Tutorial 1

ESO209A (Dynamics)
1. For a certain interval of motion, the pin P is forced to move in the fixed parabolic slot
by the vertical slotted guide, which moves in the x-direction at the constant rate of
20 mm/s. All measurements are in millimetres and seconds. Calculate the
magnitudes of the velocity v and acceleration a of pin P when x= 60mm.

2. A projectile is ejected into an experimental fluid at time t = 0. The initial speed is v 0

and the angle to the horizontal is θ . The drag on the projectile results in an
acceleration term a D =−kv , where k is a constant and v is the velocity of the
projectile. Determine the x- and y-components of both the velocity and
displacement as functions of time. What is the terminal velocity? Include the effects
of gravitational acceleration.

3. An aircraft takes off at A and climbs at a steady angle with slope of 1 to 2 in the
vertical y-z plane at a constant speed v=400 km/h. The aircraft is tracked by radar at
o. For the position B, determine the values of Ṙ , θ̇ ,∧ ϕ̇.
4. Airplane A is flying horizontally with a constant speed of 200 km/h and is towing the
glider B, which is gaining altitude. If the tow cable has a length r = 60m and θ is
increasing at the constant rate of 5 degrees per second, determine the magnitude of
the velocity v and acceleration a of the glider for the instant when θ=15° .

5. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the 12-m level in an elevator shaft with an
initial velocity of 18 m/s. At the same instant an open-platform elevator passes the
5-m level, moving upward with a constant velocity of 2 m/s. Determine (a) when and
where the ball will hit the elevator, (b) the relative velocity of the ball with respect to
the elevator when the ball hits the elevator.

6. The vertical motion of mass A is defined by the relation x=10 sin 2 t+15 cos 2 t+100 ,
where x and t are expressed in mm and seconds, respectively. Determine (a) the
position, velocity, and acceleration of A when t = 1 s, (b) the maximum velocity and
acceleration of A.

7. A volleyball player serves the ball with an initial velocity v 0 of magnitude 13.40 m/s
at an angle of 20° with the horizontal. Determine (a) if the ball will clear the top of
the net, (b) how far from the net the ball will land.
8. An industrial robot is being used to position a small part P. Calculate the magnitude
of the acceleration a of P for the instant when β = 30° if β̇ = 10 deg/s and
2
β̈=20 deg /s at this same instant. The base of the robot is revolving at the constant
rate ω = 40 deg/s. During the motion arms AO and AP remain perpendicular.

9. The rotation of the 0.9 m arm OA about O is defined by the relation u=0.15 t 2, where
u is expressed in radians and t in seconds. Collar B slides along the arm in such a way
that its distance from O is r =0.9−0.12t 2, where r is expressed in meters and t in
seconds. After the arm OA has rotated through 30°, determine (a) the total velocity
of the collar, (b) the total acceleration of the collar, (c) the relative acceleration of
the collar with respect to the arm.

10.