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An auto,equipped with only wheel brakes, has a wheelbase of 120 in. with its c.g. located
60 in. ahead of the rear wheels and 36 in. above the pavement. If f = 0.80 at the tires, compute the
minimum distance in which the auto can be brought to rest from a speed of 60 mph if the drivers
reaction time before applying the brakes is 3/4 sec.
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A car with a four-wheel drive weighs 3000lb and has a wheelbase of 10 ft. The c.g. is 3 ft
above the pavement and 4 ft ahead of the rear wheels. Compute the tractive force acting at the
rear wheels when the car accelerates at 1/3 g ft per sec 2. Assume the coefficient of friction is
equal at all four wheels.
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The coefficient of kinetic friction under the sliding supports at A and B in Fig. P-1083 is
0.30. What force P will give the 600-lb door a leftward acceleration of 8.05 ft per sec 2 ? What will
be the normal pressures at A and B?
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A bar weighing 2 lb per ft is bent at right angles into segments 26 in. and 13 in. long. It
takes the position shown in Fig P-1086 when the frame F to which it is pinned at A is accelerated
horizontally. Determine this acceleration and the components of the reaction at A.
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The uniform crate shown in Fig. P-1087 weighs 200 lb. It is pulled up the incline by a
counterweight W of 400 lb. Find the maximum and minimum values of d so that the crate does
not tip over as it slides up the incline.
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Determine the value of W in Prob. 1087 if the 200-lb crate is on the verge of tipping
forward as it slides up the incline. Assume d = 3.32 ft.
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The frame of a machine is accelerated leftwards at 3/5 g ft per sec 2. As shown in Fig. P1089, it carries a uniform angle ABC weighing 80 lb which is braced by the uniform strut Cd
weighing 60 lb. Determine the components of the pin pressure at C upon CD.
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Repeat Prob. 1089 if the frame of the machine is accelerated rightwards at 4/5 g ft per
2
sec .
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The uniform bar AB weighing 240 lb is mounted as shown in Fig. P-1091 upon a carriage
weighing 480 lb. The center of gravity of the carriage is at C midway between the wheels. If P =
180 lb and there is no frictional resistance at the wheels, find R 1 and R2 and also the horizontal
and vertical components of the pin pressure at A.
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Repeat Prob. 1091 if the magnitude and sense of P is such that the reaction of the
carriage upon the bar at B is 60 lb leftwards.
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Two bodies A and B, each weighing 96.6 lb,are connected by a rigid bar of negligible
weight attached to them at their gravity centers. The coefficients of reaction of the wall and floor
reactions. Explain why these reactions pass though the gravity center of B and A respectively.
Hint: Relate the acceleration by the method developed in Illus. Prob. 1018 on p. 258.
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The initial angular velocity of the compound pulley B in the figure is 6 rad per sec
counterclockwise and weight D is decelerating at the constant rate of 4 ft per sec 2. What distance
will weight A travel before coming to rest?
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A flywheel 6 ft in diameter accelerates from rest at the constant rate of 4 rpm per sec.
Compute the normal and tangential components of the acceleration of a particle on the rim of the
flywheel after 10 sec.
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The rim of a 50-in wheel on a brakeshoe testing machine has a speed of 60 mph when the
brake is dropped. It comes to rest after the rim has traveled a linear distance of 6000 ft. What are
the constant angular acceleration and the number of revolutions the wheel makes in coming to
rest?
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A gear is accelerated from rest to a speed of 900 rpm and then immediately decelerated to
a stop. If the total elapsed time is 10 sec, determine the total number of revolutions of the gear.
Assume that both acceleration and deceleration are constant but not necessarily of the same
magnitude.
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When the angular velocity of a 4-ft diameter pulley is 3 rad per sec, the total acceleration
of a point on its rim is 30 ft per sec2. Determine the angular acceleration of the pulley at this
instant.
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Determine the horizontal and vertical components of the acceleration of point B on the
rim of the flywheel shown in the figure. At the position, = 4 rad per sec and = 12 rad per sec 2,
both clockwise.
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Repeat prob. 1206 except that a is changed to 10 rad per sec 2 counterclockwise.
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A pulley has a constant angular acceleration of 3 rad per sec 2. When the angular velocity
is 2 rad per sec, the total acceleration of a point on the rim of the pulley is 10 ft per sec 2. Compute
the diameter of the pulley.
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The step pulleys shown in the figure are connected by a cross belt. If the angular
acceleration of C is 2 rad per sec2, what time is required for A to travel 180 ft from rest? Through
what distance will D move while A is moving 240 ft?
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Repeat prob. 1209 if the radii of pulley B are changed to 30 in. and 18 in.
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The rod BO in the figure rotates in a vertical plane about a horizontal axis at O. At the
given position, end B has a downward vertical component of velocity of 6 ft per sec and also a
downward vertical component of 9 ft per sec2. Compute the angular acceleration of rod BO and
the total acceleration of point A.
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; is in radians per
second and t is in seconds. = 2 rad when t= 1 sec. Compute the values of and at the instant
when t= 3 sec.
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A body rotates according to the relation = 2t, where is in radians per second and t is in
seconds. = 4 rad per sec and is zero when t is zero. Compute the values of and at the
instant when t= 2 sec.
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Determine the number of revolutions through which a pulley will rotate from rest if its
angular acceleration is increased uniformly from zero to 12 rad per sec 2 during 4 sec and then
uniformly decreased to 4 rad per sec2 during the next 3 sec.
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