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Engineering Mechanics Mécanique pour Ingénieurs

Problems/ Problèmes
GNG 1105 /1505 | Presented by: Dr. M. YANDOUZI

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TUT-10

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TUT10-PROBLEM1

2/11 In the pinewood‐derby event shown, the car is released from rest at the starting position A and
then rolls down the incline and on to the finish line C. If the constant acceleration down the incline is
2.75 m/s2 and the speed from B to C is essentially constant, determine the time duration tAC for the
race. The effects of the small transition area at B can be neglected.

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SOLUTION

a=cte
VB=cte

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TUT10-PROBLEM2
2/22 Car A is traveling at a constant speed vA = 130 km/h at a location where the speed limit is
100 km/h. The police officer in car P observes this speed via radar. At the moment
when A passes P, the initially stationary police car begins to accelerate at the constant rate of 6
m/s2 until a speed of 160 km/h is achieved, and that speed is then maintained. Determine the
distance required for the police officer to overtake car A. Neglect any nonrectilinear motion of P.

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SOLUTION
t=0s t=?s
VA=36.1m/s VA=36.1m/s

Vp=0m/s Vp=44.44m/s
ap=0m/s x=?m
ap=6m/s2

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TUT10-PROBLEM3

Under the action of force P, the constant acceleration of block B is 6 ft/sec2 up the incline.
For the instant when the velocity of B is 3 ft/sec up the incline, determine the velocity
of B relative to A, the acceleration of B relative to A, and the absolute velocity of point C of
the cable.

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SOLUTION

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TUT10-PROBLEM4

Car A is accelerating in the direction of its motion at the rate of 3ft/sec2. Car B is
rounding a curve of a 440-ft radius at a constant speed of 30 mi/h. Determine the
velocity and acceleration that car B appears to have to an observer in car A if car
A has reached a speed of 45 mi/h for the positions represented.

L’automobile A accélère dans le sens et la

direction de son mouvement avec 3ft/sec2.
L’automobile B négocie une courbe de 440-ft de
rayon a une vitesse constante de 30mi/h.
Déterminez la vitesse et l’accélération que
semble posséder l’auto B pour un observateur
dans l’auto A, quand cette dernière a atteint la
vitesse de 45mi/h dans la configuration illustrée.

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SOLUTION

Velocity
We choose nonrotating reference axes attached to car A
since the motion of B with respect to A is desired.

The relative-velocity equation is:

v B = v A + v B/ A
and the velocities of A and B for the position considered have the magnitudes;

The triangle of velocity vectors is drawn in the sequence

required by the equation, and the application of the law of
cosines and the law of sines gives

1 Alternatively, we could use either a

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SOLUTION

Acceleration

The relative-acceleration equation is

a B = a A + a B/ A
The acceleration of A is given, and the acceleration of B is
normal to the curve in the n-direction and has the
magnitude

The triangle of acceleration vectors is drawn in the

sequence required by the equation as illustrated. Solving
for the x- and y-components of aB∕A gives us

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SOLUTION

Acceleration

The relative-acceleration equation is

a B = a A + a B/ A
( aB/ A ) x = 4.4cos 30° − 3 = 0.810 ft/sec 2
( aB/ A ) y = 4.4sin 30° = 2.2 ft/sec 2

aB/ A = ( 0.810 ) + ( 2.2 ) = 2.34 ft/sec 2

2 2
from which

The direction of aB∕A may be specified by the angle 𝛽 which,

by the law of sines, becomes

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* Be careful to choose between the two
values 69.8° and 180 − 69.8 = 110.2°

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TUT10-PROBLEM5

2/58 A boy tosses a ball onto the roof of a house. For the launch conditions shown,
determine the slant distance s to the point of impact. Also, determine the angle θ which
the velocity of the ball makes with the roof at the moment of impact.

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SOLUTION

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TUT10-PROBLEM6
2/59 As part of a circus performance, a man is attempting to throw a dart into an apple that
is dropped from an overhead platform. Upon release of the apple, the man has a reflex delay
of 215 milliseconds before throwing the dart. If the dart is released with a speed v0 = 14 m/s,
at what distance d below the platform should the man aim if the dart is to strike the apple
before it hits the ground?

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SOLUTION

[1]

[2]

[3]
Take [2] =[3] and substitute Eq[1] in (t=11/14cos)

Using this equation you can solve for 

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