The document contains a midterm exam for an engineering mechanics course. It includes 3 problems: 1) determining the velocity and acceleration of two points on a ball rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface, 2) expressing the angular velocity of a bar in terms of its distance from the center of a rotating drum, and 3) finding the maximum acceleration of a conveyor belt without tipping cylinders it is transporting up a 15 degree incline. Useful equations for solving dynamics problems involving velocity, acceleration, angular velocity, force, mass, torque, and moment of inertia are also provided.
The document contains a midterm exam for an engineering mechanics course. It includes 3 problems: 1) determining the velocity and acceleration of two points on a ball rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface, 2) expressing the angular velocity of a bar in terms of its distance from the center of a rotating drum, and 3) finding the maximum acceleration of a conveyor belt without tipping cylinders it is transporting up a 15 degree incline. Useful equations for solving dynamics problems involving velocity, acceleration, angular velocity, force, mass, torque, and moment of inertia are also provided.
The document contains a midterm exam for an engineering mechanics course. It includes 3 problems: 1) determining the velocity and acceleration of two points on a ball rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface, 2) expressing the angular velocity of a bar in terms of its distance from the center of a rotating drum, and 3) finding the maximum acceleration of a conveyor belt without tipping cylinders it is transporting up a 15 degree incline. Useful equations for solving dynamics problems involving velocity, acceleration, angular velocity, force, mass, torque, and moment of inertia are also provided.
1. (30) If the ball rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface, determine the velocity and acceleration of points A and B at this instant.
2. (30) Develop an expression for the angular velocity e AB of the slender bar AB in terms of the distance x and the constant angular velocity e of the drum.
3. (40) A cleated conveyor belt transports solid homogeneous cylinders up a 15 incline. The diameter of the cylinder is half its height. Determine the maximum acceleration which the belt may have without tipping the cylinders at it starts.
Useful equations
/ / B A B A A B A v v v v r e = + = +
( ) ( ) B A B A A B A B A n t a a a a a a = + = + +
( ) ( ) 2 t n a r a r o e = = G G G F ma M I o = =