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Motion of a Projectile
Curvilinear Motion
28.04.2016
Dr. G. Vinayagamurthy
Projectile Motion Problems
A cannon is fired with muzzle velocity of 150 m/s at an angle of
elevation = 45. Gravity = 9.8 m/s2.
a) What is the maximum height the projectile reaches?
b) What is the total time aloft?
c) How far away did the projectile land? (Range)
d) Where is the projectile at 10 seconds after firing?
A projectile is fired into the air from the edge of a 125-m high cliff
at an angle of 30.2 deg above the horizontal. The projectile hits a
target 455 m away from the base of the cliff. What is the initial
speed of the projectile, v0?
In the given picture you see the motion path of cannonball. Find
the maximum height it can reach, horizontal distance it covers and
total time from the given information. (The angle between
cannonball and horizontal is 53 and sin53=0, 8 and cos53=0, 6)
CURVILINEAR MOTION
 Solution discussed in the lecture hall

Solution
= 56.3 deg
Tangential acceleration = 8 m/s2
Normal acceleration = 6.64 m/s2
Resultant Acceleration = 10. 4 m/s2
Direction of Acceleration = 96 deg.
The velocity and acceleration components and
their resultants are shown on the separate
diagrams for point A, where y 0. Thus, for this
condition we may write