KIN 445 Final Practice Problems

Quantity Symbol Unit Symbol Unit

(Linear) (Linear) (Angular) (Angular)
Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
Time
Momentum
Impulse
Kinetic Energy
Work
Power

1. A pitched ball with a mass of 1 kg reaches the catcher’s glove travelling at a velocity of 28 m/s.
a. How much momentum does the ball have?

b. How much impulse is required to stop the ball?

c. If the ball is in contact with the catcher’s glove for 0.5 s during the catch, how much average force is
applied by the glove?
2. A 3kg shot put is dropped from a height of 2 m. What is its momentum:
a. Halfway to the ground?

b. Just before it hits the ground?

3. What is the linear momentum of a 1.8 m tall 134 kg basketball player landing from a dunk at 3.1 m/s?

4. A 45 kg diver is in a layout position, with a radius of gyration of 0.40 m. She leaves the springboard with
an angular velocity of 7 rad/s. What is the diver’s angular velocity when she assumes a tuck position,
reducing her radius of gyration to 0.21 m?
5. Luis is lifting a 10kg dumbbell by pulling upward on it with a 108.1 N force. What is the acceleration of
the dumbbell as a result of this force?

6. In the diagram below there are forces acting on an object in different directions. The magnitude and
direction of the forces are indicated. Determine the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the
object given that it has a mass of 80 kg.

7. Blanche, a 100 kg shot-putter, is putting the 4 kg shot in a track meet. Just before she releases the shot,
Blanche is in the air (her feet are off the ground). At this instant, the only force she exerts against the shot is
an 800 N horizontal force directed forward.
a. What is Blanche’s horizontal acceleration at this instant?

b. What is Blanche’s vertical acceleration at this instant?

c. What is the shot’s horizontal acceleration at this instant?

d. What is the shot’s vertical acceleration at this instant?

8. Calculate the height of the center of mass above its starting height during a squat jump based on the
following information: BW= 670 N, total vertical ground reaction force= 788 N, time of force application=
0.9s.

9. A 75 kg jumper lands stiff-legged on the floor and changes his velocity from -4.5 m/s to 0 m/s in 0.15
seconds. Calculate the average ground reaction force under his feet during this time interval. (Remember
net force and ground reaction force are not the same thing!)

a. If the jumper lands with a softer landing and increases the impact time to 0.2 s, what is the average
ground reaction force?

10. A force of 213 N is exerted a perpendicular distance of 0.25 m from the axis of rotation. What is the
resulting moment of force?
11. Calculate the torque:
(iv)

0.3 m
300 N
59

a.

b.

c.

12. An object has a moment of inertia of 150 kg*m2. A torque of 72 Nm is applied to the object. What is the
angular acceleration?

13. A force of 200 N is applied at a point 1.3m perpendicularly from the axis of rotation, causing a revolving
door to accelerate at 6.2 rad/s2. What is the moment of inertia of the door?
 14. How much torque must be generated by the deltoid muscle to hold a 60N dumbbell straight out at 90
degrees of shoulder abduction? What force must be generated to create this torque? The dumbbell is 0.6m
from the shoulder joint. The center of mass of the arm, weighing 30 N, is 0.25m from the shoulder joint.
The moment arm for the deltoid muscle is 0.05m.

15. Examine the diagram below. Using the information from the table, calculate the following values:
a. Torque produced at the shoulder when the suitcase is held next to the thigh.

b. Torque produced at the shoulder when the suitcase is held away from the body.

Assume that the suitcase is being held still in both positions and in line with the hand’s center of mass (COM).
Segment Length (cm) Mass (kg) Distance of segment COM to shoulder (cm)
Upper arm 32 2.0 15
Forearm 30 1.2 42
Hand 17 0.8 67

Suitcase = 3kg
hand forearm upper-arm

Shoulder

joint

Free body diagram

16. Doug is driving a golf ball off the tee. His downswing takes 0.50s from the top of the swing until ball
impact. At the top of the swing, the club’s angular velocity is zero; at the instant of ball impact, the
club’s angular velocity is 30 rad/s. The swing moment of inertia of the club about the grip is 0.220
kg*m2. The distance from the clubhead to the axis of rotation is 1.3m.
a. What average torque does Doug exert on the golf club during the downswing?

b. What is the linear velocity of the clubhead at impact?

c. What is the centripetal acceleration of the clubhead at impact?

17. Sarah’s twist angular momentum increases from 0 to 50 Nms in 0.25s as she initiates a twisting jump on
the ice. During this 0.25s, her moment of inertia about her twist axis is 2.2 kg*m2.
a. How large is the average torque that produces this change in angular momentum?

b. How fast is Sarah’s twist angular velocity at the end of the 0.25s?
18. A champion hammer thrower rotates with a velocity of 1152°/s just prior to releasing the hammer. The
hammer is located 1.6m away from the axis of rotation.
a. What is the centripetal acceleration experienced by the athlete?

b. How much force is needed to produce this acceleration if the mass of the hammer is 7.3 kg?

19. By considering the conservation of energy, what velocity will at 80 kg diver have just before entering
the water if he jumps from a 7m platform?

20. Jon snatched 100 kg. In a snatch, the barbell is moved from a stationary position on the floor to a
stationary position over the athlete’s head. Only 0.5s elapsed from the first movement of the barbell
until it was overhead, and the barbell moved through a vertical displacement of 2.0m. What was Jon’s
average power output during the lift?
21. Mike Adamle used to be a professional football player before becoming a host on American Gladiators,
commentator on NBC, and commentator and on-screen General manager in the WWE. Adamle
performs a swan dive (video available on Moodle!) from the 10m platform. If his mass is 77kg,
calculate:
a. Time of descent

b. Potential energy of Adamle at the top of the platform

c. Velocity of Adamle at water contact

d. Force of Adamle at impact

e. Work done by Adamle during his dive

f. Impulse Adamle generated at water contact

Answers
1.
a. 28 Ns
b. -28 Ns
c. -56 N
2.
a. -13.29 Ns
b. -18.78 Ns
3. 415.4 Ns
4. 25.4 rad/s
5. 1.0 m/s2
6. 8.22 m/s2 at a -62.84° angle from the positive x-axis
7.
a. -8 m/s2 in the x-direction
b. -9.81 m/s2 in the y-direction
c. 200 m/s2 in the x-direction
d. -9.81 m/s2 in the y-direction
8. 0.12 m
9. 2985.75 N
a. 2423.25 N
10. 53.25 Nm
11.
a. 46.35 Nm
b. -210.9 Nm
c. 36.86 Nm
12. 0.48 rad/s2
13. 41.94 kg*m2
14. 43.5 Nm; 870 N
15.
a. 0 Nm
b. 32.86 Nm
16.
a. 13.2 Nm
b. 39 m/s
c. 1170 m/s2
17.
a. 200 Nm
b. 22.73 rad/s
18.
a. 647.06 m/s2
b. 4723.54 N
19. 11.72 m/s
20. 3924 W
21.
a. 1.43s
b. 7553.7 J
c. -14.01 m/s in the y-direction
d. -755.37 N
e. 7553.7 J
f. -1080.18 Ns