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acceleration

GATE Mechanical Engineering · Kinematics of Rigid Bodies - Relative Acceleration · 2005-2026

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2026 Q16

A horizontal disk has a radial frictionless slot in which a small block is confined to slide. The disk turns anticlockwise about its centre with a constant angular velocity of 3 ra...

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2022 PYQ

A steady two-dimensional flow field is specified by the stream function ψ = kx 3 y, where x and y are in meters and the constant k = 1 m -2 s -1 . The magnitude of acceleration at...

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2021 Q52

The wheels and axle system lying on a rough surface is shown in the figure. Each wheel has diameter 0.8 m and mass 1 kg. Assume that the mass of the wheel is concentrated at rim an...

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2019 Q23

Water flows through a pipe with a velocity given by $\vec{V} = (\frac{4}{t} + x + y)\hat{j}$ m/s, where $\hat{j}$ is the unit vector in the y direction, $t (> 0)$ is in seconds, an...

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2019 Q29

A car having weight W is moving in the direction as shown in the figure. The center of gravity (CG) of the car is located at height h from the ground, midway between the front and...

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2019 Q36

The crank of a slider-crank mechanism rotates counter-clockwise (CCW) with a constant angular velocity ω, as shown. Assume the length of the crank to be r. Using exact analysis, th...

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2018 Q29

In a rigid body in plane motion, the point R is accelerating with respect to point P at $10\angle180^\circ$ m/s². If the instantaneous acceleration of point Q is zero, the accelera...

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2018 Q30

Block 2 slides outward on link 1 at a uniform velocity of 6 m/s as shown in the figure. Link 1 is rotating at a constant angular velocity of 20 radian/s counterclockwise. The magni...

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2018 Q32

For a steady flow, the velocity field is $\vec{V} = (-x^2 + 3y)\hat{i} + (2xy)\hat{j}$. The magnitude of the acceleration of a particle at $(1,-1)$ is

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2018 Q32

In a cam-follower, the follower rises by h as the cam rotates by δ (radians) at constant angular velocity ω (radians/s). The follower is uniformly accelerating during the first hal...

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2018 Q39

A force of 100 N is applied to the centre of a circular disc, of mass 10 kg and radius 1 m, resting on a floor as shown in the figure. If the disc rolls without slipping on the flo...

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2017 PYQ

For a steady flow, the velocity field is $$\overrightarrow V = \left( { - {x^2} + 3y} \right)\widehat i + \left( {2xy} \right)\widehat j.$$ The magnitude of the acceleration of the...

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2015 PYQ

In a certain slider-crank mechanism, lengths of crank and connecting rod are equal. If the crank rotates with a uniform angular speed of 14 rad/s and the crank length is 300 mm, th...

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2014 PYQ

A flow field which has only convective acceleration is

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2014 PYQ

A truck accelerates up a 10° incline with a crate of 100 kg. Value of static coefficient of friction between the crate and the truck surface is 0.3. The maximum value of accelerati...

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2005 PYQ

The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by $$x = 2{t^3} + {t^2} + 2t$$. If 'V' is the velocity and 'a' acceleration of the particle in consi...

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