with velocity u3  15 ms 1 .
(a) If all the three particles collide in air, B u2
then what should be the velocity of
particle A (both in magnitude and
direction). h
u1
(b) Determine the possible values of h and
d. u3

(c) If h  30 m and d  40 m , then find the A C
position and the instant at which the d
collision occurs.

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Answers
ab
1. h 
ab
a 2  ab  b 2  a 2  ab  b 2 
2. R  ;   tan 1  

ab  ab 

3. (a) t  1 s ; (b) P x, y  5 3 , 5 m 
2u 2 cos  sin     u2
4. R  ; Rmax 
2
g cos  g (1  sin )
t2 
6. (a) y  u  4 t  (b) v  6  2t  iˆ  4  t  ˆj
2
 dv 1
(c) a   2iˆ  ˆj (d) a  5 ; tan   ;   26.5
dt 2
u1  u2 
7. r12  u1 u2
g
3
8. d min  10 m and t  s
4
d 4
10. (a) u  25 ms 1 ;   37 o ; (b) h  45 m and d  60 m ;  ;
h 3
(c) Position 40 m, 10 m  ; Time t  2 s

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