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A truck towing a car experiences a constant driving force of 2400 N from the truck's engine and constant resistances of 600 N and 400 N from the truck and car respectively. The acceleration of the truck and car is found to be (a) 0.8 m/s^2 and the tension in the rope is found to be (b) 1600 N. When traveling at 20 m/s, the rope breaks and the truck reaches a speed of 28 m/s approximately 6 s earlier than if the rope had not broken due to the reduced mass.

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Dynamics Assignment

A truck towing a car experiences a constant driving force of 2400 N from the truck's engine and constant resistances of 600 N and 400 N from the truck and car respectively. The acceleration of the truck and car is found to be (a) 0.8 m/s^2 and the tension in the rope is found to be (b) 1600 N. When traveling at 20 m/s, the rope breaks and the truck reaches a speed of 28 m/s approximately 6 s earlier than if the rope had not broken due to the reduced mass.

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Dynamics Assignment

1.

A car which has run out of petrol is being towed by a breakdown truck along a straight
horizontal road. The truck has mass 1200 kg and the car has mass 800 kg. The truck is
connected to the car by a horizontal rope which is modelled as light and inextensible. The
trucks engine provides a constant driving force of 2400 N. The resistances to motion of the
truck and the car are modelled as constant and of magnitude 600 N and 400 N respectively. Find
(a)

the acceleration of the truck and the car,


(3)

(b)

the tension in the rope.


(3)
1

When the truck and car are moving at 20 m s , the rope breaks. The engine of the truck
provides the same driving force as before. The magnitude of the resistance to the motion of the
truck remains 600 N.
(c)

Show that the truck reaches a speed of 28 m s


have done if the rope had not broken.

approximately 6 s earlier than it would


(7)
(Total 13 marks)

2.

A post is driven into the ground by means of a blow from a pile-driver. The pile-driver
falls from rest from a height of 1.6 m above the top of the post.
(a)

Show that the speed of the pile-driver just before it hits the post is 5.6 m s .
(2)

The post has mass 6 kg and the pile-driver has mass 78 kg. When the pile-driver hits the top of
the post, it is assumed that `there is no rebound and that both then move together with the same
speed.

(b)

Find the speed of the pile-driver and the post immediately after the pile-driver has
hit the post.
(3)

The post is brought to rest by the action of a resistive force from the ground acting for 0.06 s.
By modelling this force as constant throughout this time,

(c)

find the magnitude of the resistive force,


(4)

(d)

find, to 2 significant figures, the distance travelled by the post and the pile-driver
before they come to rest.
(4)
(Total 13 marks)

Queen Elizabeth's School

Dynamics Assignment
3.

P
1 .4 m
B (0 .4 k g )

A (m k g )
1 m
30

The diagram above shows two particles A and B, of mass m kg and 0.4 kg respectively,
connected by a light inextensible string. Initially A is held at rest on a fixed smooth plane
inclined at 30 to the horizontal. The string passes over a small light smooth pulley P fixed at
the top of the plane. The section of the string from A to P is parallel to a line of greatest slope of
the plane. The particle B hangs freely below P. The system is released from rest with the string
taut and B descends with acceleration
(a)

1
5

g.

Write down an equation of motion for B.


(2)

(b)

Find the tension in the string.


(2)

(c)

Prove that m =

16
35

.
(4)

(d)

State where in the calculations you have used the information that P is a light smooth
pulley.
(1)

On release, B is at a height of one metre above the ground and AP = 1.4 m. The particle B
strikes the ground and does not rebound.
(e)

Calculate the speed of B as it reaches the ground.


(2)

(f)

Show that A comes to rest as it reaches P.


(5)
(Total 16 marks)

Queen Elizabeth's School

Dynamics Assignment

4.

15
This figure shows a lorry of mass 1600 kg towing a car of mass 900 kg along a straight
horizontal road. The two vehicles are joined by a light towbar which is at an angle of 15 to the
road. The lorry and the car experience constant resistances to motion of magnitude 600 N and
300 N respectively. The lorrys engine produces a constant horizontal force on the lorry of
magnitude 1500 N. Find
(a)

the acceleration of the lorry and the car,


(3)

(b)

the tension in the towbar.


(4)

When the speed of the vehicles is 6 m s , the towbar breaks. Assuming that the resistance to the
motion of the car remains of constant magnitude 300 N,
(c)

find the distance moved by the car from the moment the towbar breaks to the moment
when the car comes to rest.
(4)

(d)

State whether, when the towbar breaks, the normal reaction of the road on the car is
increased, decreased or remains constant. Give a reason for your answer.
(2)
(Total 13 marks)

Queen Elizabeth's School

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