12–146.
Particles Aand Bare traveling around a circular track at a
speed of 8 at the instant shown. If the speed of Bis
increasing by ,and at the same instant Ahas an
increase in speed of ,determine how long it
takes for a collision to occur.What is the magnitude of the
acceleration of each particle just before the collision occurs?
(at)A=0.8tm>s2
(at)B=4m>s2
m>s
SOLUTION
Distance Traveled: Initially the distance between the two particles is
. Since particle Btravels with a constant acceleration,
distance can be obtained by applying equation
[1]
The distance traveled by particle Acan be obtained as follows.
[2]
In order for the collision to occur
Solving by trial and error Ans.
Note: If particle Astrikes Bthen, .This equation will result in
.
Acceleration: The tangential acceleration for particle Aand Bwhen are
and ,respectively.When
,from Eq. [1], and
.Todetermine the normal acceleration, apply Eq. 12–20.
(an)B=y2
B
r=18.032
5=65.01 m>s2
(an)A=y2
A
r=10.512
5=22.11 m>s2
=8+4(2.5074) =18.03 m>s
yB=(y0)B+actyA=0.4
A
2.50742
B
+8=10.51 m>st=2.5074 s
(at)B=4m>s2
(at)A=0.8 t=0.8 (2.5074) =2.006 m>s2
t=2.5074
t=14.6 s 72.51 s
sA=5a240°
180° pb+sB
t=2.5074 s =2.51 s
0.1333t3+8t+10.47 =8t+2t2
sA+d0=sB
sA=0.1333t3+8t
LsA
0
dsA=Lt
0
A
0.4 t2+8
B
dt
dsA=yAdt
yA=
A
0.4 t2+8
B
m>s
LyA
8m>s
dyA=Lt
0
0.8 tdt
dyA=aAdt
sB=0+8t+1
2(4) t2=
A
8t+2t2
B
m
sB=(s0)B+(y0)Bt+1
2act2
=5a120°
180° pb=10.47 m
d0=ru
r5m
120fi
sB
sA
A
B
u