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Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics Worksheet 1: Rectilinear Motion

This document contains 9 problems related to rectilinear motion and dynamics. The problems involve calculating velocities, accelerations, displacements, and times given initial conditions and constant rates of change for various moving objects including cars, trains, particles, and a falling sphere. The goal is to use kinematic equations to determine unknown values like position, velocity, acceleration, and time from the information provided in each problem statement.

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Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics Worksheet 1: Rectilinear Motion

This document contains 9 problems related to rectilinear motion and dynamics. The problems involve calculating velocities, accelerations, displacements, and times given initial conditions and constant rates of change for various moving objects including cars, trains, particles, and a falling sphere. The goal is to use kinematic equations to determine unknown values like position, velocity, acceleration, and time from the information provided in each problem statement.

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ENGINEERING MECHANICS – DYNAMICS

WORKSHEET 1: RECTILINEAR MOTION

1. A car starts from rest and with constant acceleration achieves a velocity of 15 m/s when
it travels a distance of 200 m. Determine the acceleration of the car and the time
required.

2. A train starts from rest at a station and travels with a constant acceleration of 1 m/s2.
Determine the velocity of the train when t =30 s and the distance travelled during this
time.

3. A car is travelling at 15 m/s, when the traffic light 50 m ahead turns yellow. Determine
the required constant deceleration of the car and the time needed to stop the car at the
light.

4. A car has an initial speed of 25 m/s and a constant deceleration of 3 m/s2. Determine the
velocity of the car when t= 4 s. What is the displacement of the car during the 4-s time
interval? How much time is needed to stop the car?

5. The acceleration of a particle travelling along a straight line is a = k/v, where k is a


constant. If x = 0, v = va when t = 0, determine the velocity of the particle as a function
of time t.

6. A particle travels along a straight line with a velocity v = (12 – 3t2) m/s, where t is in
seconds. When t = 1 s, the particle is located 10 m to the left of the origin. Determine
the acceleration when t = 4 s, the displacement from t = 0 to t = 10 s, and the distance
the particle travels during this time period.

7. A sphere is fired downwards into a medium with an initial speed of 27 m/s. If it


experiences a deceleration of a = (- 6t) m/s2, where (t is in seconds, determine the
distance travelled before it stops.

8. A particle travels along a straight line such that in 2 s it moves from an initial position
xA = +0.5 m to a position xB = - 1.5 m. Then in another 4 s it moves from xB to xc = +2.5
m. Determine the particle's average velocity and average speed during the 6-s time
interval.

9. A particle travels along a straight-line path such that in 4 s it moves from an initial
position xA = -8 m to a position xB = +3 m. Then in another 5 s it moves from xB to xc =
-6 m. Determine the particle's average velocity and average speed during the 9-s time
interval.

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