Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous)
Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103
B.A./[Link]. First Semester Examinations, 2018
Subject: Physics Honours
Paper: CC2
Time :2 hours F.M. : 50
Group-A
[Answer any five questions]
[2 × 5 = 10]
1.
a. show that the conservative force can be expressed as = −∇ , being a scalar
potential.
b. Show that the radial acceleration in two-dimensional space is given by
+
| | = − =
+
c. Calculate the moment of inertia of a solid sphere about a diameter and about a
tangent.
d. Calculate the centre of mass of a semi-circular wire.
e. What is Coriolis force? Write one of its geographical effect.
f. What do you mean by stable and unstable equilibrium? Give examples.
g. For what value of Poisson ratio, the volume of a wire remains unchanged under
longitudinal extension?
h. A system consists of three particles, each of unit mass, with positions and velocities as
follows:
= ̂ + !̂
, $ = 2 ̂
&
= !̂ + % , $ = !̂
' = %
& , $ ' = ̂ + !̂ + %&
Find the position and velocity of the centre of mass. Find also the linear momentum of
the system.
Group-B
[Answer any four questions]
[10 × 4 = 40]
2.
a. Define gravitational potential.
b. Derive expressions for gravitational potential and force at a point (i) outside (ii) inside
a thin spherical shell.
)
c. A particle is moving under an attractive force = − * ̂ where + is a positive
constant. Obtain the trajectory of the particle. [2 + 4 + 4 = 10]
3.
a. Two particles of masses , and , move in an arbitrary manner. It $- is the velocity
of CM and $ is the relative velocity of the two particles, show that total kinetic energy
is . = /, + , 0$- + 1$ where 1 is the reduced mass.
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b. Prove that the motion of a rocket can be expressed by the equation: 2 =
35
3;
675689:+ $6: where $6: is the relative velocity of the ejected mass with respect
35
to the rocket. Hence obtain the velocity the rocket at any instant.
[5 + /2 + 30 = 10]
4.
a. Explain the terms: inertial and non-inertial frames.
b. A reference frame ‘a’ rotates with respect to an inertial frame ‘b’ with a angular
velocity =
. If the position, velocity and acceleration of a particle in frame ‘a’ are
$9 and
represented by , >9 , show that the acceleration of the particle in frame ‘b’ is
3@
given by
>? =
>9 + 2=
× × /=
$9 + = × 0 + 35 × .
c. A particle is falling under gravity. Prove that it will be deflected towards the East by
an amount, A = =BC ' cos G, in the Northern hemisphere where =
is the angular
'
velocity of the Earth and G is the latitude of the particle. [2 + 5 + 3 = 10]
5.
3H
a. Establish the following relation for a system of particles
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= I6 .
b. Determine the principal moments of inertia and the corresponding axes of a square
plate of side ‘a’. [4 + 6 = 10]
6.
a. What are elastic constants? Derive a relation between them.
b. Obtain an expression for the twisting torque on a cylindrical wire.
[/2 + 40 + 4 = 10]
7.
a. Distinguish between streamline and turbulent flow.
b. What is Reynold's number? Explain its significance.
c. Derive Poiseuille's formula for steady flow of an incompressible viscous liquid
through a horizontal capillary tube of uniform cross section. What are the corrections
applied to this formula? [2 + 2 + /4 + 20 = 10]
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