TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
PULCHOWK CAMPUS

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Tutorial Questions
Chapter-4: Kinetics of Particles - Impulse and Momentum

Bachelor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Prepared By
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pulchowk Campus, Pulchowk
2021
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1. A truck is traveling on a level road at a speed of 90 km/h when its brakes are applied to
slow it down to 30 km/h. An antiskid braking system limits the braking force to a value at
which the wheels of the truck are just about to slide. Knowing that the coefficient of static
friction between the road and the wheels is 0.65, determine the shortest time needed for the
truck to slow down.
2. An 8-kg cylinder C rests on a 4-kg platform A supported by a cord which passes over the
pulleys D and E and is attached to a 4-kg block B. Knowing that the system is released from
rest, determine (a) the velocity of block B after 0.8 s, (b) the force exerted by the cylinder
on the platform.

3. When the rope is at an angle of α = 30° the 2-lb sphere A has a speed v0 = 2 ft/s. The
coefficient of restitution between A and the 4-lb wedge B is 0.8 and the length of rope l =
3 ft. The spring constant has a value of 100 lb/ft and θ = 20°. Determine the velocity of A
and B immediately after the impact.
4. Two identical cars A and B are at rest on a loading dock with brakes released. Car C, of a
slightly different style but of the same weight, has been pushed by dockworkers and hits
car B with a velocity of 1.5 m/s. Knowing that the coefficient of restitution is 0.8 between
B and C and 0.5 between A and B, determine the velocity of each car after all collisions
have taken place.
5. Two steel blocks are sliding on a frictionless horizontal surface with the velocities shown.
Knowing that the coefficient of restitution between the two blocks is 0.75, determine (a)
the velocity of each block after impact, (b) the loss of kinetic energy due to the impact.
6. A 600-g ball A is moving with a velocity of magnitude 6 m/s when it is hit as shown by a
1-kg ball B which has a velocity of magnitude 4 m/s. Knowing that the coefficient of
restitution is 0.8 and assuming no friction, determine the velocity of each ball after impact.

7. Two identical pool balls of 2.37-in.-diameter, may move freely on a pool table. Ball B is at
rest and ball A has an initial velocity v = v0i. (a) Knowing that b = 2 in. and e = 0.7,
determine the velocity of each ball after impact. (b) Show that if e = 1, the final velocities
of the balls form a right angle for all values of b.

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8. A 1.5-kg block B is attached to an undeformed spring of constant k = 80 N/m and is resting

on a horizontal frictionless surface when it is struck by an identical block A moving at a
speed of 5 m/s. Considering successively the cases when the coefficient of restitution
between the two blocks is (1) e = 1, (2) e = 0, determine (a) the maximum deflection of the
spring, (b) the final velocity of block A.

9. The 18 000-kg F-35B uses thrust vectoring to allow it to take off vertically. In one
maneuver, the pilot reaches the top of her static hover at 200 m. The combined thrust and
lift force on the airplane applied at the end of the static hover can be expressed as F = (44t
+ 2500t2)i + (250t2 + t + 176 580)j, where F and t are expressed in newtons and seconds,
respectively. Determine (a) how long it will take the airplane to reach a cruising speed of
1000 km/hr (cruising speed is defined to be in the x direction only), (b) the altitude of the
plane at this time.

10. The last segment of the triple jump track-and-field event is the jump, in which the athlete
makes a final leap, landing in a sand-filled pit. Assuming that the velocity of an 80-kg
athlete just before landing is 9 m/s at an angle of 35° with the horizontal and that the athlete
comes to a complete stop in 0.22 s after landing, determine the horizontal component of
the average impulsive force exerted on his feet during landing.

11. A 30-kg block is dropped from a height of 2 m onto the 10-kg pan of a spring scale. The
constant of the spring is k = 20 kN/m. Assuming the impact to be perfectly plastic,
determine the maximum deflection of the pan.

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12. A 125-g ball moving at a speed of 3 m/s strikes a 250-g plate supported by springs.
Assuming that no energy is lost in the impact, determine (a) the velocity of the ball
immediately after impact, (b) the impulse of the force exerted by the plate on the ball.

13. A 75-g ball is projected from a height of 1.6 m with a horizontal velocity of 2 m/s and
bounces from a 400-g smooth plate supported by springs. Knowing that the height of the
rebound is 0.6 m, determine (a) the velocity of the plate immediately after the impact, (b)
the energy lost due to the impact.

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