Midterm Review Winter/Spring 2018. 

Free Fall Acceleration (1). 

How long is the ball in the air? 

> restart; g:=9.81*m/s^2: vi:=27.0*m/s: t:=2*vi/g;
 

`+`(`*`(5.504587156, `*`(s))) (1)
 

Greatest height reached: 

> th:=t/2: hmax:=th*(vi/2);
 

`+`(`*`(37.15596330, `*`(m))) (2)
 

First time when the ball has half its initial velocity: 

> t1:=(vi/2)/g;
 

`+`(`*`(1.376146789, `*`(s))) (3)
 

Inexperienced Pilot TLH-ATL (2): 

Average speed vaver, speed in still air v0, correct angle. 

> restart; assume(km>0); DY:=361.0*km: DX:=130.0*km: DT:=(94.0/60.0)*h:
 

> vaver:=sqrt(DY^2+DX^2)/DT; v0:=DY/DT; vw:=83.0*km/h: theta:=arcsin(vw/v0)*rad;
 

> pi:=evalf(Pi): rad:=(180.0/pi)*deg: thdeg:=theta;
 

 

 

 

(4)
 

Off the cliff (3): H=g*t^2/2 

> restart; pi:=evalf(Pi): t:=sqrt(2*H/g): x:=v0*t;
 

`*`(v0, `*`(`^`(2, `/`(1, 2)), `*`(`^`(`/`(`*`(H), `*`(g)), `/`(1, 2))))) (5)
 

Motion and Forces (4): 

> M:=3.76*kg: F:=14.8*kg*m/s^2: theta:=17.0*pi/180: t:=5.10*s: ax:=F*cos(theta)/M: vx:=ax*t;
 

`+`(`/`(`*`(19.19730930, `*`(m)), `*`(s))) (6)
 

Spring Accelerometer (5):  

> ay:=k*y/m;
 

`/`(`*`(k, `*`(y)), `*`(m)) (7)
 

Inclined Plane Acceleration (6): a=g*sin(theta). 

> g:=9.81*m/s^2: v1:=1.48*m/s: t:=1.20*s: v2:=4.84*m/s: a:=(v2-v1)/t;
 

> theta:=arcsin(a/g)*rad; rad:=180*deg/pi: thdeg:=theta;
 

 

 

(8)
 

Moving and Ice Block (7): 

> restart; Fmin=mus*m*g/(cos(theta)+mus*sin(theta)); zero:=-sin(theta)+mus*cos(theta);
 

 

Fmin = `/`(`*`(mus, `*`(m, `*`(g))), `*`(`+`(cos(theta), `*`(mus, `*`(sin(theta))))))
`+`(`-`(sin(theta)), `*`(mus, `*`(cos(theta)))) (9)
 

Work-Kinetic Energy (Car) (8):  

> M:=1270.0*kg: hr:=3600*s: km:=1000*m: v:=84.0*km/hr; Ki:=M*v**2/2:
 

> Work:=-Ki*J*s^2/kg/m^2; DelK:=-Ki;
 

 

 

(10)
 

Block Sliding into Spring (9): k*x^2/2=E. 

> assume(m>0); g:=9.81*m/s^2: M:=1.9*kg: H:=0.69*m: k:=465.0*kg/s^2:
 

> E:=M*g*H; x:=sqrt(2*E/k);
 

 

(11)
 

Block and Loop-the-Loop (10): 

> restart; W:=m*vA^2/2-m*g*(h-2*R);
 

`+`(`*`(`/`(1, 2), `*`(m, `*`(`^`(vA, 2)))), `-`(`*`(m, `*`(g, `*`(`+`(h, `-`(`*`(2, `*`(R))))))))) (12)
 

Gravitational acceleration (11): 

> Rearth:=6.37*10**6*m: g:=9.81*m/s^2: a:=4.6*m/s^2: H:=Rearth*sqrt(g/a)-Rearth;
 

`+`(`*`(2932400.217, `*`(m))) (13)
 

Blocks and compressed Spring (12): 

> m1:=2.4*kg: m2:=4.6*kg: x:=0.78*m: v1:=2.6*m/s: v2:=m1*v1/m2;
 

`+`(`/`(`*`(1.356521739, `*`(m)), `*`(s))) (14)
 

> k:=(m1*v1**2+m2*v2**2)/x^2;
 

`+`(`/`(`*`(40.57971014, `*`(kg)), `*`(`^`(s, 2)))) (15)
 

Mass Mass-Spring Collision (13): 

> m2:=2.7*kg: m1:=2.45*kg: v1:= 1.40*m/s: M:=m1+m2: v:=m1*v1/M; K:=M*v**2/2:
 

> dK=K-m1*v1**2/2; assume(m>0); k:=189.0*kg/s^2: xmax:=sqrt(2*K/k);
 

 

 

(16)
 

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