Helwan University 1st √ Academic year

Faculty of Engineering – Mataria – Cairo 2nd 2022/2023

First Year Mechanical Engineering Programs Date of Exam: 22/1/2023
Course Name: Physics (3) Time allowed: 3 Hours
Course Code: BSE102 ‫كلية الهندسة بالمطرية‬ Maximum Degree: 50 Marks

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Model A
MCQ: Choose the correct answer after making suitable calculations for the following:
1) The motion of a particle connected to a spring is described by 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝝅𝒕). At what time in seconds is
the potential energy equal to the kinetic energy?
a) 0.25 b) 0.50 c) 0.79 d) 1.0
2) A particle executing SHM has velocities 20 cm/s and 16 cm/s at displacements 4 cm and 5 cm from its
equilibrium position, respectively. Its time period is
a) π/2 s b) π s c) 2π s d) π/4 s
3) A lightly damped harmonic oscillator, with a damping force proportional to its speed, is oscillating with
an amplitude of 0.500 cm at time t = 0. When t = 8.20 s, the amplitude has died down to 0.400 cm. At what
value of t will the oscillations have an amplitude of 0.250 cm?
a) 5.13 s b) 16.5 s c) 20.5 s d) 25.5 s
4) An object of mass 2.0 kg hangs from an ideal massless spring with a spring constant of 50 N/m. An
oscillating force 𝑭𝒇 = (𝟓 𝑵) 𝐜𝐨𝐬[(𝟒 𝒓𝒂𝒅/𝒔)𝒕] is applied to the object. The damping constant is 0.02 Kg/s.
What is the amplitude of the resulting oscillations?
a) 0.15 m b) 0.8 m c) 0.28 m d) 1.6 m
5) A mass of 4 Kg is attached to a spring that has a spring constant equal to 800 N/m. The damping constant
that is required to produce c
ritical damping is
a) 0.57 Kg/s b) 56.57 Kg/s c) 113.14 Kg/s d) 1600 Kg/s
6) A body of mass 2 Kg is attached to a spring with a spring constant of 200 N/m. A driving periodic force is
applied to the object for producing forced oscillations. The forced displacement of the object is described
by 𝒙(𝒕) = (𝟔 𝐜𝐦) 𝐜𝐨𝐬[(𝟐𝝅 𝒓𝒂𝒅/𝒔)𝒕 + 𝝋𝒐 ]. The damping constant is 8 Kg/s. What is the phase angle 𝝋𝒐 of
the forced motion?
a) – 22.55° b) – 162.7° c) – 8.2° d) – 171.5°
7) A standing wave having three nodes is set up in a string fixed at both ends. If the frequency of the wave is
doubled, how many antinodes will there be?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
8) A transverse sinusoidal wave on a string has a period T = 0.025 s and travels in the negative x direction
with a speed of 30.0 m/s. At t = 0, an element of the string at x = 0 has a transverse position of 2.00 cm and
is traveling downward with a speed of 2.00 m/s. What is the amplitude of the wave?
a) 0.2 m b) 0.4 m c) 0.02 m d) 0.04 m
9) A 0.25 Kg object attached to a spring executes light damping oscillations with damping constant 2 Kg/s. It
is found that the amplitude is reduced by one third of its initial value for each cycle. What is the damping
angular frequency?
a) 32 rad/s b) 62 rad/s c) 78 rad/s d) 93 rad/s
10) The kinetic energy KE, in Joule, in an ideal mass spring system is given by KE = 144 – 9x2, where x is the
position of the moving mass, in meter, with respect to the equilibrium position. What is the amplitude of
the motion?
a) 2 m b) 3 m c) 4 m d) 5 m
11) A 10.6 Kg object oscillates at the end of a vertical spring that has a spring constant of 2.05×10 4 N/m. The
effect of air resistance is represented by the damping coefficient b = 3 Kg/s. By what percentage does the
amplitude of the oscillation decrease in each cycle?
a) 1 % b) 2% c) 3 % d) 4 %
12) The function 𝒚(𝒙, 𝒕) = (𝟏𝟓. 𝟎 𝒄𝒎) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝝅𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓𝝅𝒕), with x in meters and t in seconds, describes a wave on
a taut string. What is the transverse speed for a point on the string at an instant when that point has the
transverse displacement y = 12.0 cm?
a) 1.25 m/s b) 2.54 m/s c) 4.24 m/s d) 6.37 m/s
13) Use the linear wave equation to find the propagation speed of the travelling wave 𝒚(𝒙, 𝒕) =
𝟑𝟎 (𝟎. 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟐𝒕)−𝟐 where x and y are in meters and t is in seconds.
a) 5.58 cm/s b) 9.33 cm/s c) 40 cm/s d) 250 cm/s
14) Two waves 𝒚𝟏 and 𝒚𝟐 travel along the same string: 𝒚𝟏 (𝒙, 𝒕) = (𝟒. 𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒎) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 (𝟐𝝅𝒙 − 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝝅𝒕) &
𝝅
𝒚𝟐 (𝒙, 𝒕) = (𝟒. 𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒎) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 (𝟐𝝅𝒙 − 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝝅𝒕 + ), where x is in centimeters and t is in seconds. What is the
𝟒
amplitude of the resultant wave?
a) 0.92 cm b) 0.85 cm c) 0.42 cm d) 0.35 cm
15) A standing wave is formed on a taut string of length 4.35 m and mass 2 gm. The string is stretched by a
weight of 0.19 Kg. What is the frequency of the fourth overtone?
a) 29.26 Hz b) 36.57 Hz c) 1.16 Hz d) 0.93 Hz
16) Transverse waves are generated in two uniform steel wires A and B by attaching their free end to a
vibrating source of frequency 500 Hz. The diameter of wire A is half that of wire B and the tension on wire
A is half that on wire B. what is ratio of the velocity of waves in wires A and B?
a) 2 b) 4 c) √𝟐 d) √𝟖
17) A platinum wire that is 1.20 m long has a radius of 0.500 mm and is fixed at both ends. In its third
3 3
harmonic it vibrates at 512 Hz. The density of platinum is 21.4 × 10 kg/m . What is the tension in the wire?
a) 4 KN b) 2.82 KN c) 1.41 KN d) 1 KN
18) Standing waves of frequency 57 Hz are produced on a string that has mass per unit length 0.0160 kg/m.
With what tension must the string be stretched between two supports if adjacent nodes in the standing
wave are to be 0.71 meters apart?
a) 6.6 N b) 26.2 N c) 80.3 N d) 104.8 N
19) A string along which waves can travel is 2.7 m long and has a mass of 260 g. The tension in the string is 36
N. What must the frequency of traveling waves of amplitude 7.7 mm for the average power to be 85 W?
a) 2.4 Hz b) 35.12 Hz c) 197.5 Hz d) 279.6 Hz
20) Two cars A and B are moving away from each other in opposite directions. Both the cars are moving with a speed
of 20 m/s with respect to the ground. If an observer in car A detects a frequency 2000 Hz of the sound coming from
car B, what is the natural frequency of the sound source in car B? (Speed of sound in air = 340 m/s)
a) 2250 Hz b) 2060 Hz c) 2150 Hz d) 2300 Hz
21) What is the amplitude of vibration of the particles of air through which a sound wave of intensity 2.0×10−6 W/m2 and
frequency 1.0 kHz is passing? (Density of air = 1.2 kg/m3 and speed of sound in air = 330 m/s)
a) 4.4 × 10−8 m b) 1.6 × 10−8 m c) 2.4 × 10−6 m d) 1.8 × 10−6 m
22) At a distance of 2.00 m from a point source of sound, the intensity level is 80.0 dB. What will be the
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intensity level at a distance of 4.00 m from this source? The lowest detectable intensity is 10-12 W/m .
a) 77 dB b) 74 dB c) 60 dB d) 40 dB
23) A pipe that is 20.0 m long and 10.0 cm in diameter contains olive oil. The density of the olive oil is 890
3 9
kg/m and the bulk modulus is 1.3 × 10 Pa. A 3.4 Hz longitudinal wave is transmitted in the oil. How many
milliseconds does it take for the wave to travel the length of the pipe in the oil?
a) 16.5 ms b) 14.6 ms c) 12.3 ms d) 8.7 ms
24) As you stand by the side of the road, a car approaches you at a constant speed, sounding its horn, and
you hear a frequency of 80.0 Hz. After the car goes by, you hear a frequency of 60.0 Hz. What is the speed
of the car? The speed of sound in the air is 343 m/s.
a) 64 m/s b) 49 m/s c) 36 m/s d) 25 m/s
25) If the amplitude of sound is doubled and the frequency reduced to one-fourth, the intensity of sound at the
same point will be
a) Increasing by a b) Decreasing by a c) Decreasing by a d) Unchanged
factor of 2 factor of 2 factor of 4