CES 2205

CURVILINEAR MOTION

Instructions: Find what is unknown in the problems as shown below.

1. The baseball player A hits the baseball at vA = 40 ft/s and θA = 60° from the horizontal. When
the ball is directly overhead of player B he begins to run under it. Determine the constant
speed at which B must run and the distance d to make the catch at the same elevation at
which the ball was hit.

2. The snowmobile is traveling at 10 m/s when it leaves the embankment at A. Determine the
time of flight from A to B and the range R of the trajectory.

3. If the dart is thrown with a speed of 10 m/s, determine the shortest possible time before it
strikes the target. Also, what is the corresponding angle θA at which it should be thrown, and
what is the velocity of the dart when it strikes the target?

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 4. The muzzle velocity of a long-range rifle at A is u = 400 m/s. Determine the two angles of
elevation that will permit the projectile to hit the mountain target B.

5. Water flows from a roof with an initial velocity of 0.9 m/s at an angle of 22° with the horizontal.
Determine the range of distance x for which the water will enter the drum.

6. Cars move around the “traffic circle” which is in the shape of an ellipse. If the speed limit is
posted at 60 kph, determine the maximum acceleration experienced by the passengers.

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 7. A motorist starts from rest at point A on a circular entrance ramp when t = 0, increases the
speed of her automobile at a constant rate and enters the highway at point B. Knowing that her
speed continues to increase at the same rate until it reaches 100 kph at point C, determine the
speed at point B and the magnitude of the total acceleration when t = 20 s.

8. At a given instant in an airplane race, airplane A is flying horizontally in a straight line, and its
speed is being increased at the rate of 8 m/s 2. Airplane B is flying at the same altitude as
airplane A and, as it rounds a pylon, is following a circular path of 300-m radius. Knowing that
at the given instant the speed of B is being decreased at the rate of 3 m/s2, determine, for the
positions shown the velocity of B relative to A.

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 9. At the instant shown, the angular speed and acceleration of rod OB are θ̇ = 8 rad/s and θ̈ = 24
rad/s2, respectively, both counterclockwise. Calculate the velocity vectors of points A and B on
the rod and the acceleration vectors of A and B.

10. The car increases its speed at a constant rate from 40 mph at A to 60 mph at B. Determine the
magnitude of its acceleration when it has traveled along the road a distance 120 ft.

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