Tutorial 2

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1) (i) State Newtons Second Law of Motion. Show how this law leads to the relationship Force = mass x acceleration for a body of constant mass. (ii) State Newtons Second Law of motion.

2) A satellite of mass 1000 kg accelerates uniformly along a tube of length 1.2 km and reaches a speed of 14400 km/h. Calculate the following in SI units: 1. the momentum of the satellite as it leaves the tube, (4x106 Ns) 2. the time it takes to accelerate along the tube, (0.3 s) 3. the force causing the acceleration, (13.3 x106 N) 4. the acceleration. (13.3 x103 ms-2) 3) A driver whose lorry will not start seeks a tow from a second driver. The towing vehicle accelerates slowly from rest with the tow-rope slack; when the rope becomes tight, the towed lorry starts to accelerate and the towing vehicle moves with a constant speed of 0.8 metres per second until the towed lorry, of mass 1000 kg, achieves the same speed. (i) What is the change of momentum of the towed lorry? (800 Ns) (ii) The average tension in the rope may be assumed to be 4000 N during the acceleration of the towed lorry. How far does the towed lorry travel from rest before it reaches the speed of 0.8 metres per second? (0.08 m)

4) (i) A car of mass 1200 kg initially at rest starts to move along a straight road for duration of 13 s and comes to a halt. The speed-time graph for its journey is given in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1

Tutorial 2 Calculate (i) the total distance travelled by the car, (57 m) (ii) the momentum of the car when it has reached its maximum speed, (12000 Ns) (iii) the deceleration of the car during the part of the motion represented by BC. (5 ms-2)

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(b) For another journey, the car in (a) above was cruising on the motorway at a constant speed of 25 m/s when suddenly it collided with a stationary vehicle of mass 2000 kg and remained stuck to the latter. (i) Determine the speed with which the interlocked vehicles have travelled immediately after collision. (9.375 ms-1) (ii) Calculate the kinetic energy of the car in (a) just prior to this collision and the kinetic energy of the interlocked vehicles just afterwards. Comment upon the values obtained. (375 kJ, 140.625 kJ, inelastic collision) 5) A sphere of mass m travelling in a straight line with speed v1 ms-1 collides head-on with an identical stationary sphere. The collision is perfectly elastic.

1. State the principle of conservation of linear momentum. 2. Explain the term perfectly elastic collision between two bodies.