Physics JEE - class teaching work sheet

TOPICS: Newton's laws - constraint models

1. Cylinder B has a downward velocity in feet per sec-
ond given by vB  t2 /2  t3 /6, where t is in seconds.
Calculate the acceleration of A when t  2 sec.

2/209 aA ⫽ 2 ft/sec2 up
B

2. Assuming only translational motion of blocks A and B.

Find the acceleration of B. 

12m/s2 

(B) 2m/s 2 A

3. What is the acceleration of the upper block of the system as shown in the
figure? Assume pullies and strings are ideal. Given mA  0
(A) 4g mA

B m

4. Consider the shown mechanism ABC. At a certain instant block B

C was found to be moving with a speed of 1 m/s to the right. At L L
this instant the magnitude of vertical component of velocity of B
30 C
N A
is m/s . Then find the value of N ? 10. 3
2

5. In the given system which mass (in kg) will move with acceleration
greater than acceleration due to gravity(g).
m1 = 1 kg

ans 1
m2 = 2kg

B
m3 = 3 kg
 6. System is shown in figure. Assume the cylinder 2u m/s
u m/s
remains in contact with the two wedges. The velocity
of cylinder is 30o 30o
(D) 7u m/s

7. Consider the system shown in the figure. the system is so arranged

that both m and M are in pure translation. If at a certain instant M is
moving down with a speed of 1 m/s then the speed of m will be
m
(C) 1 m/s

8. If vA = 10 m/sec what would be the velocity of

C. 1 = 30 0, 2 = 60o. If B is very heavy and
remains on ground.
10 2 1
10 m/sec
(A) m/sec C B A
3

9. In the figure shown neglect the masses of the pulley and also neglect friction. Then P2

P1
(D) Acceleration of block is g downwards.
P3

10. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and of
negligible mass. For the system to remain in equilibrium, the T T

angle  should be  
T
T

(C) 45 10kg

102kg
10kg

v0 v0

11. In the shown figure two identical beads slide along a

 
smooth horizontal rod as shown in figure. The
relation between v and v0 in the shown position will l l
be
(A) v  v 0 cot 
v

12..For the pulley system , each of the cables at A and B is given velocity of 4m/s in the direction of the
arrow. Determine the upward velocity v of the load m. (in m/s)

Ans. 3
13. At a certain instant, cylinder A has a downward velocity of 0.8 m/s and
an upward acceleration of 2 m/s2. Determine the corresponding
velocity and acceleration of cylinder B.
2
(B) vB = 1.2 m/s up, aB = 3 m/s down

B
A

14. In the figure shown the velocity of A with respect to ground is y

(20iˆ  15ˆj) m/s, then what will be the magnitude of velocity of the wedge
‘B’ with respect to ground frame. (A remains in contact with B) A
B
(D) zero 37
x
*
2. 15 .Four rods each of length have been hinged to
form a rhombus. Vertex A is fixed to a rigid
support, vertex C is being moved along the x- B
axis with a constant velocity v as shown in the
figure. The rate at which vertex B is approaching
the x-axis at the moment the rhombus is in the A v x

form of a square is
Ans: ⃗= ̂ + cot (− ̂)
B 2 2 D

Here = 45 ℎ =
B,

16.Two block A & B are connected by an ideal string as shown in figure. If block B has velocity v & block
A has velocity 20 m/s as shown find v :- A
20 m/s

(A) 25 m/s
37° v
B

17. If we label the accelerations as a1 , a2 , and a3 from left to right

Find relations between accelerations of masses?

Ans: Conservation of string quickly gives a2 = −a1 m m

. And it also gives a3 = −a1 /2.

18 .Find relations between accelerations of masses?

Ans: at = 4 ab m

m
 19. Find relations between accelerations of masses?

Ans: ab = 4 at

m at

m ab
20.
A block with mass M rests on a wedge with mass m and angle θ, which lies on a table,
M as shown in Fig. 4.27. All surfaces are frictionless. The block is constrained to move
vertically by means of a wall on its left side.
m What is the relation between acceleration of the wedge and block ? a M = a m tan θ.
θ

21. Find the acceleration of A in term of b.

Ans. b î + b ĵ

22. Two masses are connected by a string which passes over a pulley accelerating upward at a rate A as
shown. If a1 and a2 be the acceleration of bodies 1 and 2 respectively then :

a1  a2
(C*) A =
2

23. The vertical displacement of block A in meter is given by y = t2/4 where t is in second. Calculate the
downward acceleration aB of block B. (in m/s2) //////////////////////// Ans. 4

A
y
B
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 24. Assume ideal pulleys and ideal threads. If B and C are moved with velocities
as shown, then what is the velocity of A at that instant.

c) ν 5

370
530

B C
v 2v
A

25. In the given diagram, m2 can slide on the smooth horizontal surface. The
pulleys are small. At an instant the block m1 comes down with velocity of 3
m/s. At this instant = 60°. Find the magnitude of velocity of m2 at this
instant in m/s.

m1

Ans: 2 θ

m2

26. A hinged construction consists of three rhombus with the ratio of sides (5 : 3 : 2). Vertex A 3 moves in
the horizontal direction with velocity V. Velocity of A2 will be :

V (D*) 0.8V
A1 A2 A3

27. In the figure shown, find out the value of  at this instant [ assume string to be tight ]

3
(A*) tan1
4

28. In the figure shown the blocks A & C are pulled down with constant velocities u . Find the acceleration
of block B.

u2
Ans. tan3 
b