Physics Problem Solving: Forces and Motion
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SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Problem Solving Chapter 5
October 6, 2014
GROUP: First semester 'B'
AREQUIPA- PERU
2014
A curve on a road is part of a horizontal circle. When the
the speed of a car traveling on it is a constant 14 m/s, the force
The total force on the conductor has a magnitude of 130 N. What is the vector force?
total about the driver if the speed is 18.0 m/s?
We have:
130 N
resolution
Fc=mac Fc=m 130=m m/R = 130/196 R=196 y m=130
Now with: V = 18m/s
Fc=m Fc=130/196 ( )= 214.9N
The total force on the conductor is 215N at a speed of 18.
m/s.
4. While two Apollo astronauts were on the surface of the Moon, a
third astronaut orbited the Moon. Assume that the orbit is circular and 100 km
above the surface of the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is
1.52 m/s2. The radius of the Moon is 1.70 m. Determine a) the orbital speed
of the astronaut and b) the orbital period.
We have:
a lunar = 1.52 m/s2.
R lunar = is 1.70 m
100 km m
R lunar
R = R lunar + altitude =
Resolution:
a) ac = V= V= 1654.09
m/s
V=1654 m/s
b) T=2 R/V T= 2 ( ) / 1654 = 6836.98 rev/s
T=6837 rev/s
A space station, in the shape of a wheel with a diameter of 120 m, rotates to
provide an 'artificial gravity' of 3.00 m/s² for people who
they walk around the interior wall of the outer edge. Find the
wheel rotation ratio (in revolutions per minute) that will produce
this effect.
We have to say that this station resembles a planet where everything is attracted.
in the center
120m
Fc = m ac mg = mac 3= = = = 0.224
rad/s
But : =0.22 x 60/2 2.14 rpm
11. An object of 4.00 kg is attached to a vertical bar by two ropes,
as shown in figure P6.11. The object rotates in a horizontal circle with
constant speed of 6.00 m/s. Find the tension in a) the upper rope and
b) the lower string.
Mass = 4.00 kg
6.00 m/s
2
sen = R/2 1.5
cos = 1.5/2
R
Fc = m ac
In the horizontal:
T1 sin + T2 sin = m
T1 + T2 = m / R sin T1+T2 = m /R (R/2)
T1+T2 = 2m /R x R……. (1)
In the vertical:
T1 cos = T2 cos + mg T1-T2 = mg/cos T1 - T2 = mg/
(1.5/2)
T1 - T2 = 2mg / 1.5 .......... (2)
From (1) and (2)
T1 + T2 = 164.57 solving the system we have T1 = 108.42 and
T2= 56.15
T1-T2 = 52.27 108N
4. A roller coaster car (figure P6.14) has a mass of 500 kg when
it is completely loaded with passengers. a) If the vehicle has a speed
At 20.0 m/s at point A, what is the force that the track exerts on the car?
at this point? b) What is the maximum speed that the vehicle can have in
the point B and still remain on the track?
a) N-mg=
N=500 x9.80 + 500 ( /10)
N=24 900 N
b) Mg - N = N=0 for what
maximum sea V
V= Vmax=
12.12 m/s
15. Tarzan (m=85.0 kg) tries to cross a river by swinging with a
liana. The liana measures 10.0 m in length and its speed at the lower part of the
balancing (while barely lifting the water) will be 8.00 m/s. Tarzan does not
It is known that the vine has a breaking strength of 1,000 N.
Will he/she manage to cross the river safely?
We have: Tarzan (m=85.0 kg) 1,000 N
V=8.00m/s
T - mg =
T = 85 x 9.8 + 85 x (
T = 1377 N
Response: As we see, Tarzan exerts a force of 1377N which is greater than
the resistance of the rope means that Tarzan will not cross safely.
17. A bucket of water spins in a vertical circle of 1.00 m
radio. What is the minimum speed of the bucket at the top of the circle if
Shouldn't water be spilled?
N+ mg = N= 0
Vmin Vmin = 3.13m/s
A roller coaster in the Six Flags Great amusement park
America in Gurnee, Illinois, incorporates certain design technology
ingenious and a bit of basic physics. Each vertical loop,
Instead of being circular, it has a tear shape (figure P6.18). The
cars travel inside the loop at the top, and the
velocity magnitudes are large enough to
ensure that the cars remain on the track. The largest loop
It is 40.0 m high, with a maximum speed of 31.0 m/s (almost 70
mi/h) at the bottom. Suppose that the speed at the top
it is 13.0 m/s and the centripetal acceleration
Corresponding is 2g. a) What is the radius of the arc of the tear in
the top part? b) If the total mass of a car plus the passengers is
M, what force does the rail exert on the car at the top? c)
Assume that the roller coaster has a circular loop of 20.0 m
radio. If the cars have the same speed, 13.0 m/s at the part
superior, what is the centripetal acceleration at the top?
Comment on the normal force at the top in this.
situation.
we assume that the speed
at the top is
13.0 m/s and the ac = 2g
a) ac = 2g
R= = 8.62 m
b) mg + N = m N = -mg + m N= m( - N = m (2g - g)
N = mg (downward)
c) ac = = = 8.45
At the highest point we have that the normal force is negative and
perpendicular.
A
1 n object with a mass of 5.00 kg, attached to a spring scale,
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rests on a horizontal surface without friction, as it
shown in figure P6.19. The spring scale, attached to the end
front of a wagon, it has a constant reading of 18.0 N when the
the car is in motion. a) The reading on the scale is zero
when the wagon is at rest. Determine the acceleration of the wagon.
b) What constant reading will show
the scale if the wagon moves at constant speed? c) Describe
the forces on the object as observed by someone in the carriage and
someone resting outside the wagon.
inertial frame
T=ma
18 = 5a a=3.6m/
b) Non-inertial frame a=0
T-Fi=0 as V = constant
inertial frame Non-inertial frame
5kg -ma 5kg
T T