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EN S 162 D Y N A M IC S OF R IG ID B O D IES
EX A M N O. 1 – FEB R U A R Y 5, 2024

Instruction: Solve the following problems. Write your answers and complete solution in your
booklets. Box your final answer/s.

P R OB LEM :
1. Consider a particle moving along a straight line. The velocity v of the particle at any time t
is given by the differential equation: dv/dt=−g+kv, where g is the acceleration due to
gravity, v is the velocity, and k is a constant representing air resistance. The initial
conditions are: @t = 0, the initial velocity v(0) = v0, and the initial position x(0) = x0.
a) Find the velocity v as a function of time t.
b) Find position x as a function of time t.

2. The rod OA rotates clockwise with a constant angular velocity of 6 rad /s. Two pin-
connected slider blocks, located at B, move freely on OA and the curved rod whose shape is
described by the equation r = 200(2 - cos θ) mm. Determine the speed of the slider blocks
at the instant θ= 150°.
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C OLLEG E OF EN G IN EER IN G - C IV IL EN G IN EER IN G D EP A R TM EN T

EN S 162 D Y N A M IC S OF R IG ID B O D IES
EX A M N O. 1 – FEB R U A R Y 5, 2024

3. Particles A and B are traveling around a circular track at a speed of 8 m/s at the instant
shown. If the speed of B is increasing by (at)B = 4 m/s2, and at the same instant A has an
increase in speed of (at)A = 0.8t m/s, determine how long it takes for a collision to occur.
What is the magnitude of the acceleration of each particle just before the collision occurs?

4. A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a 150-ft cliff at A with a speed of 50 ft/sec
and lands at point C. Because of a strong horizontal wind, the ball has a constant
acceleration in the negative x-direction. Determine the radius of curvature of the path of the
ball at B where its trajectory makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. Neglect any effect
of air resistance in the vertical direction.