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Civil Engineering

1. Calculate the distance from the center of the earth at 9. A loaded railroad car in Fig. DYN‐SP‐007 is rolling at a
which a particle experiences equal attractions from the constant velocity when it couples with a spring and a
earth and from the moon as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐001. dashpot bumper system. After the coupling, the motion
The particle is restricted to the line through the centers of the car is defined by the relation 60 . sin 16 ,
of the earth and the moon. Justify the two solutions where and are expressed in millimeters and seconds,
physically. Use 6.673 10 m / kg ∙ s , respectively. Determine the position, velocity, and the
5.976 10 kg, 333,000 , and 149.6 acceleration of the railroad car when 0,
10 km. 0.3 s.

2. A bus travels the 100 miles between and at 50 mi/h 10. A freight train travels at 60 1 ft/s, where is
and then another 100 miles between and at 70 mi/h. the elapsed time in seconds as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐008.
Referring to Fig. DYN‐SP‐002, the average speed of the Determine the distance traveled in three seconds, and
bus for the entire 200‐mile trip is: the acceleration at this time.

3. Initially, the car in Fig. DYN‐SP‐003 travels along a 11. Two particles and start from rest at the origin 0
straight road with a speed of 35 m/s. If the breaks are and move along a straight line such that 6 3
applied and the speed of the car is reduced to 10 m/s in ft/s2 and 12 8 ft/s2, where is in seconds.
15 sec, determine the constant deceleration of the car. Determine the distance between them when 4 s and
the total distance each has traveled in 4 s.
4. The car is traveling at a constant speed 100 km/h

on the level portion of the road as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐
12. The acceleration of a rocket traveling upward as
004. When the 6% incline is encountered, the driver does
not change the throttle setting and consequently the car depicted in Fig. DYN‐SP‐009 is given by 6 0.02
decelerates at the constant rate g sin . Determine the m/s2, where is in meters. Determine the time needed
speed of the car 10 seconds after passing point and for the rocket to reach an altitude of 100 m. Initially,
when 100 m. 0, and 0, when 0.

5. A motorist in Fig. DYN‐SP‐005 is traveling at 54 km/h 13. A vacuum‐propelled capsule for a high‐speed tube
when she observes that a traffic light 240 m ahead of her transportation system of the future is being designed for
turns red. The traffic light is timed to stay red for 24 sec. operation between two stations and , which are 10
If the motorist wishes to pass the light without stopping km apart shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐010. If the acceleration
just as it turns green again, determine the required and deceleration are to have a limiting magnitude of 0.6g
uniform deceleration of the car, the speed of the car and if velocities are to be limited to 400 km/h, determine
as it passes the light.
the minimum time for the capsule to make the 10‐km

6. A group of students launches a model rocket Fig. DYN‐ trip.
SP‐006 in the vertical direction. Based on the tracking
data, they determine that the altitude of the rocket was 14. A particle moves in a straight line with the velocity
89.6 ft at the end of the powered portion of the flight and shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐011. Knowing that 540 m at
that the rocket landed 16 sec later. Knowing that the 0, construct the ‐ and ‐ curves for 0
descent parachute failed to deploy so that the rocket fell 50 s, and determine the total distance traveled by the
freely to the ground after reaching its maximum altitude particle when 50 s, the two times at which 0.
and assuming that g 32.2 ft/s2, determine the
speed of the rocket at the end of powered flight, and 15. The car in Fig. DYN‐SP‐012 starts from rest at 0 and
the maximum altitude reached by the rocket. is subjected to an acceleration shown by the ‐ graph.
Draw the ‐ graph and determine the time needed to
7. The displacement of a particle which moves along the ‐
. travel 200 ft.
axis is given by 2 3 , where is in meters

and is in seconds. Plot the displacement, velocity, and
acceleration versus time for the first 20 seconds of 16. The motion of a vibrating particle is defined by the
motion. Determine the time at which the acceleration is position vector 10 1 4 sin 15 ,
zero. where and are expressed in millimeters and seconds,
respectively. Determine the velocity and acceleration
8. The position of a particle along a straight‐line path is when 0, 0.5 s. Refer to Fig. DYN‐SP‐013.
defined by 6 15 7 ft, where is in
seconds. Determine the total distance traveled when 17. The center of mass of a high jumper follows the
10 s. What are the particle’s average velocity, average trajectory shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐014. Determine the
speed, and the instantaneous velocity and acceleration at component , measured in the vertical plane of the
this time? figure, of his take‐off velocity and angle if the apex of
the trajectory just clears the bar at . In general, must

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 the mass center of the jumper clear the bar during a
successful jump? 26. A fireworks shell fired in a vertical trajectory has a ‐
acceleration given by g k , where the latter
18. The basketball passed through the hoop even though it term is due to aerodynamic drag. Refer to Fig. DYN‐SP‐
barely cleared the hands of the player who attempted 023. If the speed of the shell is 15 m/s at the instant
to block it as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐015. Neglecting the shown, determine the corresponding values of , , , ,
size of the ball, determine the magnitude of its initial , and . The drag parameter has a constant value of
velocity and the height of the ball when it passes over 0.01 m .
player .
27. At the instant shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐024, the man is
19. A golfer in Fig DYN‐SP‐016 hits a golf ball with an initial twirling a hose over his head with an angular velocity
velocity of 160 ft/s at an angle of 25° with the horizontal. 2 rad/s and an angular acceleration 3 rad/s2. If
Knowing that the fairway slopes downward at an it is assumed that the hose lies in a horizontal plane, and
average angle of 5°, determine the distance between water is flowing through it at a constant rate of 3 m/s,
the golfer and point where the ball first lands. determine the magnitudes of the velocity and
acceleration of a water particle as it exits the open end.
20. Cars move around the “traffic circle” which is in the
shape of an ellipse as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐017. If the 28. The roller coaster car in Fig. DYN‐SP‐025 travels down
speed limit is posted at 60 km/h, determine the the helical path at constant speed such that the
maximum and minimum acceleration experienced by the parametric equations that define its position are
passengers. sin cos
where , , and are constants. Determine the
21. A certain rocket maintains a horizontal attitude of its axis magnitudes of its velocity and acceleration.
during the powered phase of its flight at high altitude as
shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐018. The thrust imparts a 29. The velocity of the particle is given by
horizontal component of acceleration of 20 ft/sec2, and 16 4 5 2 m/s
the downward acceleration component is the where is in seconds. If the particle is at the origin when
acceleration due to gravity at that altitude, which is g 0, determine the magnitude of the particle’s
30 ft/sec2. At the instant represented, the velocity of the acceleration when 2 s. Also, what is the , ,
mass center of the rocket along the 15° direction of its coordinate position of the particle and the coordinate
trajectory is 12,000 mi/hr. For this position determine angles , , of the particle’s acceleration when 2 s.
the radius of curvature of the flight trajectory, the
rate at which the speed is increasing, the angular 30. The particle moves along the space curve and has a
rate of the radial line from to the center of curvature velocity 4 2 m/s for the instant shown in
, and the vector expression for the total acceleration Fig. DYN‐SP‐026. At the same instant, the particle has an
of the rocket. acceleration a whose magnitude is 8 m/s2. Calculate the
radius of curvature of the path for this position and the
22. A motorist starts from rest at point on a circular rate at which the magnitude of the velocity is
entrance ramp when 0, increases the speed of her increasing.
automobile at a constant rate and enters the highway at
point as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐019. Knowing that her 31. The three‐dimensional motion of a particle in Fig. DYN‐
speed continues to increase at the same rate until it SP‐027 is defined by the position vector
reaches 100 km/h at point , determine the speed cos √ 1 sin
at point , the magnitude of the total acceleration
where and are expressed in feet and seconds,
when 20 s.
respectively. For 3 and 1, determine the

direction of the binormal of the path described by the
23. The train in Fig. DYN‐SP‐020 passes point with a speed
particle when 0, /2 s.
of 30 m/s and begins to decrease its speed at a constant

rate of 0.25 m/s2. Determine the magnitude of the
32. The car is ascending a parking‐garage ramp in the form
acceleration of the train when it reaches point , where
of a cylindrical helix of 24‐ft radius rising 10 ft for each
412 m.
half turn. At the position shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐028 the

car has a speed of 15 mi/hr, which is decreasing at the
24. The rotation of the rod about is defined by the
rate of 2 mi/hr per second. Determine the ‐, ‐, and ‐
relation 4 , where and are expressed in components of the acceleration of the car.
radians and seconds, respectively as shown in Fig. DYN‐
SP‐021. Collar slides along the rod so that its distance 33. The motion of a particle on the surface of a right circular
from is 2.5 5 , where and are expressed in cylinder shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐029 is defined by the
inches and seconds, respectively. When 1 s, relations , 2 , and sin 2 , where
determine the velocity of the collar, the and are constants and is an integer. Determine the
acceleration of the collar, the radius of the curvature magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration of the
of the path of the collar. particle at any time .

25. At the bottom of a loop in the vertical plane an airplane 34. The base structure of the firetruck ladder rotates about a
has a horizontal velocity of 315 mi/h and is speeding up vertical axis through with a constant angular velocity
at a rate of 10 ft/s2. The radius of curvature of the loop is Ω 10 deg/s. At the same time, the ladder unit
1 mi. The plane is being tracked by radar at as shown
elevates at a constant rate 7 deg/s, and section
in Fig. DYN‐SP‐022. What are the recorded values of , ,
of the ladder extends from within section at a
and at this instant?
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 Technological Name : Student No. :
University Year/Subject : BSCE 2 – DYN Exam Type :
of the Philippines Date : Exam No. :
Taguig Campus Instruction : Answer the following problems indicated in each item. Provide each
Department of with a free‐body diagram and a complete solution.
Civil Engineering

constant rate of 0.5 m/s. At the instant under Fig. DYN‐SP‐004
consideration, 30°, 9 m, and 6 m.
Determine the magnitude of the velocity and
acceleration of the end of the ladder. Refer to Fig. DYN‐
SP‐030.

35. In a design test of the actuating mechanism for a Fig. DYN‐SP‐002
telescoping antenna on spacecraft, the supporting shaft
Fig. DYN‐SP‐003
rotates about the fixed ‐axis with an angular rate as
shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐031. Determine the ‐, ‐, and ‐
components of the acceleration of the end of the Fig. DYN‐SP‐005
antenna at the instant when 1.2 m and 45° if the
rates 2 rad/s, 1.5 rad/s, and 0.9 m/s are
constant during the motion.

36. The football player at throws the ball in the ‐ plane
as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐032 with a speed of 50
ft/s and an angle 60° with the horizontal. At the Fig. DYN‐SP‐007
instant the ball is thrown, the player is at and is
running at a constant speed of 23 ft/s along the line
. Determine if he can reach point , which has the Fig. DYN‐SP‐006
same elevation as , before the ball gets there.

37. Knowing that at the instant shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐033,
block has a velocity of 8 in/s and an acceleration of 6
in/s2, both directed down the incline. Determine the
velocity of block , acceleration of block .

38. A drop of water falls with no initial speed from point of
a highway overpass shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐034. After
dropping 6 m, it strikes the windshield at point of a car Fig. DYN‐SP‐008
which is traveling at a speed of 100 km/h on the
horizontal road. If the windshield is inclined 50° from
the vertical as shown, determine the angle relative to
the normal to the windshield at which the water drop
strikes.
Fig. DYN‐SP‐010
39. The elevator shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐035 moves Fig. DYN‐SP‐009
downward with a constant velocity of 4 m/s. Determine
the velocity of the cable , velocity of the Fig. DYN‐SP‐011
counterweight , relative velocity of the cable with
respect to the elevator, relative velocity of the
counterweight with respect to the elevator .

40. The motor draws in the cable at with a constant
velocity of 4 m/s as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐036. The
motor draws in the cable at with a constant
acceleration of 8 m/s2 as shown in Fig. DYN‐SP‐
036. If 0 when 0, determine the time
needed for block to rise 3 m, and relative velocity
of block with respect to block when this occurs.









Fig. DYN‐SP‐001 Fig. DYN‐SP‐012

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 Fig. DYN‐SP‐023

Fig. DYN‐SP‐019

Fig. DYN‐SP‐013
Fig. DYN‐SP‐025

Fig. DYN‐SP‐020

Fig. DYN‐SP‐014

Fig. DYN‐SP‐015
Fig. DYN‐SP‐026

Fig. DYN‐SP‐021 Fig. DYN‐SP‐024

Fig. DYN‐SP‐016

Fig. DYN‐SP‐027

Fig. DYN‐SP‐028

Fig. DYN‐SP‐017

Fig. DYN‐SP‐018 Fig. DYN‐SP‐022

Fig. DYN‐SP‐029

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 Technological Name : Student No. :
University Year/Subject : BSCE 2 – DYN Exam Type :
of the Philippines Date : Fig. DYN‐SP‐031 Exam No. :
Taguig Campus Instruction : Answer the following problems indicated in each item. Provide each
Department of with a free‐body diagram and a complete solution.
Civil Engineering

Fig. DYN‐SP‐030

Fig. DYN‐SP‐032

Fig. DYN‐SP‐033

Fig. DYN‐SP‐034

Fig. DYN‐SP‐036

Fig. DYN‐SP‐035

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