Engineering Mechanics

ESC-ME101
Question Bank 2

1. What is the value of dot product of two orthogonal vectors?

2. What is the angle between the vectors (i + j) and (i - j)?
3. State principle of transmissibility.
4. What is the ratio of limiting friction to the reaction known as?
5. What is the centre of gravity of a solid hemisphere of radius R?
7. An elevator weighing 1000N attains an upward velocity of 5m/s in 3 seconds following a
uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the cable that supports the elevator?
8. State D’Alembert principle.
9. A projectile is fired at an angle θ to the vertical. What is the value of θ for maximum
horizontal range?
10. If a momentum of a body is doubled, its kinetic energy will____
11. What are materials called that have the same elastic properties in all directions?
12. What is Poisson’s ratio?
13. The maximum strain energy that can be stored in a body is known as____ .
14. State and prove Lami's theorem.
15. Define free-body diagram. Draw the free-body diagram of the following as shown below
(Fig. 1):

Fig. 1
16. A force F = (3i - 4j + 12k) N acts at a point A whose coordinates are (1 - 2, 3) m.
Compute,
(a) moment of force about origin, (b) moment of force about the point (2, 1, 2) m.

17. Explain cone of friction.

18. State the perpendicular axis and parallel axis theorem of the area moment of inertia.

19. The acceleration of a particle at any point A is expressed by the relation a = 200x(1 +
kx2); where a and x are expressed in m/s2 and meters respectively, and k is a constant. If the
velocity of the particle at A is VA = 2.5 m/s when x = 0 and VA = 5 m /s when x = 0.15 m; find
the value of k.
20. Draw the stress-strain diagram of mild steel and explain the implications of the salient
points. What is the interpretation of area under such a curve?
21. A force F of magnitude 200 N is applied to the point O (origin) of a three-dimensional
coordinate system and passes through a point A having coordinates (4, 8, 5). Express the
force in terms of unit vectors i, j, k.

22. Determine the centroid of the I-section shown in figure below (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2
23. A roller of radius r = 12 cm and weight Q = 500 N is to be pulled over a curb of height 6
cm by a horizontal force P applied to the end of a string wound around the circumference of
the roller (refer Fig. 3). Find the magnitude of P to start the roller over the curb.

Fig. 3

24. Two bodies of weight W1 and W2 rest on an inclined plane and are connected by a string
as shown in the Fig. 4. If µ 1= 0.2 and µ2 = 0.3, determine the angle of the plane α for which
sliding will occur when W1 = W2 = 75 N.

Fig. 4

25. Determine the reactions at the supports of the beam as shown in the Fig. 5.
 Fig. 5
26. The position coordinate of a particle which is confined to move in a straight line is given
by S = 2t3=24t+6, where S is in meters and t is in seconds. Determine, (i) the time required
for the particle to reach a velocity of 72m/s from its initial condition at t=0. (ii) the
acceleration of the particle when v= 30m/s. (iii) the net displacement of the particle during
the interval from t=1second to t= 4seconds.

27. Prove that the trajectory of a projectile is a parabola.

28. A bullet is fired at an angle of 30 up to the horizontal with velocity 100m/s from the top
of a tower, 50m high. Determine: (a) time of flight, (b) horizontal range of the ground, (c)
maximum height of the bullet from ground, (d) velocity of the bullet after 6 seconds. Assume
horizontal ground at the foot of the tower.

29. Prove the conservation of energy for a free falling particle.

30. A cart of mass M rolls down a track inclined at an angle θ. The cart starts from rest a
distance 1m up the track from a spring, and rolls down to collide with the spring as shown in
the Fig. 6.

Fig. 6
(a) Assuming no non-conservative work is done, what is the speed of the cart when it first
contacts the spring.
(b) Suppose the spring has a force constant k. What is the peak force compressing the
spring during the collision?

31. If the string AB is horizontal (as shown in Fig. 7), find the angle that the string AC makes
with the horizontal when the ball is in a position of equilibrium. Also find the reaction R
between the ball and the plane.
 Fig. 7

32. The following details refer to the bar as shown in Fig. 8:

Portion Length Cross-section

AB 600mm 40mm x 40mm
BC 800mm 30mm x 30mm

CD 1000mm 20mm x 20mm

If the force P4 = 80kN, P2 = 60kN and P3 = 40kN, find the extension of the bar, when E =
2 x 105 N/mm2.

Fig. 8
33. A gun emplacement is shown on a cliff in fig. the muzzle velocity of the gun is 1,000
m/sec. At what angle α must the gunpoint in order to hit target A shown in the Fig. ? Neglect
friction.

34. A point P moves on a circular path in a counter clockwise direction so that the length of
arc it sweeps out is s=t3+3. The radius of the path is 4 m. The units of s and t are m and secs
respectively. Determine the axial components of velocity (vx, vy)and the axial components of
acceleration (ax, ay) when t=1s.

35. Find the least initial velocity with a projectile is to be projected so that it clears a wall 4m
height located at a distance of 5m and strikes the ground at a distance of 4m beyond the wall
as shown in fig. the point of projection is at the same level as the foot of the wall.
36. A wheel of radius r rolls without slip along x axis with constant speed as shown in Fig
Investigate the motion of a point A on the rim of the wheel which starts from the origin O

37. A uniform bar of length l and mass m is rotating at a constant angular velocity ω about a
vertical axis through a point at a distance 'a' from one end. For the phase shown in fig when
the bar is passing through the plane of the paper, determine the horizontal and vertical
components of the reaction of the support on the bar.

38. A pendulum of length l and weight w is supported from the ceiling of an elevator. How
will its period of oscillation for small amplitudes be affected by a constant upward or
downward acceleration 'a' of the elevator?

39. Find the maximum acceleration along a level road that the rear wheel drive automobile
shown in fig can attain if the coefficient of friction between tyres and pavement is µ.

40. A particle of weight W attached to a fixed point o by a string of length l whirls in a

horizontal circular path of radius r with uniform speed v so that the string generates a cone of
height h=(l2-r2)1/2. Determine the relation between v, r and h and also the tensile force S in
the string during such motion.
41. Referring to the below given figure, determine the so called superelevation e of the outer
rail on a railroad curve of radius rso that a car travelling at speed v around the curve will
exert equal pressures on the two rails. The distance between rails is b asshown.

42. Assume that the disk in the fig. rolls without slipping. Determine the tensions in the ropes
and the acceleration of themass centre of disk A

43. Two masses are interconnected with an inextensible cord as shown in Fig. Considering
coefficient of friction in the contiguous surfaces µ=1/3, determine the acceleration and the
tension of the string .Take =12kg and =6kg
44. Block A initially rests on the spring to which it is connected by a 600 mm inextensible
cord which becomes taut after the system is released. What will be the stretch of the spring to
bring the system to rest? The cylinder may be considered homogeneous, has a mass of 75 Kg,
and rotates in frictionless bearings. Refer to the below fig.

45. A cylinder is pulled up a plane by the tension in a rope which passes over a frictionless
pulley and is attached to a 70 kg mass as shown in fig. The 45 kg cylinder has radius 600
mm. The cylinder moves a distance of 5 m. What will be its speed?

46. A rigid bar AB is hinged at A and supported in a horizontal position by two identical
vertical steel wires as shown in Fig. Find the tensile forces s1 and s2 induced in these wires
by a vertical load P applied at B as shown.
47. Three pieces of wood having 3.75 cm. × 3.75 cm square cross section s are glued together
and to the foundation as shown in Fig. The horizontal force P=3000Kg. What is the average
shear stress in each of the glued joints?

48. In fig. a lever is attached to a spindle 2.5

cm in diameter by means of a square key 6m.m. ×6m.m. if the average shear stress in the key
not to exceed 700kg/cm2 , what is the safe value of the load P applied to the end of the lever.