1.

The seats of a carousel are attached to a vertical rotating shaft by a flexible cable 8m
long. The seats have mass of 75kg. What is the maximum angle of tilt for the seats if the
carousel operates at 12 rpm? ANS 39o
2. A car travels on the horizontal unbanked circular track of radius r. Coefficient of friction
between the tires and the track is 0.3. If the cars velocity is 10 m/s, what is the smallest
radius it may travel without skidding? ANS 34 m
3. A flywheel rotating at 500 rpm decelerates uniformly at 2 rad/sec 2. How many seconds
will it take for the flywheel to stop? ANS 26.2 s
4. A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m high above the ground with a velocity of 300 m/s
directed at 20o from the horizontal. How long will the ball hit the ground? ANS 21.2 s
5. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 30o with the
horizontal ground. How high in m will it rise? Use g = 9.817 m/s2. ANS 2.865
6. The radius of the earth is 3960 miles. The gravitational acceleration at the earth’s
surface is 32.16 ft/s2. What is the velocity of escape from the earth in miles/s? ANS 6.94
7. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the track is banked 5o, what is the smallest radius it can
travel so that friction will not be necessary to resist sliding? ANS 262.16 m
8. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r = 800 feet is traveling at 27 ft/sec. His speed in the
tangential direction increases at the rate of 3 ft/s 2. What is the cyclist total acceleration?
ANS 3.13 ft/s2
9. A body weighing 40 lbs. starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30 o with
the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction µ = 0.3. How far will it move during the
third second? ANS 34.81 ft
10. A car and its loads weighs 27 kN and the center of gravity is 600 mm from the ground
and midway between the front and rear wheel which are 3 m apart. The car is brought to
rest from a speed of 54 kph in 5 seconds by means of brakes. Compute the normal force
on each of the front wheels of the car. ANS 7.576 kN
11. A 50-kilogram block of wood rest on the top of the smooth plane whose length is 3 m
and whose altitude is 0.8 m. How long will it take for the block to slide to the bottom of
the plane when released? ANS 1.51 s
12. A coin is tossed vertically upward from the ground at a velocity of 12 m/s. How long will
the coin touch the ground? ANS 2.45 s
13. A bullet is fired at angle of 75o with the horizontal with an initial velocity of 420 m/s. How
high it can travel after 2 seconds? ANS 792 m
14. An elevator weighing 2,000 lbs attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 sec with uniform
acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables? ANS 2,250 lbs
15. A man in hot-air balloon drops an apple at a height of150 m. if the balloon is rising at 15
m/s, find the highest point reached by an apple? ANS 161.5 m

Inertia; Igx = 3.047x106 mm4 , Igy = 840.63x103 mm4

Cylindrical water tank = 11.77 mm
Stress in elastic material = inversely proportional to the materials yield strength
A water reservoir of 24 m high = 28 mm
Poisson’s ratio = unit lateral deformation to the unit longitudinal deformation
Graphical of pictorial = mohr’s circle
A force of 10 N = 0.2 kPa
A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0. 035 m = 1.125x10-6 m4
30 m long aluminum bar = 7.46 cm
Simply supported beam 10m long … max shear = 100 kN
Simple beam 10m long … max moment = 500 kN.m.
A beam 100mm x 200mm … shear force 1m from left = 7.5 kN
Simply supported beam 10m long … max moment = 250 kN.m
A beam supported both ends = has its max shear at the supports
Simply supported beam 10m long overhang 2m … length of beam max shear = 7m
A beam 100mm x 200mm … shear stress 30mm = .287 MPa