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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION

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MECHANICS II AND THERMAL PHYSICS PHY210 APRIL 2008 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (20 Questions) PART B (7 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from PART A and PART B. i) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet. ii) Answer PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of i) ii) iii) the Question Paper an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty An Objective Answer Sheet - provided by the Faculty

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PART A ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1.

One revolution per minute is about A. B. C. D. 0.0524 rad/s 0.105 rad/s 0.95 rad/s 6.28 rad/s

2.

A disc with its moment of inertia equals 0.96 kgm2 makes 300 rotations in one minute. What is its rotational kinetic energy? A. B. C. D. 473.7 493.5 150.1 454.8 J J J J

3.

For an object in equilibrium, the sum of the torque acting on it vanishes only if each torque is calculated about A. B. C. D. the center of mass the center of gravity the geometrical center the same point.

4.

In simple harmonic motion (SHM), the magnitude of the acceleration is A. B. C. D. constant proportional to the displacement inversely proportional to the displacement greatest when the velocity is greatest.

5.

A block attached to a spring oscillates in SHM along the x-axis. The limits of its motion are x =10 cm and x = 50 cm and it goes from one of this extremes to the other in 0.25 s. The amplitude and the frequency are A. B. C. D. 40 cm, 20 cm, 40 cm, 25 cm,
2 Hz 4 Hz 5 Hz 4 Hz

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The displacement of a mass oscillating on a spring is given by x(t()= xmcos(cot + <j>). If the initial displacement is zero and the initial velocity is in the negative x direction, then the phase constant < is > j A. B. C. D. 0 radians radians

n radians radians

7.

A traveling sinusoidal wave is shown in Figure 1. At which point is the motion 180 out of phase with the motion at point P?

Figure 1

8.

Sinusoidal waves are generated in a large ripple tank. The waves travel at 20 cm/s and their adjacent crests are 5 cm apart. The period of each cycle is A. B. C. D. 100 s 4s 0.25 s 0.5 s

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The speed of a sound wave is determined by its A. B. C. D. amplitude intensity pitch transmitting medium

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A uniform U-tube is partially filled with water. Oil of density 0.75 g/cm3 is poured into the right arm until the water level in the left arm rises 3 cm. Given pwater = 1 g/cm3, the length of the oil column is A. 2 25 cm

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C.

D.

8 cm 6 cm 4 cm

water Figure 2

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Two identical blocks of ice float in water as shown in Figure 2. A. Block A displaces a greater volume of water since the pressure acts on a smaller bottom area. B. Block B displaces a greater volume of water since the pressure is less on its bottom. C. The two blocks displace equal volumes of water since they have the same weight. D. Block A displaces a greater volume of water since its submerged end is lower in the water.

12. A fluid is undergoing a steady flow. Therefore, A. B. C. D. the velocity of any given molecule of fluid does not change. the pressure does not vary from point to point. the velocity at any given point does not vary with time. the density does not vary from point to point.

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A balloon is filled with cold air and placed in a warm room. It is not in thermal equilibrium with the air of the room until A. B. C. D. it rises to the ceiling it sinks to the floor it stops expanding it starts to contract
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Heat is A. B. C. D. energy transferred by virtue of a temperature difference. energy transferred by external work energy content of an object a temperature difference

15.

The heat capacity of object B is twice that of object A. Initially, A is 300 K and B is at 450 K. They are placed in thermal contact and the combination is isolated. The final temperature of both objects is A. B. C. D. 200 K 300 K 400 K 450 K

16.

273 cm3 of an ideal gas is at 0 C. It is heated at constant pressure to 10 C. It will now occupy A. B. C. D. 263 cm3 273 cm3 283 cm3 278 cm3

17.

The temperature of a gas is most closely related to A. B. C. D. the kinetic energy of linear movement of its molecules its total molecular kinetic energy the sizes of its molecules the potential energy of its molecules

18.

According to the 2nd law of thermodynamics, A. B. C. D. heat energy cannot be completely converted to work work cannot be completely converted to heat energy for all cyclic processes, entropy is less than zero. all of the above are not true

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ACarnotcycle A. B. C. D. is bonded by two isotherms and two adiabatics on a pressure-volume graph. consists of two isothermal and two isobaric processes. is any four sided process on a pressure-volume graph. only exists for an ideal gas.
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In moving out of a dormitory at the end of the semester, a student does 1.6 x 104J of work. In the process, his internal energy decreases by 4.2 x 104 J. Determine the value of Q including the algebraic sign. A. B. C. D. +1.6x10 4 J -4.2 x10 4 J -2.6 x104J +1.2x10 4 J

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PARTB ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

QUESTION 1 a) A flywheel, initially at rest, accelerated uniformly at 4 rad/s2. At the end of 10 s, what is its angular velocity? (3 marks) If the flywheel in 1a) is now retarded uniformly at 2 rad/s2, how long would it take to come to rest? (2 marks) A wheel with its moment of inertia equals 5.0 kg.m2 and initially at rest, uniformly gains a speed of 300 rotations per minute in 20 s. Determine the torque acting on the wheel. (5 marks)

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c)

QUESTION 2 a) List four basic assumptions of the kinetic theory of gases. (4 marks) b) The temperature of a fixed amount of oxygen is raised from 27C to 127C at constant volume. What is the ratio of the final to initial pressure? (3 marks) Assuming oxygen to be an ideal gas, how many grams of oxygen will occupy a volume of 1.6 m3 at a pressure of 200 kPa and a temperature of 27 C? (The molecular mass for oxygen = 32 g/mol; R = 8.314 J/mol.K) (3 marks)

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QUESTION 3 a) An object is solid throughout. When the object is completely submerged in ethyl alcohol, its apparent weight is 15.2 N. When completely submerged in water, its apparent weight is 13.7 N. What is the volume of the object?
(Pwater= 1 0 0 0 k g / m 3 ; pethyi aicohor 8 0 6 kg/m 3 )

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b)

An airplane wing is designed so that the speed of the air across the top of the wing is 275 m/s when the speed of the air below the wing is 255 m/s. The density of the air is 1.29 kg/m3. What is the lifting force on a wing of area 25 m2 ? (4 marks)

QUESTION 4 Plywood

Insulation

Inside

Outside

Figure 3 Figure 3 shows one wall of a house which consists of 0.020 m-thick plywood backed by 0.076m-thick insulation. On one winter day, the temperature of the inside surface is 25 C while the temperature of the outside surface is 5 C, both being constant. The thermal conductivities of the insulation and the plywood are, respectively 0.030 and 0.080 J/s.m.C0,, and the area of the wall is 45 m2. a) b) Determine the temperature at the interface between the two materials. Find the heat conducted through the wall in one hour i) ii) with the insulation. (3 marks) without the insulation. (2 marks) (5 marks)

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QUESTION 5

7.0 x10 !

3.0 x 10
* V (m3) 2.0 x 10
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5.0 x 10

Figure 4 a) According to Figure 4, the pressure and volume of a gas change while executing work. Determine the work done in each segment of the paths i) ii) iii) A to B (3 marks) B to C (3 marks) C to A (1 marks)

b)

A system does 164 J of work on its environment and gains 77 J of heat in the process. Find the change in the internal energy of the system. (3 marks)

QUESTION 6 a) Tsunamis are fast-moving waves often generated by underwater earthquakes. One tsunami, generated off the Sumatran plate, had a wavelength of 750 km and traveled a distance of 3700 km in 5.3 h. i) What was the speed of the wave in m/s? (2 marks)
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Find the wave's frequency and period. (4 marks)

b)

Suppose that sound is emitted uniformly in all directions by means of a public address system. The intensity at a location 22 m away from the sound source is 3.0 x 10"4 W/m2. What is the intensity at a spot that is 78 m away? (4 marks)

QUESTION 7 a) A fitness trainer who weighs 670 N steps onto a spring scale in a gymnasium and the spring compresses by 0.79 cm. i) What is the spring constant? (3 marks) ii) What is the weight of his colleague who compresses the spring by 0.34 cm? (2 marks)

b)

A 0.25 kg block oscillates at the end of the spring with a spring constant of 200 N/m. i) If the system has energy of 6.0 J, find the amplitude of the oscillation. (3 marks) iii) If the maximum acceleration of the block while oscillating is 10 ms"2, calculate the magnitude of the restoring force when the block is in its extreme position. (2 marks)

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