Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

ECE 250
Spring 2012

Test 3
Rectilinear and Curvilinear Motion and Their Applications
Total Points Available 1,000
Target Points 575 (An A grade if answered properly)
March 24th, 2012
Please Print your Full Name ___________________________________
Please: Dependent upon the type of problem given: 1) Answer the questions (neatly and succinctly as no
credit is given for Psychobabble (PB)) with all Steps shown and with all Units shown repeating the
question is not an answer by the way), 2) Circle the singular best answer or, 3) Match the letter to the
answers given on the right. 4) Fill-in the blank appropriately. Please read the remaining instructions
carefully.
SHOW ALL YOUR WORK, AS PARTIAL CREDIT MAY NOT BE GIVEN UNLESS THERE IS
WORK TO GRADE!! SOME QUESTIONS HAVE MULTIPLE QUESTIONS (They are
Underlined) THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE POINT QUESTIONS IS ALSO IDENTIFIED BY
THE POINTS ASSIGNED (for example 2 and 3 and 5 Points, etc.). THE MULTIPLE POINT
LISTING ALSO REMINDS YOU OF THESE QUESTIONS DO NOT OVERLOOK THESE!

This is a Take Home Test Please complete, scan (no more than 150 DPI but
High Contrast and PLEASE check for readability before sending) and return
by e-mail no later than 5 pm on April 6th
PLEASE ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS!!
If you feel an error has been made, list your assumption and proceed.
PLEASE BE NEAT AND KEEP PAGES IN ORDER PLUS EXTRA PAGES IF NEEDED
Scratch paper is at the end BUT all answers must be placed in the questioned area.
Formulas and Units that may be necessary may be found in your notes and the Internet.
Good Luck and Remember to Always Draw the Problem!!

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1) Lets describe the characteristics and behavior of a particle as we did in class and on one of our Pop
Quizzes, whose motion is defined by the following graphs on the left. Please select the appropriate
underlined responses from each column on the right for the curve shown on the left at the time, t = tO:
(Note, tO is the midpoint of the distance vs time curve on the left) (112 Points)
Characteristics of the
curve @ t= tO.

Behavior of the Particle

@ t= tO

Dist (tO) is Greater or Lesser

than 0

Particle is on the Positive or Negative

side of the origin

Tangent line a@ t= tO has a

Positive or Negative or Zero
slope

Particle is moving in the Positive or

Negative direction

Curve is concave Up or Down

Velocity is Increasing or Decreasing

Particle is Speeding up or
Slowing down

Dist (tO) is Greater or Lesser

than 0

Particle is on the Positive or Negative

side of the origin

Tangent line a@ t= tO has a

Positive or Negative or Zero
slope

Particle is moving in the Positive or

Negative direction

Curve is concave Up or Down

Velocity is Increasing or Decreasing

Particle is Speeding up or
Slowing down

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Characteristics of the
curve @ t= tO.

Behavior of the Particle

@ t= tO

Dist (tO) is Greater or Lesser

than 0

Particle is on the Positive or Negative

side of the origin

Tangent line a@ t= tO has a

Positive or Negative or Zero
slope

Particle is moving in the Positive or

Negative direction

Curve is concave Up or Down

Velocity is Increasing or Decreasing

Particle is Speeding up or
Slowing down

Dist (tO) is Greater or Lesser

than 0

Particle is on the Positive or Negative

side of the origin

Tangent line a@ t= tO has a

Positive or Negative or Zero
slope

Particle is moving in the Positive or

Negative direction

Curve is concave Up or Down

Velocity is Increasing or Decreasing

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

ECE 250
Spring 2012
2) The static friction coefficient, S, between a railroad flat cars bed and a load composed of a large block
of steel it carries is 0.30. Please determine the minimum stopping distance that the train can have from a
speed of 45 MPH with a constant deceleration such that the crate will not slip forward. (200 Points)

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3) If the train of problem 2) were to come to a stop in 31 feet say with the same initial forward speed of 45
MPH as in problem 2) with also a uniform deceleration, please determine if the steel load would strike the
forward wall of the car. If the load indeed strikes the wall of the car, please calculate its speed relative to
the train as the impact occurs. The coefficients of friction are as follows, S = 0.3 (same as before) and k
= 0.25. (10 and 400 Points)

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4) For the friction coefficients of S = 0.25 and k = 0.20, please calculate the acceleration of each body
and the tension in the cable (yep, there is only one tension as there is only one cable). (200 and 120
Points)

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Spring 2012
5) A rocket maintains its horizontal attitude of its lets say x axis during the powered phase of its flight at
high altitude. The thrust imparts a horizontal component of acceleration of 20 ft/sec2, and the downward
acceleration component is the acceleration due to gravity which at its altitude is g = 30 ft/sec2. At this very
same time, the velocity of the mass center G of the rocket along the 15O direction of its trajectory is 12,000
mi/hr. For this position, please determine (a) the radius of curvature of the flight trajectory, (b) the rate at
which the speed is increasing, (c) the angular rate of the radial line from G to the center of curvature C
and (d) the vector expression for the total acceleration a of the rocket. HINT: You will recall from our
discussions that the radius of curvature appears in the expression for the normal component of
acceleration, so you can use the normal and tangential components to describe the motion of G. (50 and 50
and 50 and 50 Points)

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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6) A tracking radar lies in the vertical plane of the path of a rocket which is coasting in unpowered flight
above the atmosphere. For the instant when = 30O, the tracking data gives r = 250,000 ft, dr/dt = 4,000
ft/sec and d/dt = 0.80 deg/sec. The acceleration of the rocket is due only to gravitational attraction and for
its particular altitude G is 31.4 ft/sec2 vertically down. For these conditions, please determine the velocity
of the rocket and the values of d2r/dt2, the acceleration of the radius from the radar to the rocket and
d2/dt2, the acceleration of the angular direction from the radar to the rocket. (50 and 40 and 50 Points)

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Spring 2012
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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Engineering Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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