This document contains details of Assignment 3 for the course PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics. It lists 10 problems covering various topics including rigid body rotation, torque, angular momentum, static equilibrium, elasticity, simple harmonic motion, and the pendulum. The problems reference specific chapters and examples from the listed textbook and require calculating values like angular acceleration, tension, energy, speed, and position as a function of time.
This document contains details of Assignment 3 for the course PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics. It lists 10 problems covering various topics including rigid body rotation, torque, angular momentum, static equilibrium, elasticity, simple harmonic motion, and the pendulum. The problems reference specific chapters and examples from the listed textbook and require calculating values like angular acceleration, tension, energy, speed, and position as a function of time.
This document contains details of Assignment 3 for the course PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics. It lists 10 problems covering various topics including rigid body rotation, torque, angular momentum, static equilibrium, elasticity, simple harmonic motion, and the pendulum. The problems reference specific chapters and examples from the listed textbook and require calculating values like angular acceleration, tension, energy, speed, and position as a function of time.
This document contains details of Assignment 3 for the course PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics. It lists 10 problems covering various topics including rigid body rotation, torque, angular momentum, static equilibrium, elasticity, simple harmonic motion, and the pendulum. The problems reference specific chapters and examples from the listed textbook and require calculating values like angular acceleration, tension, energy, speed, and position as a function of time.
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Semester: Sept 2014 – Jan 2015
Course: PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics
Text book: Jewett, J.W. and Serway, R.A. (2010). Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 8th Edition, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
Assignment 3
Question Topic Problem
1 Section 10.2 Analysis Model: No 6 (Softcopy) p.308; No 8 (Hardcopy) p. 308 Rigid Object Under Constant Angular Acceleration 6. A centrifuge in a medical laboratory rotates at an angular speed of 3 600 rev/min. When switched off, it rotates through 50.0 revolutions before coming to rest. Find the constant angular acceleration of the centrifuge.
2 Conceptual Questions No 13 (Softcopy) p.309; No 13 (Hardcopy) p. 307
13. Three objects of uniform density—a solid sphere, a solid
cylinder, and a hollow cylinder—are placed at the top of an incline (Fig. CQ10.13). They are all released from rest at the same elevation and roll without slipping. (a) Which object reaches the bottom first? (b) Which reaches it last? Note: The result is independent of the masses and the radii of the objects. (Try this activity at home!)
3 Section 10.8 Energy No 51 (Softcopy) p.313; No 51 (Hardcopy) p. 313
Considerations in Rotational Motion 51. Review. An object with a mass of m = 5.10 kg is attached to the free end of a light string wrapped around a reel of radius R = 0.250 m and mass M = 3.00 kg. The reel is a solid disk, free to rotate in a vertical plane about the horizontal axis passing through its center as shown in Figure P10.51. The suspended object is released from rest 6.00 m above the floor. Determine (a) the tension in the string, (b) the acceleration of the object, and (c) the speed with which the object hits the floor. (d) Verify your answer to part (c) by using the isolated system (energy) model.
1 4 Section 11.1 The Vector No 5 (Softcopy) p.339; No 5 (Hardcopy) p. 339 Product and Torque 5. Calculate the net torque (magnitude and direction) on the beam in Figure P11.5 about (a) an axis through O perpendicular to the page and (b) an axis through C perpendicular to the page.
5 Section 11.2 Analysis Model: No 18 (Softcopy) p.340; No 18 (Hardcopy) p. 340
Angular Momentum 18. A counterweight of mass m = 4.00 kg is attached to a light cord that is wound around a pulley as in Figure P11.18. The pulley is a thin hoop of radius R = 8.00 cm and mass M = 2.00 kg. The spokes have negligible mass. (a) What is the magnitude of the net torque on the system about the axle of the pulley? (b) When the counterweight has a speed v, the pulley has an angular speed = v/R. Determine the magnitude of the total angular momentum of the system about the axle of the pulley. (c) Using your result from part (b) and ⃗ = d𝑳 ⃗⃗ /dt, calculate the acceleration of the counterweight.
6 Section 12.3 Examples of No 25 (Softcopy) p.368; No 25 (Hardcopy) p. 368
Rigid Objects in Static Equilibrium 25. A uniform plank of length 2.00 m and mass 30.0 kg is supported by three ropes as indicated by the blue vectors in Figure P12.25. Find the tension in each rope when a 700-N person is d = 0.500 m from the left end.
2 7 Section 12.4 Elastic No 27 (Softcopy) p.368; No 29 (Hardcopy) p. 368 Properties of Solids 27. A 200-kg load is hung on a wire of length 4.00 m, cross- sectional area 0.200 104 m2, and Young’s modulus 8.00 1010 N/m2. What is its increase in length?
8 Section 15.3 Energy of the No 24 (Softcopy) p.459; No 22 (Hardcopy) p. 458
Simple Harmonic Oscillator 24. A 326-g object is attached to a spring and executes simple harmonic motion with a period of 0.250 s. If the total energy of the system is 5.83 J, find (a) the maximum speed of the object, (b) the force constant of the spring, and (c) the amplitude of the motion.
9 Section 15.5 The Pendulum No 27 (Softcopy) p.459; No 29 (Hardcopy) p. 459
27. A simple pendulum makes 120 complete oscillations in
3.00 min at a location where g = 9.80 m/s2. Find (a) the period of the pendulum and (b) its length.
10 Additional Problems No 52 (Softcopy) p.461; No 52 (Hardcopy) p. 461
52. An object attached to a spring vibrates with simple harmonic
motion as described by Figure P15.52. For this motion, find (a) the amplitude, (b) the period, (c) the angular frequency, (d) the maximum speed, (e) the maximum acceleration, and (f) an equation for its position x as a function of time.
