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A stick is thrown in the air and lands on the ground at some distance. The center of mass of the stick will move along a parabolic path
We may consider the entire mass of the stick to be concentrated as a point mass at the center of mass of the stick. As the center of mass moves as a projectile, it will move along a parabolic path.
Find the coordinates of center of mass of a uniform lamina as shown in figure below. Take the centre of bigger circle as origin.
Let A1 = area of complete circle = πa2
(x1, y1) = coordinates of center of mass of the large circle = (0, 0)
(x2, y2) = coordinates of center of mass of the small circle =
Using XCM = (A1x1, - A2x2)/(A1 - A2),
yCM = 0 (as y1 and y2 both are zero) Therefore, coordinates of center of mass of the lamina are (- a/6, 0).
A hole of radius R/2 has been cut out from left of the center of a uniform disc of radius R. The cut out section is placed on the right of the center of the disc as shown in the figure. Find the x-coordinate of center of mass of the resulting disc. (Take the centre of the bigger disc as origin)
Mass of the cut-out disc is
The center of the disc are at the origin of the coordinates.
Then the center of mass of the disc system will be
Two blocks A and B of equal masses m are released from the top of a smooth fixed wedge as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of the center of mass of the two blocks.
Let us consider incline surfaces of wedge as x-axis and y-axis respectively. We can write accelerations of blocks A and B.
The acceleration of center of mass of two blocks can be written as
An explosion blows a rock into three parts. Two pieces of mass 1.0 kg and 2.0 kg go off at right angles to each other; with a velocity of 12 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. If the third piece flies off with a velocity of 40 m/s, find the mass of the third piece.
Let m1, m2 and m3 be the masses of the three pieces. m1 = 1.0 kg, m2 = 2.0 kg Let v1 = 12 m/s, v2 = 8 m/s, v3 = 40 m/s. Let v1 and v2 be directed along x- and y-axes, respectively, and v3 be directed as shown.
By the principle of conservation of momentum, initial momentum is zero. Hence, along x-axis: 0 = m1v1 - m3v3 cos θ along y-axis: 0 = m2v2 - m3v3 sin θ ⇒ m1v1 = m3v3 cos θ and, m2v2 = m3v3 sin θ By squaring and adding,
Two balls A and B of equal masses are projected upward simultaneously, one from the ground with speed 50 ms-1 and other from height 40 m above the first ball with initial speed 30 ms-1. Calculate the maximum height attained by their center of mass from the ground level.
The initial position of center of mass is
Initial velocity of center of mass
Here H is the maximum height reach by center of mass of two balls from initial level. ∴ 02 = 402 - 2 × 10 × H
Hence, maximum height reach by center of mass from ground level will be hmax = (hcm)initial + H = 20 + 80 = 100 m
A shell is fired from a cannon with a speed of 100 m/s at an angle 60° with the horizontal (positive x-direction). At the highest point of its trajectory, the shell explodes into two equal fragments. One of the fragments moves along the negative x-direction with a speed of 50 m/s. Calculate the speed of the other fragment at the time of explosion.
The velocity of the shell at the highest point of trajectory is VM = u cos θ = 100 cos 60° = 50 m/s Let v1 be the speed of the fragment which moves along the negative x-direction and the other fragment has speed v2, which must be along the positive x-direction. Now from conservation of momentum,
or, v2 = 2v + v1 = (2 × 50) + 50 = 150 m/s
A flat car of mass M with a child of mass m is moving with a velocity ‘v1’. The child jumps in the direction of motion of car with a velocity ‘u’ with respect to the car. Calculate the final velocities of the child and that of the car after jump respectively.
There are no external forces is acting on the system in horizontal direction, hence momentum remains conserved in this direction. After the jump, car attains a velocity v2 in the same direction, which is less than v1, due to backward push of the child for jumping. After the jump, child attains a velocity u + v2 in the direction of motion of car with respect to ground.
According to conservation of momentum, (M + m)v1 = Mv2 + m(u + v2)
A block of mass m and a pan of equal mass are connected by a string going over a frictionless light pulley. Initially, the system is at rest; then a particle of mass m falls on the pan and sticks to it. If the particle strikes the pan with a speed v, calculate the speed with which the system moves just after the collision.
Let the required speed be V. Further, let J1, be the impulse between the particle and the pan and J2 be the impulse imparted to the block and the pan by the string. Using impulse as the change in momentum, For particle, J1 = mv - mV ..................(i) For pan, J1 - J2 = mV.......................... (ii) For block, J2 = mV............................. (iii) Solving Eqs. ................(i)-(iii), V = v/3
A ball of mass 1 kg is attached to an inextensible string. The ball is released from the position as shown in the figure. Find the impulse imparted by the string to the ball immediately after the string becomes taut.
The string will become taut when the particle will fall through a distance 2 m in downward direction.
So the required impulse:
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