Engineering Mechanics Miscellaneous


Engineering Mechanics Miscellaneous

Engineering Mechanics

  1. A spring scale indicates a tension T in the right hand cable of the pulley system shown in Neglecting the mass of the pulleys and ignoring friction between the cable and pulley the mass m is










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    ∑ FV = 0
    4T = mg

    or m =
    4T
    g

    Correct Option: C


    ∑ FV = 0
    4T = mg

    or m =
    4T
    g


  1. An elevator (lift) consists of the elevator cage and a counter weight, of mass m Chain each. The cage and the counter weight are connected by chain that passes over a Cage pulley. The pulley is coupled Counter weight to a motor. It is desired that the elevator should have a maximum stopping time of seconds from a peak speed v. If the inertias of the pulley and the chain are neglected, the minimum power that the motor must have is









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    Power = dW / dt (rate of doing work or rate of change of K.E. energy of the system)
    Initial Kinetic energy of the system

    =
    1
    = mv² +
    1
    mv² = mv²
    22

    Final Kinetic energy = 0
    Time duration it occurs = t
    ⇒ Power =
    mv²
    t

    Correct Option: C

    Power = dW / dt (rate of doing work or rate of change of K.E. energy of the system)
    Initial Kinetic energy of the system

    =
    1
    = mv² +
    1
    mv² = mv²
    22

    Final Kinetic energy = 0
    Time duration it occurs = t
    ⇒ Power =
    mv²
    t



  1. A point mass is shot vertically up from ground level with a velocity of 4 m/s at time, t = 0. It loses 20% of its impact velocity after each collision with the ground. Assuming that the acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2 and that air resistance is negligible, the mass stops bouncing and comes to complete rest on the ground after a total time (in seconds) of









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    (1) → t =?
    v = u + at
    0 = 4 – 10t

    t =
    4
    = 0.4s
    10

    (2) → t' =?
    u' = 0.8 × u = 0.8 × 4 = 3.2 m/s
    v' = u' + at'
    0 = 3.2 – 10t'
    t' =
    3.2
    = 0.32s
    10

    (3) → t'' =?
    u'' = 0.8 u' = 0.8 × 3.2 = 2.56 m/s
    v'' = u'' + at''
    0 = 2.56 – 10t''
    t'' = 0.256s
    So, t, t', t'' are forming a GP series
    So, total time = 2(t + t' + t'' +.... 0)
    = 2[0.4 + 0.32 + 0.256 + ....0] = 2 × 2 = 4 seconds

    Correct Option: C


    (1) → t =?
    v = u + at
    0 = 4 – 10t

    t =
    4
    = 0.4s
    10

    (2) → t' =?
    u' = 0.8 × u = 0.8 × 4 = 3.2 m/s
    v' = u' + at'
    0 = 3.2 – 10t'
    t' =
    3.2
    = 0.32s
    10

    (3) → t'' =?
    u'' = 0.8 u' = 0.8 × 3.2 = 2.56 m/s
    v'' = u'' + at''
    0 = 2.56 – 10t''
    t'' = 0.256s
    So, t, t', t'' are forming a GP series
    So, total time = 2(t + t' + t'' +.... 0)
    = 2[0.4 + 0.32 + 0.256 + ....0] = 2 × 2 = 4 seconds


  1. The following figure shows the velocity time plot for a particle traveling along a straight line. The distance covered by the particle from t = 0 to t = 5s is _______m.









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    Distance = Velocity × Time
    Distance from t = 0 to t = 5s
    = Area under the curve from t = 0 to t = 5

    =
    1
    × 1 × 1 + 1 × 1 +
    1
    × 1 × 3 + 1 × 1 +
    1
    × 2 × 2 + 2 × 2
    222

    =
    1
    + 1 +
    3
    +
    1
    + 2 + 4 = 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 10
    221

    Correct Option: A

    Distance = Velocity × Time
    Distance from t = 0 to t = 5s
    = Area under the curve from t = 0 to t = 5

    =
    1
    × 1 × 1 + 1 × 1 +
    1
    × 1 × 3 + 1 × 1 +
    1
    × 2 × 2 + 2 × 2
    222

    =
    1
    + 1 +
    3
    +
    1
    + 2 + 4 = 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 10
    221



  1. A rigid link PQ is undergoing plane motion as shown in the figure (VP and VQ are non-zero). VQP is the relative velocity of point Q with respect to point P.

    Which one of the following is TRUE?









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    Correct Option: D