Basic Engineering Correlation (Physics Reviewer)

(A Collaborative work of GaMbit, jay729, and airsWTP)

1. The system shown is in static equilibrium. Find W.

2. What is the force in member AF?

Select one:
a. 5000 N
b. 15 000 N
c. 10 000 N
d. O
3. A ball is dropped from rest at a point 12 m above the ground into a smooth, frictionless chute. The ball exist the chute 2 m above the ground
and at angle 45o from the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. Approximately how far will the ball travel in the horizontal direction before
hitting the ground?
4. The structure shown is formed of three separate solid aluminum cylindrical rods, each with a 1 cm diameter. What is the -coordinate of the
centroid of volume for the structure?

10. A constant force of 750 N is applied through a pulley system to lift a mass of 50 kg as shown. Neglecting the mass and friction of the pulley
system, what is the acceleration of the 50 kg mass?
11. A child keeps a 1 kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding onto a 1.5 m long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always
in the plane of the circular flight path. If the plane flies at 10 m/s, what is the tension in the string?

13. What is the approximate centroidal polar moment of inertia of the area?
16. Link AB of the linkage mechanism shown in the illustration rotates with an instantaneous counterclockwise angular velosity of 10 rad/s.
What is the instantaneous angular velocity of link BC when link AB is horizontal and link CD is vertical?
18. A flywheel rotates at 7200 rev/min when the power is suddenly cut off. The flywheel decelerates at a constant rate of 2.1 rad/s2 and comes
to rest 6 min later. How many revolutions does the flywheel make before coming to rest?
20. Find the distance between position B and C.
22. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefficient of friction between all tires and the road is 0.80. How fast can the car and trailer
travel around an unbanked curve of radius 200 m without either the car or trailer skidding?
25. What is the -coordinate of the centroid of the perimeter line?

26. An angle bracket is subjected to the forces and couple shown. Determine the equivalent force-couple system at point A
28. Find the acceleration of block A after the blocks are released.

30. What is the reaction at point B?

31. Find the -and y-coordinates of the centroid of wire ABC
35. A single force (not shown) is applied at point B in the y-direction, in line with points A and B. What should this force bein order for the frame
to be in equilibrium in that direction?.

36. A cable passes over a stationary sheave and supports a 60 kg bucket, as shown. The coefficient of friction between the cable abd the sheave
is 0.10. The cable has a uniform mass per unit length of 0.4 kg/m. The cable is in the shape of a catenary due to its own weight. The tension o
fthe cable at the pulley is given by T = wy, where w is the weight per unit lenght and the constant y (for this configuration) is known to be 151
m. How much more mass can be added to the4 bucket before the cable slips over the pulley?
37. T he moment of inertia about the -axis o fthe cross section shown is 245833 cm4. If the cross-sectional area is 250 cm2 and the thickness of
the web and the flanges are the same, what is the moment of inertia about the centroidal axis?
38. Assume that the centroidal moment of inertia of area A2 with respect to the composite centroidal -axis is 73.94 cm4. The moment of inertia
of area A2 with respect to the composite centroidal horizontal axis is 32.47 cm4. What is the moment of inertia o fthe composite area with
respect to its centroidal -axis?
39. Find the tension, T, that must be applied to pulley A to lift the 1200 N weight.

40. What are the - and y-coordinates of the centroid of the area?
41. Determine the force in member FH for the pi-connected truss shown.

42. What is the period of a pendulum that passes the center point 20 times a minute.

43. A 2kg block rests on 34o incline. If the coefficient of static friction is 0.2, how much additional force, F, must be applied to keep the block
from sliding down the incline?

Select one:
a. 14 N
b. 9.1 N
c. 7.7 N
d. 8.8 N
44. A uniform rod (AB) of length L and weight W is pinned at point C. An initial impulse starts the rod accelerating with an initial angular
acceleration (in rad/s2) of g/L. What is the initial reaction at point C?

46. A 153 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefiicient of friction between all tires and the road is 0.80. The car and trailer are traveling at
100 km/h around a banked curve of radius 200 m. What is the necessary banking angle such that tire friction will not be necessary to prevent
skidding?
48. A hollow cylinder has a mass of 2 kg, a height of 1 m, an outer diameter of 1 m, and an inner diameter of 0.8 m. What is the cylinders mass
moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to the cylinders longitudinal axis and located at the cylinders end?

49. Rigid link AB is 12 m long. It rotates counterclockwise about point A at 12 rev/min. A thin disk with radius 1.75 m is pinned at its center to
the link at point B. The disk rotates counterclockwise at 60 rev/min with respect to point B. What is the maximum tangetial velocity seen by any
point on the disk?
52. Refer to a particle for which the position is defined by s(t) = 2 sin tj [tin radians]. What is the magnitude of the particles velocity at t = 4 rad?

53. A 2 kg mass swings in a vertical plane at the end of a 2 m cord. When = 30o, the magnitude of the tangential velo9city of the mass is 1 m/s.
What is the tension in the cord at this position?
54. What total torque is apllied to the pulley?

55. A fisherman cuts his boats engine as it is entering a harbor. The boat comes to a dead stop with its front end touching the dock. The
fisherman's mass is 80 kg. He moves 5 m from his seat in the back to the front of the boat in 5 s, expecting to be able to reach the dock. if the
empty boat has a mass of 300 kg, how far will the fisherman have to jump to reach the dock?
56. A cannonball of mass 10 kg is fired from a cannon of mass 250 kg. The initial velocity of the cannonball is 1000 km/h. All of the cannon's
recoil is absorbed by a spring with a spring constant of 250 N/cm. What is the maximum recoil distance of the cannon?

57. The cylinder shown is acted on by couple M. Wall A is frictionless (&#181s = 0), but the coefficeint of static friction between the cylinder and
wall B is &#181s = 0.3. The cylinder has a weigh of 200 N. What is the largest value of the couple M for which the cylinder will not turn?
58. Whatb is the polar radius of gyration?

60. If the car described in Prob.72 moves along a track that is banked 5o, what is the smallest radius it can travel without skidding?
61. Find the force in member BC.

62. A projectile is fired from a cannon with an initial velocity of 1000 m/s and at an angle of 30o from the horizontal. What distance from the
cannon will the projectile strike the ground if the point of impact is 1500 m below the point of release?
64. A varying force acts on a 40 kg weight as shown in the following force versus time diagram. What is the object's velocity at t = 4 s if the
object start from
66. Three forces act on a hook. Determine the magnitude of the resultant of the forces. Neglect hook bending.

69. What is the tension in cable AB?

70. A 100 kg block is pulled along a smooth, flat surface by an external 500 N force. If the coefficient of friction between the block and the
surface is 0.15, what acceleration is experienced by the block due to the external force?

71. A motorist is travelling at 70 km/h when he sees a traffic light in an intersection 250 m ahead turn red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The
motorist wanst to enter the intersection without stopping his vehicle, just as the light turns green. What uniform deceleration of the vehicle will
just put the motorist in the intersection when the light turns greens?
72. The nuts on a collar are each tightened to 18 N m torque. 17% of this torque is used to overcome screw thread friction. The bolts have a
nominal diameter of 10 mm. The threads are a simple square cut with a pitch abgle of 15o. The coefficient of friction in the threads is 0.10.
What is the approximate tensile force in each bolt?

Select one:
a. 203 N
b. 1620 N
c. 405 N
d. 132 N

75. A particle starting from rest experienced an acceleration of 3 m/s2 for 2 s. The particle then returned to rest in a distance of 8 m. Assuming
all accelerations were uniform, what was the total time elapsed for the particles motion?
76. A rope passes over a fixed sheave as shown. The two rope ends are parallel. A fixed load on one end of the rope is supported by a constant
force on the other end. The coefficient of friction between the rope and the sheave is 0.30. What is the ratio of tensile forces in the two rope
ends?

79. The elevator in a 12--story building has a mass of 1000 kg. Its maximum velocity and maximum acceleartion ar 2 m/s and 1 m/s2,
respectively. A paasenger with a mass of 75 kg stands on a bathroom scale in the elevator as the elevator ascends at its maximum acceleration.
what is the scale reading just as the elevator reaches its maximum velocity?

80. The braced frame shown is constru cted with pin-connected members and supports. All applied forces are horizontal. What is the force in
the diagonal member AB?(Insert question #10)
81. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unblanked circular track of radius r. The coefficient of friction between the tires and the
track is 0.3. If the car's velocity is 10 m/s, what is the smallest radius it may travel without skidding?

82. A 10 kg block is resting on a horizontal circular disk (e.g., turntable) at a radius of 0.5 m form the center. The coefficient of friction between
the block and disk is 0.2. the disk begins to rotate with a uniform angular acceleration. What is the minimum angular velocity of the plate that
will cause the block to slip?

84. Two meshing spur gears are arranged such that neither gear is turning and both are in equilibrium. Gear 1 has a radius of 4 cm. Gear 1's
shaft carries a torsional moment of 65 N m from an external motor. Gear 2 has a radius of 6 cm. Assuming a 100% transmission efficiency, what
torque is transmitted by the shaft of gear 2?
85. Determine the force in member AG for the pin-conneted truss shown.
86. What are the -and y-coordiantes of the centroid of the area?

91. The location of a particle moving in the -y plane is given by the parametric equations = t2 + 4t and y =(1/4)t4 - 60t, where and y are in
meters and t is in seconds. What I sthe particles velocity at t = 4 s?
92. The two cables shown carry a 100 N vertical load. What is the tension in cable AB?

93. The pedestrian bridge truss shown has 10 000 N applied loads at points I,J, and K. What is the force in member IJ?
94. A projectile whose mass is 10 g is fired directly upward from ground level with an initial velocity of 1000 m/s. Neglect the effects of air
resistance, what will be speed of the projectile when it impacts the ground?
Select one:
95. The 285 kg plate shown is suspended horizontally by four wires of equal loenght, and the tension of each wire is equal. If wire D snaps, the
tension in the three remaining wires is redistributed. Determined the tension in each wire after wire D snaps.
97. Three coplanar forces are in equilibrium on the surface of a steel plate, as shown. Two of the forces are known to be 10 N. What is the
angle, , of the third force?

98. A signal arm carries two traffic signals and a sign, as shown. The siognals and sign are rigidly attached to the arm. Each traffic signal is 0.2
m2 in frontal area and weighs 210 N. The sign weighs 60 N/m2. The design wind pressure is 575 N/m2. The maximum moment that the
connection between the arm and pole can withstand due to wind is 6000 N m , and the maximum permitted moment due to the loads is 4000
N m. As limited by moment on the connection, what is the maximum area of the sign?
99. A uniform thin disk has a radius of 30 cm and a mass of 2 kg. A constant force of 10 N is applied tangentially at a varying, but unknown,
distance from the center of the disk. The disk accelerates about its axis at 3t rad/s2. What is the distance from the center of the disk at which
the force is apllied at t = 12 s?
100. Four bolts (not shown) connect support A to the ground. Determine the design load for each o fthe four bolts.

103. Find the velocity of block A 2.5 s after the blocks are released.
104. A box has uniform density and a total weight of 600 N. It is suspended by three equal-length cables, AE,BE, and CE, as shown. Point E is 0.5
m directly above the center of the box's top surface. What is the tension in cable CE?

105. The five forces shown act at point A. What is the magnitude of the resultant force?
106. Determine the reaction at point C.

107. A 50 kg cylinder has a height of 3 m and a radius of 50 cm. The cylinder sits on the -axis and is oriented with its major axis parallel to the y-
axis. What is the mass moment of inertia about the -axis?
108. A rope is wrapped over a 6 cm diameter pipe to support a bucket of tools being lowered. The coefficient of friction between the rope and
the pipe is 0.20. The combined mass of bucket and tools is 100 kg. What is the range of force that can be applied to the free end of the rope
such that the bucket remains stationary?

109. A model T-beam is constructed from five balsa boa rds. Refer to the illustration for the as-built dimensions. What is the approximate
centroidal moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the -axis?
112. A spring has a constant of 50 N/m. The spring is hung vertically, and a mass is attached to its end. The spring end displaces 30 cm from its
equilibrium position. The same mass is removed from the first spring and attached to the end of a second (different) spring, and the
displacement is 25 cm. What is the spring constant of the second spring?

113. What is the polar moment of nertia about the composite centroid?
114. An area is a composite of a semicircle and a triangle, as shown. What is the distance between the -axis an dthe centroid?
115. Find the velocity at position B.

116. In the structure shown, the beam is pinned at point B. Point E is a roller support. The beam is loaded with a distributed load from point A
to point B of 400 N/m, a 500 N m couple at point C, and a vertical 900 N force at point D. If the distributed load and the vertical load are
removed and replaced with a vertical upward force of 1700 N at point F, what moment at point F would be necessary to keep the reaction at
point E at the same?.
117. What is the magnitude of the forces that constitute the moment?

118. A 28 mm diameter circuit area is reduced by a 21 mm diameter circular area that is cut out. Both circles are tangent to the y-axis. What is
the moment of inertia about the y-axis of the remaining (shaded) area?
119. What is the coefficient of friction between the plane and the block?

121. The center of gravity of a roller coaster car is 0.5 m above the rails. The rails are 1 m part. What is the maximum speed that the car can
travel around an unbanked curve of radius 15 m without the inner wheel losing contact with the top of the rail?
122. Two particles are fixed to an x axis : particle 1 of charge -2.00 x 10-7 C at x=6.00 cm and particle 2 of charge +2.00 x 10-7 C at x=21.0 cm.
Midway between the particles, what is their net electric field in unit vector notation?
Select one:
a. -3.20 X 105 N/C i ̂
b. -6.39 x 105 N/C i ̂
c. -4.00 x 105 N/C i ̂
d. -2.40 x 105 N/C i ̂

123. Find the force in member DE.

124. A force is defined by the vector A = 3.5 i - 1.5 j + 2.0k. i,j, and k are unit vectors in the -,y-, and z-direction, respectively. What is the angle
that the force makes with the positive y-axis?

125. The position (in radians) of a car travelling around a curve is described by the following function of time (in seconds). What is the angular
velocity at t = 3 s?

126. A stone is dropped down a well. 2.47 s after the stone is realeased, a splash is heard. If the velocity of sound in air is 342 m/s, find the
distance to the surface of the water in the well.
128. A car with a mass of 1530 kg tows a trailer (mass of 200 kg) at 100 km/h. What is the total momentum of the car-trailer combination?

132. A motorist is travelling at 70 km/h when he sees a traffic light in an intersection 250 m ahead turn red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The
motorist wanst to enter the intersection without stopping his vehicle, just as the light turns green. If the vehicle decelerates at a constant rate
of 0.5 m/s2, what will be its speed when the light turns green?

134. The rotor of a steam turbine is rotating at 7200 rev/min when the steam supply is suddenly cut off. The rotor decelerates at a constant
rate and comes to rest after 5 min. What was the angular deceleration of the rotor?
135. A 6 kg sphere moving at 3m/s collides with a 10 kg sphere traveling 2.5 m/s in the same direction. The 6 kg ball comes to a complete stop
after the collision. What is the new velocity of the 10 kg ball immediately after the collision?

138. If the frame is pinned so that it rotates around point B, what counteracting moment must be applied at point A to put the frame in
equilibrium?
141. A wheel with a radius of 80 cm rolls along a flat surface at 3 m/s. If arc AB on the wheels perimeter measures 90o, what is the velocity of
point A when point B contacts the ground?

142. A disk-shaped bofy with a 4 cm radius has a 320 N force acting through the center at an unknown angle , and two 40 N loads acting as a
couple, as shown. All of these forces are removed and replaced by a single 320 N force at point B, parallel to the original 320 N force. What is
the angle ?
143. A block with a mass of 150 kg is pulled over a horizontal surface by a cable guided by a pulley as shown. The coefficients of friction are 0.58
between the surface and the block, and 0.90 between the cable and the pulley. What force,F, must be applied to the cable for the block to
move?

147. Resolve the 300 N force into two components, one along line p and the other along line Q. (F, P and Q are coplanar.)
148. Determine the force in member BC.
152. A golfer on level ground attempts to drive a gof ball across a 50 m wide pond, hitting the ball so that it travels initially at 25 m/s. The ball
travels at an initial angle of 45o to the horizontal plane. How far will the golf ball travel, and does it clear the pond?

153. A 2000 kg car pulls a 500 kg trailer. The car and trailer accelerates from 50 km/h to 75 km/h at rate of 1 m/s2. What linear impules does
the car impart on the trailer?

156. A mass of 10 kg is suspended from a vertical spring with a spring constant of 10 N/m. What is the period of vibration?
157. What is the reaction at point A for the simply supported beam shown?

158. A bent beam is acted upon by a moment and several concentrated forces, as shown. Find the missing force F and distance that will
maintain equilibrium on the member shown.
159. A car travels around an unbanked 50 m radius curve without skidding. The coefficient of friction between the tires and road is 0.3. What is
the car's maximum speed?

162. A disk rolls along a flat surface at a constant speed of 10 m/s. Its diameter is 0.5 m. At a particular instant, point P on the edge of the disk is
45o from the horizontal. What is the velocity of point P at that instant?

163. For the reciprocating pump shown, the radius of the crank is r = 0.3 m, and the rotational speed is n = 350 rpm. What is the tangetial
velocity of point A on the crank corresponding to an angle of = 35o from the horizontal?
166. Refer to a particle whose curvilinear motions is represented by the equation s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3. What is the maximum speed reached by
the particle?

167. A torsional pendulum consists of a 5 kg uniform disk with a diameter of 50 cm attached at its center to a rod 1.5 m in length. The torsional
spring constant is 0.625 N.m/rad. Disregarding the mass of the rod, what is the natural frequency of the torsional pendulum?
Select one:
a. 1.0 rad/s
b. 1.4 rad/s
c. 1.2 rad/s
d. 2.0 rad/s

168. The position (in radians) of a car travelling around a curve is described by the following function of time (in seconds). What is the angular
acceleration at t = 5 s?