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Phy433 Assignment 2

This document contains 16 physics assignment questions related to topics like mechanics, heat, thermodynamics, and harmonic motion. The questions involve calculating things like angular acceleration of a spinning wheel, torque on an object, speed and time for an object rolling or sliding down an incline, changes in moment of inertia, tension and forces on hanging objects, pressure and force of water at a given depth, floating and submerged objects, roof weight from wind force, properties of simple harmonic motion like amplitude and frequency, energy and speed of an oscillating object, pulse travel time in a stretched cord, properties of a traveling wave, using calorimetry data to determine specific heat and latent heat of fusion, and work, energy and heat changes

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Phy433 Assignment 2

This document contains 16 physics assignment questions related to topics like mechanics, heat, thermodynamics, and harmonic motion. The questions involve calculating things like angular acceleration of a spinning wheel, torque on an object, speed and time for an object rolling or sliding down an incline, changes in moment of inertia, tension and forces on hanging objects, pressure and force of water at a given depth, floating and submerged objects, roof weight from wind force, properties of simple harmonic motion like amplitude and frequency, energy and speed of an oscillating object, pulse travel time in a stretched cord, properties of a traveling wave, using calorimetry data to determine specific heat and latent heat of fusion, and work, energy and heat changes

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FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) PHYSICS


(AS203)

FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS: MECHANICS AND HEAT


(PHY433)

ASSIGNMENT 2
QUESTION 1: A 64-cm-diameter wheel accelerated uniformly about its center from 130 rpm
to 280 rpm in 4.0 s. Determine (a) its angular acceleration, and (b) the radial and tangential
components of the linear acceleration of a point on the edge of the wheel 2.0 s after it has
started accelerating.
QUESTION 2: Find the net torque on the wheel in Figure P10.35 about the axle through O,
taking a = 10.0 cm and b = 25.0 cm.

QUESTION 3: A solid sphere is released from height h from the top of an incline making an
angle θ with the horizontal. Calculate the speed of the sphere when it reaches the bottom of
the incline (a) in the case that it rolls without slipping and (b) in the case that it slides
frictionless without rolling. (c) Compare the time intervals required to reach the bottom in
cases (a) and (b).
QUESTION 4: A figure skater can increase her spin rotation rate from an initial rate of 1.0
rev every 1.5s to a final rate of 2.5 rev/s. If her initial moment of inertia was 4.6 kgm 2, what
is her final moment of inertia? How does she physically accomplish this change?
QUESTION 5: A traffic light hangs from a pole as shown in Fig. 12-60. The uniform
aluminum pole AB is 7.20 m long and has a mass of 12.0 kg. The mass of the traffic light is
21.5 kg. Determine

a) the tension in the horizontal massless cable CD, and


b) the vertical and horizontal components of the force exerted by the pivot A on the
aluminum pole.
QUESTION 6: A sign (mass 1700 kg) hangs from the end of a vertical steel girder with a
cross-sectional area of 0.012 m2.

a) What is the stress within the girder?


b) What is the strain on the girder?
c) If the girder is 9.50m long, how much is it lengthened? (Ignore the mass of the girder
itself)
QUESTION 7: Calculate the absolute pressure at the bottom of a freshwater lake at a point
whose depth is 27.5 m. Assume the density of the water is 1.00 x 10 3 kg/m3 and that the air
above is at a pressure of 101.3 kPa. (b) What force is exerted by the water on the window of
an underwater vehicle at this depth if the window is circular and has a diameter of 35.0 cm?
QUESTION 8: A cube of wood having an edge dimension of 20.0 cm and a density of 650
kg/m3 floats on water. (a) What is the distance from the horizontal top surface of the cube to
the water level? (b) What mass of lead should be placed on the cube so that the top of the
cube will be just level with the water surface?
QUESTION 9: A 180-km/h wind blowing over the flat roof of a house causes the roof to lift
off the house. If the house is 6.2m x 12.4m in size, estimate the weight of the roof. Assume
the roof is not nailed down.
QUESTION 10: Figure 14-29 shows two examples of SHM, labeled A and b. for each, what
is

a) The amplitude
b) The frequency
c) The period?
d) Write the equation for both A and B in the form of a sine or cosine.
QUESTION 11: A 50.0-g object connected to a spring with a force constant of 35.0 N/m
oscillates with an amplitude of 4.00 cm on a frictionless, horizontal surface. Find (a) the total
energy of the system and (b) the speed of the object when its position is 1.00 cm. Find (c) the
kinetic energy and (d) the potential energy when its position is 3.00 cm.
QUESTION 12: A cord of mass 0.65 kg is stretched between two supports 8.0 m apart. If the
tension in the cord is 140 N, how long will it take a pulse to travel from one support to the
other?
QUESTION 13: A sinusoidal wave is described by the wave function y = 0.25 sin (0.30x −
40t) where x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. Determine for this wave (a) the
amplitude, (b) the angular frequency, (c) the angular wave number, (d) the wavelength, (e)
the wave speed, and (f) the direction of motion.
QUESTION 14: An aluminum calorimeter with a mass of 100 g contains 250 g of water. The
calorimeter and water are in thermal equilibrium at 10.0°C. Two metallic blocks are placed
into the water. One is a 50.0-g piece of copper at 80.0°C. The other has a mass of 70.0 g and
is originally at a temperature of 100°C. The entire system stabilizes at a final temperature of
20.0°C. Determine the specific heat of the unknown sample.
QUESTION 15: The specific heat of mercury is 138J/kg.oC. Determine the latent heat of the
fusion of the mercury using the following calorimeter data: 1.00kg of solid Hg at its melting
point of -39.0oC is placed in a 0.620kg aluminum calorimeter with 0.400kg of water at
12.80oC, the resulting equilibrium temperature is 5.06oC.
QUESTION 16: Consider the following two-step process. Heat is allowed to flow out of an
ideal gas at constant volume so that its pressure drops from 2.2 atm to 1.4 atm. Then the gas
expands at constant pressure, from a volume of 5.9 L 9.3 L, where the temperature reaches its
original value. See fig, 19-30. Calculate

a) The total work done by the gas in the process.


b) The change in internal energy of the gas in the process, and
c) The total heat flow into or out of the gas.

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