Homework 2

Due Date: Thursday, Dec 1, 2016

1. Rotational Motion:
A 15.0-kg object and a 10.0-kg object are suspended,
joined by a cord that passes over a pulley with a radius of
10.0 cm and a mass of 3.00 kg. The cord has a negligible
mass and does not slip on the pulley. The pulley rotates on
its axis without friction. The objects start from rest 3.00 m
apart. Treat the pulley as a uniform disk, and determine the
speeds of the two objects as they pass each other.

2. Static equilibrium:
A bridge truss extends 200 m
across a river. The structure
is free to slide horizontally to
permit thermal expansion.
The structural components
are connected
by pin joints, and the masses
of the bars are small compared with the mass of a 1 360-kg car at the center.
Calculate the force of tension or compression in each structural component.

3. Simple harmonic motion:

A particle of mass 4.00 kg is attached to a spring with a force constant of 100 N/m.
It is oscillating on a horizontal frictionless surface with an amplitude of 2.00 m. A
6.00-kg object is dropped vertically on top of the 4.00-kg object as it passes
through its equilibrium point. The two objects stick together.
(a) By how much does the amplitude of the vibrating system change as a result of
the collision? (b) By how much does the period change? (c) By how much does the
energy change? (d) Account for the change in energy.

4. Fluid Mechanics:
The Bernoulli effect can have important consequences for the design of buildings.
For example, wind can blow around a skyscraper at remarkably high speed,
creating low pressure. The higher atmospheric pressure in the still air inside the
buildings can cause windows to pop out. As originally constructed, the John
Hancock building in Boston popped window panes, which fell many stories to the
sidewalk below. (a) Suppose that a horizontal wind blows in streamline flow with
a speed of 11.2 m/s outside a large pane of plate glass with dimensions 4.00 m "
1.50 m. Assume the density of the air to be uniform at 1.30 kg/m3. The air inside
the building is at atmospheric pressure. What is the total force exerted by air on the
window pane? (b) What If? If a second skyscraper is built nearby, the air speed can
be especially high where wind passes through the narrow separation between the
buildings. Solve part (a) again if the wind speed is 22.4 m/s, twice as high.
5. An ideal gas is carried through a
thermodynamic cycle consisting of
two isobaric and two isothermal
processes as shown in Figure. Show
that the net work done on the gas in
the entire cycle is given by:

6. Heat:
A student obtains the following data in a calorimetry experiment designed to
measure the specific heat of aluminum. Use these data to determine the specific
heat of aluminum

7. Heat Engine
An idealized diesel engine
operates in a cycle known as
the air-standard diesel cycle,
shown in Figure. Fuel is
sprayed into the cylinder at
the point of maximum
compression, B.
Combustion occurs during
the expansion B : C, which
is modeled as an isobaric
process. Show that the
efficiency of an engine
operating in this idealized
diesel cycle is:
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