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14–97.
Apan of negligible mass is attached to two identical springs of
stiffness .If a 10-kg box is dropped from a height
of 0.5 m above the pan, determine the maximum vertical
displacement d.Initially each spring has a tension of 50 N.
k=250 N>m
SOLUTION
.Initially,the spring
stretches . Thus, the unstretched length of the spring
is and the initial elastic potential of each spring
.When the box is at position (2), the
A
Ve
B
1=(2)1
2ks12=2(250 >2)(0.22)=10 J
l0=1–0.2 =0.8 m
s1=50
250 =0.2 m
A
Vg
B
2=mgh2=10(9.81)
C
–
A
0.5 +d
BD
=-98.1
A
0.5 +d
B
1m 1m
0.5 m
k250 N/m k250 N/m
d
spring stretches .The elastic potential energy of the
springs when the box is at this position is
.
Conservation of Energy:
Solving the above equation by trial and error,
Ans.d=1.34 m
250d2–98.1d–4002d2+1+350.95 =0
0+
A
0+10
B
=0+
B
–98.1
A
0.5 +d
B
+250
¢
d2–1.62d2+1+1.64
≤R
1
2mv12+
B
aVgb1
+
A
Ve
B
1
R
=1
2mv22+
B
aVgb2
+
A
Ve
B
2
R
T1+V1+T2+V2
A
Ve
B
2=(2) 1
2ks22=2(250 >2)c2d2+1–0.8 d2
=250ad2–1.62d2+1+1.64 b
s2=a2d2+12–0.8bm
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Ans: