Unit 2 Assignment

Subject: Applied Mechanics (Dynamics)
ASSIGNMENT #1 (Chapter: Rectilinear motion of Particles)

Date of submission : 20 Aug 2023, Sunday
[Q.1] Explain the relationship between position, velocity and acceleration of a particle in rectilinear motion.
[Q.2] Explain uniform motion and uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion.
[Q.3] what do you mean by rectilinear motion of a particle? Derive an expression for position of a particle at any instant in rectilinear
motion, when acceleration is given as function of: a) time i.e. a= f(t), b) position i.e.a=f(x) and c) velocity i.e. a=f(v).
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[Q.4] The motion of a particle is defined by the position vector 𝑟⃗ = 6t𝑖̂+4t2𝑗̂+ t3𝑘̂ ,where r is expressed in meters and t in seconds. At the
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instant when t= 3 sec, find the unit position vector, velocity and acceleration.[Ans: 𝑟̂ =0 .44𝑖̂+0.88𝑗̂+0.165𝑘̂ , v=25.64m/s,
a=9.81m/s2]
[Q.5] The motion of the particle is defined by the relation x = t2-10t+30, where x is expressed in meter and t in seconds. Determine:
a) when the velocity is zero and
b) the position & total distance travelled when t= 8 sec. [Ans: a) t=5secs, b)x8=14m, d0-8=34m]
[Q.6] The acceleration of a particle is defined by the relation a=-kv2.5, where k is a constant. The particle starts at x= 0 with a average
velocity 16 m/sec and when x= 6 m, the velocity is observed to be 4 m/sec.
Determine:
a) Velocity of particle when x= 5 m. b) Time at which velocity of particle is 9 m/s.
[Q.7] The acceleration of a particle is directly proportional to the square of the time t. When t=0, the particle is at x=24 m.
Knowing that at t=6s, x=96 m and v=18 m/s, express x and v in terms of t.
[Q.8] A particle starting from rest at x= 1m is accelerated so that its velocity doubles in magnitude between x= 2 m and x= 8 m.
Knowing that the acceleration of the particle is defined by the relation a=k[x-(A/x)], determine the values of the constants A
and k if the particle has a velocity of 29 m/s when x= 16 m. [Ans: -36.8m2, 1.832s-2 ]
[Q.9] The acceleration of a particle is directly proportional to the time t. At time t= 0, the velocity of the particle , v= -16 m/s. Knowing
that both the velocity and position coordinates are zero when t= 4 secs, write down the equation of motion for the particle.
[Ans:x= 𝑡3⁄3 – 16t + 128⁄3 ]
[Q.10] The acceleration of a particle is given by a relation a= -kx. At the initial position, velocity is 2 m/sec. Obtain the position as function
of time when position is 4m and velocity is 0m/s.
[Q.11] A particle oscillates between the points x=40mm & x= 160mm with an acceleration, a= k(100-x), where k is a constant. The
velocity of the particle is 18 m/s when x= 100mm and is zero at both x= 40mm & x= 160mm.
[Q.12] The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x=t3-6t2-36t-40, where x and t are expressed in meter and seconds,
respectively. Determine: (a) when the velocity is zero, and (b) the velocity, the acceleration, and the total distance traveled
when x = 0.
[Q.13] A particle starts from rest at the origin and is given an acceleration a = k/(x + 4)2, where a and x are expressed in m/s2 and m,
respectively, and k is a constant. Knowing that the velocity of the particle is 4 m/s when x = 8 m, determine: (a) the value of
k, (b) the position of the particle when v= 4.5 m/s, (c) the maximum velocity of the particle. [Ans: 48m3/s, 21.6m, 4.9m/s]
[Q.14] 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.
[Q.15] Two automobiles A and B are approaching each other in adjacent highway lanes. At t = 0, A and B are 1 km apart, their
speeds are vA = 108 km/h and vB= 63 km/h, and they are at points P and Q, respectively. Knowing that A passes point Q 40s
after B was there and that B passes point P 42s after A was there, determine (a) the uniform accelerations of A and B, (b)
when the vehicles pass each other, (c) the speed of B at that time. [Ans: (a) 0.250m/s2, 0.3m/s (b)20.8 sec,(c) 85.5km/h.]
vA = 108 km/h
A Q
Lane-1
1km vB = 63 km/h
Lane-2 P B
[Q.16] Block B moves downward with a constant velocity of 20 mm/s. At t=0, block A is moving
upward with a constant acceleration, and its velocity is 30 mm/s. Knowing that at t=3s slider
block C has moved 57 mm to the right, determine: (a) the velocity of slider block C at t= 0,
(b) the accelerations of A and C, and (c) the change in position of block A after 5
s.[10mm/s→ 6mm\s 
[Q.17] Block C starts from rest at t=0 and moves upward with a constant acceleration of 25 mm/s2.
Knowing that block A moves downward with a constant velocity of 75 mm/s, determine (a)
the time for which the velocity of block B is zero, (b) the corresponding position of block B.
[Q.18] The acceleration of a particle is defined by the relation a =-0.8v, where a is expressed in in./s2 and v in in./s. Knowing that at
t=0 the velocity is 40 in./s, determine (a) the distance the particle will travel before coming to rest, (b) the time required for
the particle to come to rest, (c) the time required for the particle to be reduced by 50 percent of its initial value.
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