Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics

Question Bank
Q Unit - I
1 The motion of a particle is defined by the position co-ordinate x  t 4  3t 3  t where x
is in meter, t is in seconds. Determine position co-ordinate, velocity and
acceleration at t=2sec.
2 A stone is dropped from 50m high tower. At the same time another stone is
thrown in upward direction with velocity of 25m/s. when and where they will
cross each other.
3 A 50kg crate moves along the horizontal floor with an initial speed of 4m/s at x=0.
The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 Calculate the distance travelled by the
crate before coming to rest. Also find the time required to crate to come to rest
4 A position of a particle is defined by x  5t 3  3t 2  2t  4 . Find velocity and
acceleration after 2 second.
5 Two cars A and B accelerate from rest. The acceleration of car A is 1.3m/s2 and
that of B is 1.6m/s2. If car B was originally 6m behind A, how long it takes car B
to overtake car A.
6 A 490N crate moves along the horizontal floor with an initial speed of 4m/s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3. Find the time and distance travelled by the
crate before coming to rest.
7 A truck travels 200m in 10sec. while being deaccelerated at a constant rate of
0.5m/s2. Determine its initial and final velocities.
8 Two cars A and B accelerates from rest. The acceleration of car A is 1.3m/s2 and
B is 1.6m/s2. If car B is originally 6m behind how long it takes to overtake car A.
9 Two ships leave the port at same time. The first moves in N-W direction at
50km/hr and second moves at 350 south of west at 40km/hr. Find the relative
velocity of second ship w.r.t first. Also find the distance between them after
25min.
10 Explain the features of motion curves.
11 For a particle moving along a straight line acceleration is expressed by a=(2t-1)
m/s2 where t is in sec. If at t=0 sec, x=5m and v=-10m/s. Find a)velocity equation
b)v at t=1sec
12 Ship A is moving M-W at a speed of 18Km/Hr and he ship B is moving to East at
a speed of 9KM/Hr. Find the magnitude of relative velocity of ship B w.r.t. A
13 An airplane begins to take off run at A with velocity and constant acceleration a
knowing that it becomes airborn 30 sec later at B and distance AB is 2700m
Determine acceleration a.
14 From the top of tower 30m high, a stone is thrown vertically up with a velocity of
5m/s. After how much time will the stone reach the ground? With what velocity
does it strike the ground?
15 At the instant, cars A and B are travelling at speeds of 55m/s and 40m/s,
respectively in opposite directions. Car B has deceleration 10m/s2 and car A has
 acceleration of 5m/s2. Determine the magnitude of relative velocity of A with
respect to B at t = 2sec.
16 Explain the types of motion.
17 The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x  t 3  6t 2  9t  5 where x is
expressed in meter and t in seconds. Determine the time at which velocity will be
zero. Also find acceleration at 5sec.
18 A ball is thrown vertically upward, reaches the maximum ht. 500m determine the
velocity with which the ball was thrown and total time for which the ball remained
in air.

Unit-II
1 A car starts from rest, on a curve of 250m radius and accelerates at a constant
tangential acceleration when magnitude of total acceleration of car becomes 1.5
m/s2
2 Two balls are moving as shown in Fig. Find their velocities after impact and loss
in kinetic energy due to impact.
3 A projectile is fixed with velocity u=600m /s, at angle of elevation 350 Assuming
the ground horizontal find range, maximum height attained and time of flight.
Also find magnitude and direction of velocity just before striking the ground.
4 Define coefficient of restitution? What are the 3 types of impact .
5 A body of weight 50N is moving down 300 inclined plane. Find the work done by
the weight if the body moves through a distance of 0.4m.
6 A projectile is fixed with velocity u=200m/s at an angle of elevation 200.
Assuming the ground is horizontal find a)Range b)maximum ht. attained c)time of
flight d)magnitude and direction of velocity just before striking the ground.
7 A ball of mass 10gm is dropped on the ground from a ht. of 10m. If the rebound
ht. Is 2.5m find the coefficient of restitution.
8 A motorist is travelling on a curved portion of highway of radius 350m at a speed
of 72km/hr. The breaks are suddenly applied causing the speed to decrease at a
constant rate of 1.25m/s2. Determine the magnitude of total acceleration of
automobile a)immediately after breaks are applied.
9 Determine the speed at which the basketball A must be thrown at an angle of 30 0
so that it makes it to the basket at B.
10 A spring of undeformed length 50 cm is stretched from 30cm to 40cm. Determine
the work done by spring force if k=10N/cm
11 A 20gm bullet is fired with velocity of 600m/s into a wooden box of mass 4.5kg at
rest µ=0.4. Find the velocity with which the box moves.
12 The motion of a particle is defined by the equation x  4t 2  6t and y  6t 3  2t 2 where x
and y in meters. t is in seconds. Determine the velocity and acceleration when t
=4 seconds
13 A 50N force is applied to a 10kg body for 5sec. Determine the change in
momentum.
14 A ball is dropped from a height of 10m on a fixed steel plat Coefficient of
restitution is 0.894. Find the height to rebounds on first bounce.
15 A slider block P along bar OA and rotate about pivot O. The angular position of
bar is given as   0.4  0.12t  0.06t and the position of the slider
3

is given as r  0.8  0.1t  0.05t Determine the velocity and acceleration of the slider at
2

t=2secs. Where r in meters, t is in seconds and θ is in radians.

16 What is the work energy principal and impulse momentum principal.
17 A sailboat weighing 4.5 KN with its occupants is running down wind at 3.6 m/s
when its spinnaker is raised to increase its speed. Determine the net force provided
by the spinnaker over the 10-s interval that it takes for the boat to reach a speed of
5.4 m/s.
18 An outdoor track is 126m in diameter. A runner increases his speed at a constant
rate from 4.2 to 7.2 m/s over a distance of 28.5m. Determine the total
acceleration of the runner 2 sec after he began to increase his speed.

Unit-III
1 Locate the center of gravity of the given plane lamina.

2 Determine the moment of inertia of the given symmetrical I section.

3 Locate the center of gravity of the given plane lamina.

4 Determine the moment of inertia (Ixx) of the given L-section.

5 Locate the center of gravity of the shaded area of the given plane lamina.

6 Determine the moment of inertia of the given hollow rectangular section.Outer

box 500 mm X 300mm and inner box 400mm X 200mm.

7 Locate the center of gravity of the given plane area as shown in fig.

8 Determine the moment of inertia (Ixx) of given T section

9 Locate the center of gravity of the given plane area as shown in fig.
10 Determine the moment of inertia (Ixx) of given T section

11 Locate the center of gravity of the given plane area as shown in fig.

12 Determine the moment of inertia of given hollow circular section. Outer dia.
150mm and inner dia. 75mm