In space curvilinear motion, what coordinate system uses one radial distance (R) and two angles (theta and phi) to specify a particle's position?

Correct answer: Spherical Coordinates

Explanation

This question tests the definition of the spherical coordinate system as it is applied to three-dimensional motion in Article 2/7.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the branch of dynamics that describes the motion of bodies without reference to the forces that cause the motion?

Question 2

The position coordinate of a particle moving in a straight line is given by s = 2t^3 - 24t + 6, where s is in meters and t is in seconds. What is the acceleration of the particle when its velocity is 30 m/s?

Question 3

In the graphical analysis of rectilinear motion, what physical quantity does the area under the velocity-time (v-t) curve between two time points, t1 and t2, represent?

Question 4

A particle moves along a straight line with a constant acceleration. If it starts with an initial velocity of 2 m/s and reaches a velocity of 10 m/s over a distance of 24 m, what is its acceleration?

Question 5

According to the principles of plane curvilinear motion, which statement about the instantaneous velocity vector is always true?

Question 6

A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 200 m/s at an angle of 60 degrees above the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, what is the vertical component of its velocity after 5 seconds? Use g = 9.81 m/s^2.

Question 7

For a particle moving along a curved path, the normal component of acceleration, an, is always directed toward what point?

Question 8

A car is traveling at a constant speed of 30 m/s around a circular track with a radius of 300 m. What is the magnitude of its acceleration?

Question 9

In polar coordinates (r-theta), what does the term r*(d(theta)/dt) represent?

Question 10

A particle's motion is described by the polar coordinates r = 4t meters and theta = 0.5t radians. What is the magnitude of its radial velocity (vr) at t = 2 seconds?

Question 11

In the analysis of relative motion with translating axes, if vA is the absolute velocity of particle A, vB is the absolute velocity of particle B, and vA/B is the velocity of A relative to B, what is the correct vector relationship between them?

Question 12

An aircraft A is flying east at a constant velocity of 400 km/h. A second aircraft B is flying north at a constant velocity of 300 km/h. What is the magnitude of the velocity of aircraft B as observed from aircraft A (vB/A)?

Question 13

What does it mean for a system of connected particles to have 'one degree of freedom'?

Question 14

In the pulley system shown in Figure 2/19, a block A moves horizontally, connected by a cable to a pulley holding a vertically moving block B. What is the relationship between the horizontal velocity of A (vA) and the vertical velocity of B (vB)?

Question 15

When describing motion in three dimensions, which coordinate system adds a z-coordinate and its time derivatives to the polar-coordinate description of plane motion?

Question 16

A particle moves with a velocity v and an acceleration a. If the tangential component of its acceleration, at, is zero, what can be concluded about the particle's motion?

Question 17

What is the key distinction between constrained and unconstrained motion?

Question 18

An engineering student is analyzing projectile motion. For a first treatment, which of the following is NOT a standard assumption?

Question 19

In rectilinear motion, the acceleration of a particle is given by a = 3v, where v is the velocity in m/s. If the particle starts at v = 2 m/s at t = 0, which integral would be used to find the time when the velocity is 4 m/s?

Question 20

What is the mathematical definition of the instantaneous acceleration vector, a?

Question 21

The position of a particle in plane curvilinear motion is given by the vector r = (3t^2)i + (4t)j meters. What is the magnitude of its acceleration at t = 2 seconds?

Question 22

In the n-t coordinate system, the total acceleration vector 'a' is the vector sum of which two components?

Question 23

A race car increases its speed uniformly from 50 m/s to 70 m/s as it goes around a circular curve of 400 m radius. At the instant its speed is 60 m/s, what is the magnitude of its total acceleration?

Question 24

A car travels on a curved road. It has a constant tangential deceleration of 2 m/s^2. At the instant its speed is 25 m/s, the radius of curvature of the road is 125 m. What is the magnitude of its total acceleration at this instant?

Question 25

The time derivatives of the unit vectors in polar coordinates, er and e_theta, are non-zero because the vectors change in which property?

Question 26

What is the primary method for analyzing the motion of interconnected particles, such as those in a pulley system?

Question 27

A car accelerates from rest in a straight line. Its acceleration is given by a = 4 - 0.1s, where 's' is the distance in meters. What is its velocity when it has traveled 20 meters?

Question 28

If a particle moves in a circle of constant radius 'r', how do the polar coordinate velocity components (vr, v_theta) relate to the speed v?

Question 29

A particle has a velocity vector v = 3i + 4j and an acceleration vector a = 6i - 8j. Which of the following statements is true?

Question 30

An aircraft B appears to be moving away from an observer in aircraft A at a 60-degree angle from A's line of flight. Aircraft A is flying east at 800 km/h. Aircraft B is actually heading 45 degrees north of east. What is the true speed of aircraft B?

Question 31

What does the term 'hodograph' refer to in the context of kinematics?

Question 32

A particle's acceleration is constant at a = 2i - 3j m/s^2. If its initial velocity at t=0 was v0 = 10i + 15j m/s, what is its velocity vector v at t = 4s?

Question 33

A ball is thrown from the top of a 100 m tall building with a horizontal velocity of 20 m/s. How far horizontally from the base of the building does the ball land? Neglect air resistance and use g = 9.81 m/s^2.

Question 34

What is the radius of curvature (ρ) of a particle's path at a point where the particle is momentarily at rest (v=0)?

Question 35

In the analysis of a system with two degrees of freedom, like the pulley system in Figure 2/20, what is the key feature of the relationship between the velocities of the bodies A, B, and C?

Question 36

A particle moves along the x-axis with an acceleration a = -kx, where k is a positive constant. This type of motion is characteristic of what physical system?

Question 37

For a particle in circular motion with radius r, its acceleration components in polar coordinates are ar = -r*(theta_dot)^2 and a_theta = r*(theta_double_dot). How does the radial acceleration 'ar' relate to the normal acceleration 'an'?

Question 38

An observer in Car B, which is rounding a curve, measures the acceleration of Car A. Why must the reference axes attached to Car B be non-rotating for the standard relative acceleration equation (aA = aB + aA/B) to be valid?

Question 39

The velocity of a particle is given by v = 2t^2 - 8t m/s. At which time(s) is the particle momentarily at rest?

Question 40

What is the key difference between the vector displacement (delta r) and the scalar distance traveled (delta s) for a particle in curvilinear motion?

Question 41

A particle moves along a straight line with its position given by s = t^3 - 6t^2 + 5 meters. What is its total distance traveled in the first 5 seconds?

Question 42

A particle moves along a straight line with its position given by s = t^3 - 6t^2 + 5 meters. What is its total distance traveled in the first 5 seconds?

Question 43

In the graphical interpretation of rectilinear motion, what does the slope of the velocity vs. position (v-s) graph at a point represent?

Question 44

An aircraft pulls into a steep 45-degree climb at 300 km/h. At this moment, it releases a package. What are the initial horizontal and vertical components of the package's velocity? (Use standard x-y axes).

Question 45

The acceleration vector of a particle is given by a = -r*(theta_dot)^2 * er + r*(theta_double_dot) * e_theta. This expression is for which coordinate system and which type of motion?

Question 46

A block A has a rightward velocity of 2 m/s. It is connected by a cable and pulley system to block B. For every 1 meter block A moves to the right, block B moves down by 0.5 meters. What is the velocity of block B?

Question 48

If car A has an acceleration of aA = 2i m/s^2 and car B has an acceleration of aB = 3j m/s^2, what is the acceleration of A relative to B (aA/B)?

Question 49

At the apex (highest point) of a projectile's trajectory, which component of velocity is momentarily zero?

Question 50

A particle moves in a circular path of radius 5 m. At a certain instant, its speed is 10 m/s and its tangential acceleration is 4 m/s^2. What is the magnitude of its total acceleration at this instant?