FAP 0015 PHYSICS I 28 August 09

TEST 2

Name: ANSWER Prog : CHE / CVE / EE / ME / PE

Student ID No:______________________ 30
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Show all calculation involved. Unless otherwise
specified, take gravitational acceleration, g = 9.81 m/s2.

1. A 3-kg box that is sliding on a frictionless

surface with a speed of 12 m/s approaches
a horizontal spring as shown in Figure 1.
The spring has a spring constant of
2000 N/m.
Figure 1
a) How much will the spring be compressed in stopping the box?
1 2 1
kx = mv 2
2 2

x=
mv 2
=
(3)(12)2
k 2000
= 0.46 m

b) Determine the compression of the spring when the box’s speed is reduced to half
of its initial speed?
2
1 2 1 ⎛v⎞ 1
kx + m⎜ ⎟ = mv 2
2 2 ⎝2⎠ 2

⎛ 2 ⎛ v ⎞2 ⎞
m⎜ v − ⎜ ⎟ ⎟
x=
⎜
⎝ ⎝ 2 ⎠ ⎟⎠
=
(3)(12 2 − 6 2 )
k 2000
= 0.40 m
[4 marks]

2. A metal wire 1.0 mm in diameter and 2.0 m long hangs vertically with a 6.0-kg object
suspended from it. If the wire stretches 1.4 mm under the tension, what is the value of
Young’s modulus for the metal?
F (6.0 )(9.81)
= =7.49 × 107 N/m2
A π (0.0005)2

Δl 1.4 × 10 −3
= = 7.0 × 10 − 4
L0 2.0

F
stress A = 1.07 × 1011 N/m2
Y= =
strain Δ l
L0
[3 marks]

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3. A 0.2-kg rod of length 80 cm is held

perpendicular to a wall by a 1.2-m string going
from the wall to the far end of the stick as shown
in Figure 2.
Determine the tension of the string.

T
0 .8
θ cos θ = =0.667
O 1 .2 Figure 2
mg θ = 48°

Let O be axis of rotation, Στ = − mg(0.4) + T sin θ (0.8) = 0

T=
(0.2)(9.81)(0.4) = 1.32 N
(0.8)sin 48°

[3 marks]

4 A 1.0-g bullet moving with a speed of 1000 m/s strikes a 10-kg wooden block resting
on a horizontal frictionless surface. The block and the embedded bullet then slide
across the surface.
(a) What is the speed of the "bullet + block" system immediately after the bullet is
embedded in the block?

m1v1 + m2v2 = (m1+m2) vF

vF =
(0.001)(1000) =0.1 m/s
(0.001 + 10)

(b) Determine the magnitude of impulse exerted on the bullet.

Impulse of bullet = mbullet (vF - vi )

= 0.001 (0.1 – 1000)
= -1.00 Ns
Magnitude of impulse = 1.00 Ns

[4 marks]

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5. A disk with a 1.0-m radius has initial angular speed of 18 rad/s. It slows down uniformly
and makes 35 revolutions before it finally stops. How long does it take for the disk to
stop?

ωi = 18 rad/s, ωf = 0
θ = 35 rev × 2π rad/rev = 220 rad
ωi + ω f
θ= t
2

2θ 2(220)
t= = =24.4 s
ωi + ω f 18

[3 marks]

6. A 30-kg sphere of radius, r = 0.20 m, is at the top of a 6.0 m ramp inclined at 31° with
the horizontal. It begins to roll without slipping. What is the angular speed of the sphere
2
at the bottom of the ramp? Given: moment of inertia, Isphere = mr2.
5

h = 6.0 sin 31° = 3.1 m

6.0 m
h
Conservation of mechanical energy,
31° mgh = ½ mv2 + ½ I ω2
2
2 2 ⎛v⎞
= ½ mv + ½ mr ⎜ ⎟
2
5 ⎝r⎠
1 7
= ½ mv2 + mv2 = mv2
5 10

v=
10
(9.81)(3.1) = 6.59 m/s ω= −
v 6.59
= 33 rad/s
7 r 0.2
[4 marks]

7 An iceberg with a density of 920 kgm-3 floats on an ocean of density 1025 kgm-3. What
fraction of its volume is submerged?

FB
FB = mg

mg
=approx. 90% or 9/10

[3 marks]

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8. Figure 3 below shows mercury which flows through a tube with varying cross-sectional
areas as shown and flows out into the atmosphere with velocity 8.0 m/s.
Given: Atmospheric pressure, Patm = 1.01 × 105 N/m2; and the density of mercury,
ρHg = 13 600 kg/m3.

Figure 3

a) At what speed is mercury flowing through the point labeled A?

AAvA = ABvB
vA =
(6)(8.0 m/s) = 8.57 m/s
5 .6

(b) What is the pressure at the point labeled A?

1 1
PA + ρv A 2 = PB + ρv B 2
2 2
(
PA = 1.01 × 10 5 + (13600 ) 8.0 2 − 8.57 2
1
2
)
= 3.68 × 104 Pa

(f) Determine the height h of mercury in the manometer with the evacuated (vacuum)
upper end.
P = ρgh = 3.68 × 104 Pa
3.68 × 10 4
h= = 2.76 m
(13600)(9.81)

[6 marks]

End of Test

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