Instruction: Attempt Question One aid 2 566% . FEDERAL eae 1 Poe AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2022/2023 ‘COND SEMESTER EXAMINATION MCE 202-1 1 (Dynannies) Units: 2 Date: Octobe Duration: 2 Hours. ny other three (3), QUESTION ONE a d What is the major difference between an object travelling with a rectilinear continuous motion and ‘whose motion is eratic? 3 marks An object's motion rectilinearly alo O.4t 0.0 <10,0see (1) a= {24 10.0 St <20.0see (2) where ais in m/s’ \ 0 20.0 St <30.0sec (3) Write out the piecewise expressions that govern the s-f and ¥*f motion plots for the object. ‘Take the int position and velocity to be zero. 6 marks From the expression given in QUD above, construct (i) the po: acceler path is governed by the gi cn expression: mntime plot (i) velocity-time plot ( jon-time plot of the object, taking the initial position and velocity to be equal to zero. 6 marks ‘The acceleration of a particle in m/s" is described by the expression @ a at an initial position, veloc and time of s= 0 m, v= O m/s and t= 0 sec., respectively. (i) Derive the governing equation for the fi Velocity of the particle in terms of its position, 4 marks (i) Evaluate the velocity of the particle if it reaches a position of 16m, What time, in hours, will it take icle to reach that position? marks what point does one conclude that the collision of two bodies is said-t¢-be oblique’? \) coefficient of restitution of two bodies undergoing collision is unity and perfectly elastic, such impav said to be theoretical. Why? 4imarks Two cars A and B, with masses 2400 kg and 3000 kg respectively experience an head on collision and collision was central to the line of impact. The velocities of the A and B prior to collision were m/s and $5 m/s respectively. (i) Compute the common velocity of the cars after the collision (ii) If collision lasted for only 0.5 sec., calculate the average impulsive force between the two cars (iii) Com. the net impulse at the same period. Neglect the effect of kinetie friction hy mark “QUESTION THRE b, 1fPage Briefly explain the following; (i) Motion of a body undergoing uniform acceleration (ii)Motion of a be undergoing variable acceleration 3 marks A vehicle travelling at 42 m/s approaches a wide barrier exactly 75 m ahead on the road, while navivat a bend. The brake was then applied to stop the vehicle within 31 m from the barrier. Compute () retardation of the vehicle (i) the time it took the vehicle to come to a stop. What ean you deduce from value computed for the retardation? marks If the driver of the vehicle in Q3b discovered suddenly that there is a wide pothole half the barti distance along the bend, and thus’ decided to apply the brakes exactly 11 m within it. Compute consequent retardation and time it will tke the vehicle to stop just before entering the pothole. Com sand comment on the time taken to stop the vebicles in both scenarios marksJocity of projection (ii) anele MON TOUT ine toms i lation to projvtte motion ofa atic e () vel Soar ne tion a) Hime oF Tight ergoing projectile j Seer esttanss derive the expression dha shows thatthe motion of a boy umdernoN PS its fea parabolic path bing, 36-m high from coootst Launches a bomb with an initial velocity of 36 m/s from the top of al jre gnund Level, at an angle of 60" to the horizontal, Neglecting the effect of air Fe rere Jiowing: (2) the time Will take the bomb to strike a target on the ground (ii) how far sell the Por? aavel away fiom the building (ii) the maximum height the bomb will attain before changing Course div) dhe mapnitiats and direction of the final velocity of the bomb when it strikes the target. B anarkes sistance, compute the “QUySHION EINE a Sate D’Membert’s principle as it applies to dynamic equilibrium, n A fore of 4 KN was applied on a 200,000 g, 40 Container, Neglecting the effect of kinetic friction, compute (2) the ace ion of the container (ii) the final speed of the container, after 16 see, if seclerated {hom rest, (ii) How far will it transverse afler the same time interval? (iv) if kinetic friction is sonsidered and as a value of 1000 N, compute the net horizontal force on the container, as well as ‘onsequent acceleration valu. (¥) How far wil transverse after 16 sec, under the effect of Feistion? 2 mnsarks c \ 10 ky object is attached to one end of a spring. The spring was compressed initially by 0.4 m. Then under an applied force of $00 N, the spring was stretched to 0.8 m from the neutral position. Compute the worksone by (i) the applied force (ii) the spring force (ii) weight / gravitational force (iv) change in 1h, marks kinetic energy of the spring, Spay Gansteat— 2O0N ln = 6 marks OULYS TON «Using the rectangular coordinate system, deseribe the concept of instantancous velocity for a particle undergoing curvilinear motion. 3 marks b. A particle undergoing curvilinear motion transverse from the origin along a path as shown in Fig.Q6. g its velocity in the x- direction is governed by the expression V, = 32t m/s, with tin suconde (i) Write out the eventual displacement, velocity and acceleration of the particle in Cartesian vector form afer 4 see. 6 marks ©. From QGb, compute the magnitudes of the (j) displacement (ii) velocity and (iii) acceleration of the particle after 4 see, of travel, 6 marks 7 | { test of luck from BUAFEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRI ULPURE, ABEOKUTA OF ENGINEERING: DEPAR SECOND SEMESTER 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION Fngincering Mecha COURSE CODE: MCE 202 COURSE UNTT: 2 Units DATE: August 7, 2024 TIME tus. Instruction: Attempt Any Four (4) Questions Question F (@) A particle, starting from rest, moves in a straight line, whose equation of motion is fen by: $= 8 - 20 + 3. Pind the velocity and acceleration of the particle after 5 seconds. (5 Marks) (b) The motion of a particle is given by: a= P ~ 3/2 5, where a is the acceleration in mis? and rs the time in seconds. The velocity of the particle at = 1 s is 6.25 mls and the displacement is 8,8 m, Calculate the displacement and velocity at (= 2 5. z (7 Marks) (©) The equation for angular displacement of a body moving on a circular path is given by: © = 2° + 0.5 where 0 is in rad and ¢ in s, Find the angular velocity, displacement and aeceleration after 2s "(8% Marks) Question 2 (a) A train has a weight of 3500 KN. If the frictional resistance amounts to 5 NKN. What steady pull must the locomotive exert in order to inerease the speed on a level track from 36 kin/hr to 72 kivbr within a period of 2 minutes? (5 Marks) (b) Two bodies of masses 80 kg and 20 kg are connected by a thread and move along a rough horizontal surface under the action of forces 400 N applied to the first body of mass 80 ky as shown in Figure Q2b. The coefficient of friction between the sliding surfaces of the bodies and the plane is 0.3. Determine the acceleration of the two bodies and the thread, using the D’Alembert’s principle, (7Marks) (©) A spring passing across a smooth table at right angle to two opposite edges has two masses Mr and Mz (Mi>Mz) attached to its ends hanging vertically as shown in FigureQ2e, 1a mass M is attached to the portion of the spring whieh is on the table, find the acceleration of the system when left to itself (5 Marks) 1 +L { 009 toy Ley Lr, tm on © Q2b ah Question 3 (9) A body of mass $ kg is thrown up vertically wit velocity of 9.8 m/s, What is its Kinetic energy: (i) at the moment of propulsion, (ii) after half second and (iii) after one second? Take ¢ = 9.81 m/s (7% Marks) (b) A car weighing 8000 N accelerates from rest to a speed of 45 km/hr in a distance of $0 m against a resistance of 100 N, Find the average driving force acting on the car. Using the average force, find the greatest power developed by the engine. (5 Marks) (©) A mechanical device can lift a weight of 24 KN suspended by a heavy rope weighting 60 ‘Nim, Ifthe length of the rope is 360 m and it takes 30 seconds in winding up the load to the top, find the power of the machine, (5 Marks) Question 4 {a) A 3000 kg closed-box car travelling at 3 m/s is overtaken by a 1000 kg open-box car travelling at $ m/s. The car couple together. Find the resultant speed of the combination. If the rain falls into open-box car ata rate of 1.0 kg’. What is the velocity of the box ears 5008? (6 Marks) (b) An § g bullet is fired horizontally into a 9 kg cube of wood, which is at rest, and sticks in it. The cube is free to move with a speed of 40 cm/s after impact. Find the initial velocity of the bullet. (4 Marks)Re (6) The masses of two balls are in the ratio of 2:1 and their velocit 8 are in the ratio of 1:2, but in the opposite ditee before impact. Ifthe coeflicient of restitution is 5/6, prove that fter the impact, each ball will move back with 5/6th of its original velocity. (7% Marks) Question 5 (a) In Figure Q the arm OD of the linkage has a clockwise ilar velocity of 10 rad/see in the positio own Where 0 = 45°, Detern ne the velocity of A, the velocity of P. and the angular velocity of the link AB for the position. (7Marks) (b) The right angle bar shown in Figure Q5b rotates clockwise with angular velocity which is decreasing at the rate of 4 rad/s*. Write the vector expressions for the velocity and acceleration of point A when w = 2 rad/s. (0Marks) Figure Q5a Figure QSb Question 6 (8) A uniform 50-kg erate rests on a horizontal s rface for which the coefficient of kinetic friction is jw. = 0.2, Determine the acceleration if a force of P = 600 N is applied to the crate as shown in Figure Q6a. Assume that the crate slides and the normal reaction do not pass through the C.G (8 Marks) (b) At the instant shown in Figure Q6b, the 20-kg slender rod has an angular velocity of @ = 5 rad/s, Determine the angular acceleration and the horizontal and vertical components of reaction of the pin on the rod at this instant. (9%4Marks) P= ON | val BQ ET Figure Q6a Figure Qob