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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.)
Term-End Examination, December, 2016
PHYSICS
BPHE-101/PHE-01 : ELEMENTARY MECHANICS

BPHE-102/PHE-02 : OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

Instructions :
(i) Students registered for both BPHE-101 1 PHE-01 and
BPHE-102 1 PHE-02 courses should answer both the
question papers in two separate answer books entering
their enrolment number, course code and course title
clearly on both the answer books.
(ii) Students who have registered for BPHE-101 1 PHE-01
or BPHE-102 1 PHE-02 should answer the relevant
question paper after entering their enrolment number,
course code and course title on the answer book.
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.)

Term-End Examination
December, 2016

BPHE-101/PHE-01 : ELEMENTARY MECHANICS

1
Time 1— hours Maximum Marks : 25
2

Note : Attempt all questions. The marks for each question

are indicated against it. Symbols have their
usual meanings. You may use log tables or
calculators.

1. Attempt any two parts : 2x6=12

(a) (i) A ball of mass 0.3 kg moving with a

speed of 6.0 ms-1 strikes a wall at an
angle of 60° to the wall. It then
rebounds at the same speed and the
same angle. It is in contact with the
wall for 10 ms. Calculate the impulse
and the average force. 2 +2

(ii) A particle's kinetic energy decreases

when an external force is exerted on
it. Is the force conservative or
non-conservative ? Explain. 2

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 (b) A rock of mass 500 kg slides down from rest
along a hill slope that is 500 m long and
300 m high and reaches the bottom. The
coefficient of kinetic friction, between the
rock and the hill slope is 0.25. Calculate
(i) the potential energy of the rock just
before sliding.
(ii) the work done on the rock by the
frictional force.
(iii) the speed of the rock at the bottom of
the hill,
Draw the free body diagram. 1+2+2+1
(Take g = 10 mg-2)

(c) (1) A crane operated by an electric motor

has a mass of 500 kg. It raises a load of
300 kg vertically at a steady speed of
0.2 ms 1. The frictional force is
constant and equal to 1200 N.
Calculate what is the power required.
(Take g = 10 ms 2 ) 4

(ii) Suppose a frame of reference is

attached to a ball being swung in a
circle. Is the frame of reference inertial
or non-inertial ? Explain. 2
(d) A wheel has a moment of inertia of 2.0 kg m 2
aboutisxfrn.Iotaigwh
an angular speed of 50 rpm. Calculate the
torque that can stop the wheel in one
minute. Also, calculate the work done by the
torque in this time. 4+2

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2. Attempt any one part : 1x5=5
(a) (i) What are the constants of motion for a
particle moving under a central
conservative force ? 2
(ii) Io and Europa are the moons of
Jupiter. Io takes F8 days to orbit
Jupiter and it is at a distance of
4.22 x 108 km from its centre. Europa is
at a distance of 6.71 x 10 5 km from
Jupiter's centre. Use Kepler's third law
to determine how long it would take
Europa to orbit Jupiter. 3
(b) Write down the expression for the position
vector of the centre of mass for a two-particle
system. Write the equation of motion for the
centre of mass coordinate of a two-particle
system if the net external force on it is zero.
Two skaters stand on ice holding a pole of
length 10 m and negligible mass between
them. Their masses are 60 kg and 40 kg.
Starting from the ends of the pole the
skaters move along the pole till they meet.
How far does each skater move ? 1+1+3
3. (a) An object is being rotated in a centrifuge of
radius 5.0 m. The acceleration of the
centrifuge is 4 g. What is the velocity of the
object and the time period of its motion ?
(Take g = 10 ms -2 ) 3
OR
An iceberg of mass 5 x 10 8 kg near the North
Pole moves west at a speed of 8 km per day.
Determine the magnitude and direction of
the Coriolis force. 3
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 (b) Derive the expression of the kinetic energy
of a two-particle system in terms of the
centre of mass and relative coordinates given
1 1 2
by K. — MVO +
2 cm 2
OR
A body of radius R and mass M is initially
rolling on a level surface with speed u. It
then rolls up an incline and is able to reach a
height h, where h = 3u2/(4g). What is the
geometrical shape of the body ? 5

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 I BPHE-102/PIIE-02 I
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.)

Term-End Examination

December, 2016

BPHE-102/PHE-02 : OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES

Time : 1 1 hours Maximum Marks : 25

2

Note : All questions are compulsory. However, internal

choices are given and marks for each question are
indicated against it. You can use
non-programmable calculators.

1. Answer any three parts : 3x5=15

(a) Explain the phenomenon of beats. An

ambulance blowing a siren of frequency
700 Hz is travelling towards a vertical
reflecting wall with a speed 7.2 km h -1.
Calculate the number of beats heard in one
second by the driver of the ambulance. Take
speed of sound as 340 ms-1.

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 (b) An open pipe is suddenly closed at one end
with the result that the frequency of the
third harmonic of the closed pipe is found to
be higher by 100 Hz than the fundamental
frequency of the open pipe. Calculate the
fundamental frequency of the open pipe.

(c) An object of mass m is subjected to a

restoring force kx and frictional force - y
' dt
It oscillates harmonically with a frequency
0.5 Hz. However, its amplitude of oscillation
is halved in 2 s and the system is weakly
damped. Calculate the values of cod, y, b and
k. Also write down its equation of motion in
terms of calculated values.
(d) How is a compound pendulum different from
a simple pendulum ? Obtain an expression
for the time period of a compound pendulum.
(e) Consider two identical spring-mass systems
connected by a spring of spring constant k'.
(i) Depict their equilibrium and
instantaneous configurations.
(ii) Write down the equations of motion of
these masses when they are made to
execute longitudinal oscillations.
(iii) Reduce these equations to the standard
equation of SHM and interpret your
results.
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(a) Two waves travelling in the same direction

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and y2(x, t) = a sin (co2t - k2x).

Suppose that co l and k1 are respectively

greater than co t and k2. Obtain an
expression for the resultant wave arising
due to their superposition.

(b) Consider a body of mass 0.2 kg suspended

from a spring of force constant 100 Nm -1.
The frictional force acting on it is 5 v
newton. Write down the differential equation
of its motion and calculate the period of
oscillations.

(c) The group velocity and phase velocity are

connected through the relation
dv
v =v +k P
g P dk
Express vg in terms of X.

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