Two bodies of weight $10\text{ N}$ and $1.5\text{ N}$ are connected t…
Previous year question for ENGINEERING MECHANICS.
Question
Two bodies of weight $10\text{ N}$ and $1.5\text{ N}$ are connected to the two ends of a light inextensible string, passing over a smooth pulley. The weight $10\text{ N}$ is placed on a rough horizontal surface while the weight of $1.5\text{ N}$ is hanging vertically in air. Initially the friction between the weight $10\text{ N}$ and the table is just sufficient to prevent motion. If an additional weight of $0.5\text{ N}$ is added to the weight $1.5\text{ N}$, determine:
(a) Acceleration of the two weights, and
(b) Tension in the string after adding additional weight of $0.5\text{ N}$ to the weight $1.5\text{ N}$. Take $g = 9.80\text{ m/s}^2$.
- Year: 2022
- Subject: ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Related pages
More PYQs on Equilibrium and its equations for a planar and spatial systems
- Find the smallest angle possible which prevents the system from collapsing.
- Figure 5 shows two masses $m_1 = 1 \text{ kg}$ and $m_2 = 2 \text{ kg}$ connected by rope and the rope is passing over two smooth pulleys $P_1$ and $P_2$. Mass…
- A 1 kg ball transverses a frictionless tube, as shown in Figure 5. Falling through a height of 1.5 m it then strikes a 2 kg ball hung on a rope 1.5 m long. Det…