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Exercise - IV Tough Subjective Problem
1. In a game of Carom Board, the Queen (a wooden 5. A massive vertical wall is approaching a man at a
disc of radius 2 cm and mass 50 gm) is placed at the speed u. When it is at a distance of 10m, the man
exact center of the horizontal board. The striker is a throws a ball with speed 10 m/s an at angle of 37°
smooth plastic disc of radius 3 cm and mass 100 gm. which after completely elastic rebound reaches back
The board is frictionless. Th striker is given an initial directly into his bands. Find the velocity u of the wall.
velocity ‘u’ parallel to the sides BC or AD so that is
hits the Queen inelastically with same coefficient of 6. Mass m1 hits & sticks with m2 while sliding horizon-
restitution = 2/3. The impact parameter for the colli- tally with velocity v along the common line of centres
sion is ‘d’ (shown in the figure). The Queen rebounds of the three equal masses (m1 = m2 = m3 =m). Initially
from the edge AB of the board inelastically with same masses m2 and m3 are stationary and the spring is
coefficient of restitution = 2/3. and enters the hole D unstretched. Find
following the dotted path shown. The side of the board
is L. Find the value of impact parameter ‘d’ and the v k
m1 m2 m3
time which the Queen takes to enter hole D af-
ter collision with the striker.
Frictionless
A L B (a) the velocities of m1, m2 and m3 immediately after
impact.
(b) the maximum kinetic energy of m3.
u
L d (c) the minimum kinetic energy of m2.
(d) the maximum compression of the spring.
D C
7. Two masses A and B connected with an inextensible
2. A flexible chain has a length l and mass m. It is string of length l lie on a smooth horizontal plane. A is
lowered on the table top with constant velocity v. giv en a velo city of v m/s alon g the gro und
Find the force that the chain exerts on the table as a perpendicular to line AB as shown in figure. Find the
function of time. tension in string during their sub sequent motion.
B m
3. A 24-kg projectile is fired at an angle of 53° above
the horizontal with an initial speed of 50 m/s. At the
l
highest point in its trajectory, the projectile explodes
into two fragments of equal mass, the first of which
falls vertically with zero initial speed. A 2m v
(a) How far from the point of firing does the second
fragment strike the ground? (Assume the ground is 8. The simple pendulum A of mass mA and length l is
level.) suspended from the trolley B of mass mB. If the sys-
(b) How much energy was released during the explo- tem is released from rest at = 0, determine the
sion? velocity vB of the trolley and tension in the string
when = 90°. Friction is negligible.
4. A particle is projected from point O on level ground
towards a smooth vertical wall 50m from O and hits
the wall. The initial velocity of the particle is 30m/s at
45° to the horizontal and the coefficient of restitution
between the particle and the wall is e. Find the dis- B
tance from O of the point at which the particle hits
the ground again if (a) e = 0, (b) e = 1, (c) e = 1/2 l A
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9. A ball with initial speed 10m/s collides elastically 11. A cart is moving along +x direction with a velocity
with two other identical ball whose centres are on a of 4m/s. A person in the cart throws a stone with a
line perpendicular to the initial velocity and which are velocity of 6m/s relative to himself. In the frame of
initially in contact with each other. All the three ball reference of the cart the stone is thrown in y-z plane
are lying on a smooth horizontal table. The first ball is making an angle of 30° with the vertical z-axis. At the
aimed directly at the contact point of the other two highest point of its trajectory, the stone hits an ob-
balls All the balls are smooth. Find the velocities of ject of equal mass hung vertically from branch of a
the three balls after the collision. tree by means of a string of length L. A completely
inelastic collosion occurs, in which the stone gets
embedded in the object. Determine
(a) the speed of the combined mass immediately after
10 m/s
collision with respect to an observer on the ground.
(b) the length L of the string such that tension in the
.
string becomes zero when the string becomes hori-
10. A mass m1 with initial speed v0 in the positive x-
zontal during the subsequent motion of the combined
direction collides with a mass m2 = 2m1 which is ini-
mass.
tially at rest at the origin, as shown in figure. After
the collision m1 moves off with speed v1 = v0/2 in the
negative y-direction, and m2 moves off with speed v2 12. Twp equal sphere of mass ‘m’ are suspended by
at angle . vertical strings so that they are in contact with their
centres at same level. A third equal spheres of mass
(A) Find the velocity (magnitude and direction) of the
m falls vertically and strikes the other two simulta-
center of mass before the collision, as well as its ve-
neously so that their centres at the instant of impact
locity after the collision.
form an equilateral triangle in a vertical plane. If u is
(B) Write down the x and y-components of the equa-
the velocity of m just before impact, find the veloci-
tion of conservation of momentum for the collision.
ties just after impact and the impulsive tension of the
(C) Determine tan, and find v2 in terms of v0. strings.
(D) Determine how much (if any) energy was gained
or lost in the collision, and state whether the collision u
was elastic or inelastic.
y v2 m
y m2
v
v
m m
x
v0 m1
m2 = 2m1 After
Before
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