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Chapter 12, Solution 31.

WA = m A g = 98.1 N WB = mB g = 49.05 N
Assume that block B slides downward relative to block A. Then the friction
force F1 is directed as shown. Its magnitude is
F1 = µk N1 = 0.10 N1.
ΣFy = 0: N1 − WB cos30° = 0, N1 = WB cos30° = 49.05cos30° = 42.48 N.

F1 = ( 0.10 )( 42.48 ) = 4.248 N.

ΣFx = mB aB : WB sin 30° − F1 = mB aB
1 1
aB = (WB sin 30° − F1 ) = ( 49.05sin 30° − 4.248) = 4.055 m/s2
mB 5
Assume that block A slides downward relative to the fixed plane. The
friction force F2 is directed as shown. Its magnitude is
F2 = µk N 2 = 0.20 N 2.

Fy = 0: N 2 − N1 − WA cos30° = 0, N 2 = 42.48 + 98.1cos30° = 127.44 N.

F2 = ( 0.20 )(127.44 ) = 25.49 N

ΣFx = mAa A : WA sin 30° − F2 + F1 = mAa A

1
aA = (WA sin 30° − F2 + F1 )
mA
1
= ( 98.1sin 30° − 25.49 + 4.248) = 2.781 m/s2
10
aB / A = aB − a A = 4.055 − 2.781 = 1.274 m/s 2
Since both aB / A and a A are positive, the directions of relative motion are
as assumed above.
(a) Acceleration of block A. a A = 2.78 m/s 2 30° W
(b) Velocity of B relative to A at t = 0.5 s.
vB / A = aB / At = (1.274 )( 0.5 ) v B / A = 0.637 m/s 30° W

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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