QUESTION BANK

UNIT 4 Kinematics of Particle

1. A car comes to rest from an initial speed of 80 km/h in a distance of 30 m.
With the same constant acceleration, determine the distance ‘s’ for which
the car comes to rest from an initial speed of 110 km/h.
2. The truck travels at a speed of 4 m/s along a circular road that has a radius
of 50 m. For a short distance from s = 0, its speed is then increased by at =
(0.05s) m/s2, where s is in meters. Determine the speed and magnitude of
its acceleration when it has moved s = 10 m.
3. A projectile is launched with a speed of V0 = 25 m/s at an angle of θ = 30°
with horizontal as shown in Fig. Determine the maximum distance travel
by projectile along horizontal and vertical direction.

4. The motion of a particle is defined by x = 2t3 – 15t2 + 24t + 4, where x is

in m and t is in s. Determine when the velocity is zero and find position at
which acceleration is zero.
5. A motorist is traveling on a curve road of radius 760 m with 25 m/s. If he
applies breaks to slow down to 20 m/s in 8 s. Determine the total
acceleration of the vehicle at 20 m/s.
6. A golfer hits the golf ball from point A with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at
an angle of 25° with the horizontal shown in Fig. Determine the maximum
horizontal distance xmax and maximum height hmax it attain.
7. A car comes to rest from an initial speed of 80 km/h in a distance of 30 m.
With the same constant acceleration, determine the distance ‘s’ for which
the car comes to rest from an initial speed. of 110 km/h.
8. A particle moves along the path x = (8t2) and y = (t3 + 5), where x and y are
in m and t is in seconds. Determine the magnitude of the particle’s velocity
and acceleration when t = 3 s.
9. A projectile is launched with a speed of v0 = 25 m/s at an angle of  = 30°
with horizontal as shown in Fig. Determine the maximum distance travel
by projectile along horizontal and vertical direction.

10.The motion of a particle is defined by x = 2t3 – 15t2 + 24t + 4, where x is

in m and t is in s. Determine when the velocity is zero and find position at
which acceleration is zero.
11.A car is traveling along a circular curve that has a radius of 50 m. If its
speed is 16 m/s and tangential component of acceleration at is 8 m/s2,
determine the magnitude of its total acceleration at this instant.
12.A projectile is thrown in the air with a speed of 8 m/s and at an angle  =
30° with the horizontal, as shown in Fig. Determine the horizontal distance
it must travel to reach its highest point B.

13.The motion of a particle is given by: a = t 3 –3t2 + 5 where ‘a’ is the

acceleration in m/s2 and ‘t’ is the time in seconds. The velocity of the
particle, at t = 1 second is 6.25 m/sec and the displacement is 8.8 m.
Calculate the displacement and velocity at t = 2 seconds.
14.A ball thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 10 m/s from a window
located 20 m above the ground. Knowing that the acceleration of the ball
is constant and equal to 9.81 m/s2 downward, determine
i) the highest elevation reached by the ball and the corresponding value
of t;
 ii) velocity with which it hit the ground.
15.A golf player hits the ball from point A with a velocity 45 m/s as shown in
Fig. at an angle of 20° with horizontal. Determine the maximum height it
reaches and the horizontal distance it falls w. r. to A. Consider ground to be
horizontal.

16.The acceleration of a particle is given by an expression, a = k.t2.

At t=0, velocity of the particle is – 12 m/s. Knowing that v = 0 and x = 15
m when t = 4 s, write the equation of motion of a particle.
17.An aircraft, moving horizontally at 108 km/hr at an altitude of 1000 m
wants to hit the target on the ground. Estimate the horizontal distance of
the aircraft from the target, when it released the bomb. Calculate also the
direction and velocity with which the bomb hits the target. Neglect air
friction.
18.A motorist starts from rest at point A on a circular ramp of 150 m radius
when t = 0 s, increases speed at a constant rate and enters the highway at
point B as shown in Fig. Knowing that her speed increases with same rate
till it reaches to 100 km/h at point C, determine the speed at point B.

19.The acceleration of particle in rectilinear motion is given by a = (3t 2+2).

Initial velocity and displacements are 2m/s & 3m respectively. Find
Position, velocity & acceleration of the particle at t = 2s.
20.A projectile fired from the edge of a 150 m high cliff with an initial velocity
of 180 m/s at an angle of elevation of 30° with the horizontal. Neglecting
air resistance find :
i) The greatest elevation above the ground reached by the projectile;
ii) Horizontal distance from the gun to the point, where the projectile
strikes the ground.
21.A car starts from rest and with constant acceleration achieves a velocity of
15 m/s when it travels a distance of 200 m. Determine the acceleration of
the car and the time required to attain the velocity.
22.A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of 80m/s from the
base of 50m high tower. Determine the distance ‘h’ by which the ball clear
the top of tower. Also determine the time of travel when it reaches to base
again.
23.An outdoor track is 126 m in diameter. A runner increases her speed at a
constant rate from 4.2 m/s to 7.2 m/s over a distance of 28.5 m. Determine
the total acceleration of the runner 2s after she begins to increases her
speed.
24.A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 50 m high, At the same time
another stone is thrown up from the foot of the tower with a velocity of 25
m/s. At what distance from the top & after how much time the two stones
cross each other?
25.Automobile A and B are traveling in adjacent lane at t = 0 and have the
position and speed as shown in the Fig. Knowing that automobile A has a
constant acceleration of 0.6 m/s2 and B has constant deceleration of 0.4
m/s2, determine when and where A will overtake B. Also determine the
speed at that time.

26.A stone thrown vertically upward comes back to ground in 8 s. Determine

its velocity of projection and maximum height attained by the stone.
27.A ball is thrown by a player from 5 m above ground level, clears the 25 m
high wall placed 100 m ahead of the player. If the angle of projection of
the ball is 60°, determine the velocity of projection of the ball.
28.A car comes to complete stop from an initial speed of 50 m/s in a distance
of 100 m. With the same constant acceleration, what would be the stopping
distance s from an initial speed of 70 m/s.
29.A golfer hits the golf ball from point A with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at
an angle of 25° with the horizontal shown in Fig. Determine the horizontal
distance AB and maximum height it attain.

30.A train enters a curved horizontal section of track at a speed of 100 km/h
and slows down with constant deceleration to 50 km/h in 12 seconds. An
accelerometer mounted inside the train records a horizontal acceleration of
2 m/s2 when the train is 6 seconds into the curve. Calculate the radius of
curvature ρ of the track for this instant.
31.A particle moves along a straight line with an acceleration a = (4t 3 – 2t),
where ‘a’ is in m/s2 and ‘t’ is in s. When t = 0, the particle is at 2 m to the
left of origin and when t = 2 s the particle is at 20 m to left of origin.
Determine the position of particle at t = 4 s.
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