Mechanics -1 1. A mass m= 10 kg hangs by two strings making angles a = 45° and 9 = 60° to the vertical. The strings are connected through pulleys to two masses and my (sce Figure). Find my), mp such that the mass hangs in equilibrium. 2. A uniform sphere of mass m and radius r hangs from a string against a smooth vertical wall, the line of the string passing through the ball’s center (see Figure). The string is attached at a height = V/3r above the point where the ball touches the wall. What is the tension T in the string, and the force F exerted by the ball on the wall? If the wall is rough, with coefficient of static friction y,, are these forces increased or reduced? qT i 3. A circus performer of mass m = 60 kg stands at the midpoint of a rope of unstretched length / =6 m, It is known that the tension 7’ in the rope is proportional to the amount it is stretched, ie. T = (J —y), where x is a constant and / the actual length of the rope. How large must x be if the performer is not to sink more than a distance fh = | m below the endpoints of the rope? With this value of x, how much would the rope extend if the performer were to release one end of it and hang vertically from it? Sanjeev Kumar Ph: 9475858937Mechanics -1 4. A box of mass m is pulled by a man holding a rope at an angle # to the horizontal. A second man pulls horizontally in the opposite direction with a force equal to twice the box’s weight. What is the maximum value @, of @such that the box begins to move in the direction of the first man without being lifted from the ground? What, in terms of mg, is the force P then exerted by the first man? 5. A uniform rod of mass m can rotate freely around a horizontal axis O at one end which is fixed to the floor. It is supported at an angle a = 45° to the floor by a string attached to the other end making an angle = 15° to the vertical, the free end of the string hanging vertically from a pulley and holding a mass M (sce Figure). Find M in terms of m if the system is in equilibrium, Caleu- late the force P exerted by the floor on the axis Q, and its direction. (Express your answer in terms of m and 3.) 6. A shop puts up a signboard of mass m hanging from the end of a rod of length / and negligible mass, which is hinged to the shop wall at an axis 0. The rod is held horizontal by means of a wire attached to its midpoint and to the wall, a height h above the hinge (see Figure). If the wire will break when its tension T reaches Tj,,, = 3mg, what is the minimum height hin (in terms of {) that the wire must be attached to the wall? a 7 Sanjeev Kumar Ph: 9475858937Mechanics -1 7. A uniform rod of mass m leans against a smooth vertical wall, making an angle 0, with it, Its other end is supported by a smooth plane inclined at an angle @; to the horizontal (see Figure), Find a relation between the angles Problem 8. 6;,0>. If @, = 30° find the forces exerted by the wall and inclined plane on the rod in terms of mg. 8. A uniform ladder leans against a smooth vertical wall, making an angle 6 with a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction between the ladder and the floor is . Find (in terms of 1) the minimum angle 8,, for which the ladder does not slip. 9. A uniform rectangular platform of width L hangs by two ropes making angles 8, = 30°, 0, = 60° to the vertical. A load of twice the mass of the platform is placed on it to keep it horizontal: how far from the edge of the platform must it be? rs TI | a koe 10. A uniform circular cylinder of radius r has its base on a plane inclined at angle @ to the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction is j1,. Find the minimum height h of the cylinder such that it overturns rather than sliding. 11. A rectangular door of mass M, width w and height A = 3w is supported on two hinges located a distance d = w/4 from its upper and lower edges, If the hinges are arranged so that the upper one carries the entire weight of the door, find the forces (in terms of Mg) exerted on the door by the two hinges. 12. A drinking straw of length / is placed in a smooth hemispherical glass of radius R resting on a horizontal table. Find its equilibrium position (a) - if /<2R, (b) ~ if / > 2R, assuming that the straw does not fall out. Sanjeev Kumar Ph: 9475858937Mechanics -1 13. A cylindrical oil drum of mass m and radius R lies on a road against the curb, which has height R/2 (see Figure). It is to be lifted gently (quasistatically) on to the sidewalk by means of a rope wound around its circumference. What is the minimum force F,, needed if the rope is pulled horizontally? What is the magnitude and direction of the reaction force at the curb? Will the minimum force F,, change as the drum is lifted? If the rope is pulled at an angle to the horizontal, for what value of 0 is the required force a minimum? What is the value of this minimum force? nar T 14. Twosticks are connected, with hinges, to each other and to a wall. The botton 15. If the system is to remain at rest, then the coefficient of friction 16. A rope rests on two platforms that are both 17. A person pulls on a block with a force F, stick is cach other, as shown in above figurelf both sticks have the same mass per unit length, p, find the horizontal and vertical components of the force that the wall exerts on the top hinge, and show that the magnitude goes to infinity for both 6 — 0 and 8 — 7/2. horizontal and has length L, and the sticks make an angle of with (a) between the stick and the circle must satisfy sine "= Ty cos8)* (b) between the stick and the ground must satisfy = sin@cos 6 (1+ cos8)(2 — cos 0) nclined at an angle @ (which you as shown infigure below The rope has uniform mass and its coefficient of friction with the platforms is 1. The system symmetry. What is the largest possible fraction of the rope that does not touch the platforms? What angle @ allows this maximum value? re free to pi at an angle @ with respect to the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the block and the ground is 1. For what @ is the F required to make the block slip a minimum’? Sanjeev Kumar Ph: 9475858937Mechanics -1 18. A light, inelastic thread is stretched round one-half of the circum- ference of a fixed cylinder as shown in the figure. As a result of friction, the thread does not slip on the cylinder when the magnitudes of the forces acting on its ends fulfil the inequality 1 A f ” “ee O_.. —— 5 Determine the coefficient of friction between the thread and the cylinder. 19. A plate, bent at right angles along its centre line, is placed onto a horizontal fixed cylinder of radius R as shown in the figure. How large does the coefficient of static friction between the cylinder and the plate need to be if the plate is not to slip off the cylinder? 20. A ball is held up by a string, as shown in fig. below with the string tangent to the ball. If the angle between the string and the wall is @, what is the minimum coefficient of static friction between the ball and the wall. if the ball 1/4 of the length Problem 20. Problem 21, Problem 22. is not to fall? all, with a 21. A ladder of mass M and length L leans against a frictionless quarter of its ngth hanging over a corner, as shown above. Assuming that there is sufficient friction at the corner to keep the ladder at rest, what is the total force that the corner exerts on the ladder? 22. A frictionless planar curve is in the shape of a function which has its endpoints at the same height but is otherwise arbitrary. A chain of uniform mass per unit length rests on the curve from end to end, as shown above. Show, by considering the net force of gravity along the curve, that the chain will not move. Sanjeev Kumar Ph: 9475858937