ENGINEERING MECHANICS

CLASS TEST
Sec: I Duration: 1 hr Max. Marks 20 Date: 11/04/2017
Each question carries 5 marks.
1. Determine the force P required to maintain the equilibrium of the linkage shown. All members
are of the same length and the wheels at A and B roll freely on the horizontal rod. (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1 Fig. 2
2. A driver of a car moving at a constant speed of 18 kmph realizes that if he moves at this
speed, he will reach the office late by 10 s. Hence, he accelerated at a constant rate of 2
m/s2 so that he reaches the office right on time. Determine the time taken to reach the office
and the distance covered this time.
3. After having been pushed by an airline employee, an empty 40-kg luggage carrier A hits
with a velocity of 5 m/s an identical carrier B containing a 15-kg suitcase equipped with
rollers. The impact causes the suitcase to roll into the left wall of carrier B. Knowing that
the coefficient of restitution between the two carriers is 0.80 and that the coefficient of
restitution between the suitcase and the wall of carrier B is 0.30, determine the velocity of
carrier B after the suitcase hits its wall for the first time. (Fig. 2)
4. An airplane is flying on a straight level course at 200 kmph at a height of 1000 m above
the ground. An anti-aircraft gun located on the ground fires a shell with an initial velocity
of 300 m/s, at the instant when the plane is vertically above it. At what inclination, to the
horizontal, should the gun be fired to hit the plane? (Fig. 3)

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