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    1.053J/2.

    003J Dynamics and Control I

    Fall 2006

    Exam 1

    th
    30 October, 2006

    Important Notes:
    1. You are allowed to use one letter-size sheet (two-sides) of notes.
    2. There are three problems on the exam. You have 80 minutes to solve them.

    Cite as: Sanjay Sarma, Nicholas Makris, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Peter So, course materials for 2.003J/1.053J

    Dynamics and Control I, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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    1. A space shuttle orbiter and an astronaut

    Figure 1

    A space shuttle is orbiting the earth in a circular orbit with a constant angular speed ω as
    shown in Figure 1. A point Q fixed on the space shuttle is at distance R from the origin O.
    Frame A is fixed. Frame B is attached to the space shuttle. The space shuttle orbits such
    that the basis vector b2 always remains tangential to the orbit as shown in the figure.
    •
    Clearly, θ = ω .
    •
    a. Find the acceleration of point Q with respect to frame A as a function of θ and θ .
    •
    b. An astronaut represented by point P begins to walk with a constant speed d with
    respect to the space shuttle along –b2, i.e. the negative b2 direction from the
    cockpit towards point Q as shown in the figure. Find the acceleration of P with
    respect to frame A if P is at distance d from point Q.
    •
    c. Find a relationship between d and ω such that at a certain location on her path,
    her acceleration with respect to frame A is exactly zero. Find that location as well
    relative to the space shuttle.

    Cite as: Sanjay Sarma, Nicholas Makris, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Peter So, course materials for 2.003J/1.053J

    Dynamics and Control I, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].


    2. L-shape

    Figure 2

    Consider the L-shaped structure, shown in Figure 2, which consists of two slender rods
    A1 and A2 that are glued together. Each has mass m and length L. A massless(!) rocket is
    attached to one end of rod A1. At t = 0, the rocket is ignited and it produces a thrust of
    magnitude F on the L-shape. Throughout the motion, the direction of force F remains
    perpendicular to rod A1 as shown in the figure. Ignore gravity and assume that the
    motion is planer.
    a. Find the center of mass of the L-shaped object.
    b. Assume that the L-shaped object behaves as a rigid body in 2D. Define
    convenient frames, identify generalized co-ordinates of the L-shaped object and
    find the equations of motion of the system.

    Cite as: Sanjay Sarma, Nicholas Makris, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Peter So, course materials for 2.003J/1.053J

    Dynamics and Control I, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].


    3. System of pulleys

    Figure 3

    m
    a. A point mass of mass is hanging from a thin, massless and inextensible string that
    2
    winds several turns around a pulley of mass m and radius r as shown in Figure 3(a).
    The pulley is free to rotate about the pivot supported from the table and accordingly,
    the string winds/unwinds and the point mass moves up and down. This system can be
    imagined as a spool. Initially the point mass is supported such that it is hanging
    vertically and suddenly the support is removed. Using the work-energy principle, find
    the acceleration of the point mass. Note that gravity acts.
    b. Instead of one pulley, now suppose that the same point mass is hanging from a string
    that goes over two identical pulleys, each of mass m and radius r, as shown in Figure
    3(b). The left-most pulley acts like a spool. Find the acceleration of the point mass in
    this case.
    c. Observe the pattern of your answers in part a and part b. Based on this, how many
    identical pulleys you need to design a system such that the acceleration of the point
    g
    mass is , where g is the acceleration due to gravity.
    5

    Cite as: Sanjay Sarma, Nicholas Makris, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Peter So, course materials for 2.003J/1.053J

    Dynamics and Control I, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].

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