A rocket sled accelerates from rest on a level track with negligible air and rolling resistances. The initial mass of the sled is M 0 = 600 kg. The rocket initially contains 150 kg of fuel. The rocket motor burns fuel at constant rate m ˙ = 15 kg/s . Exhaust gases leave the rocket nozzle uniformly and axially at V e = 2900 m/s relative to the nozzle, and the pressure is atmospheric. Find the maximum speed reached by the rocket sled. Calculate the maximum acceleration of the sled during the run.
A rocket sled accelerates from rest on a level track with negligible air and rolling resistances. The initial mass of the sled is M 0 = 600 kg. The rocket initially contains 150 kg of fuel. The rocket motor burns fuel at constant rate m ˙ = 15 kg/s . Exhaust gases leave the rocket nozzle uniformly and axially at V e = 2900 m/s relative to the nozzle, and the pressure is atmospheric. Find the maximum speed reached by the rocket sled. Calculate the maximum acceleration of the sled during the run.
A rocket sled accelerates from rest on a level track with negligible air and rolling resistances. The initial mass of the sled is M0 = 600 kg. The rocket initially contains 150 kg of fuel. The rocket motor burns fuel at constant rate
m
˙
=
15
kg/s
. Exhaust gases leave the rocket nozzle uniformly and axially at Ve = 2900 m/s relative to the nozzle, and the pressure is atmospheric. Find the maximum speed reached by the rocket sled. Calculate the maximum acceleration of the sled during the run.
100
As a spring is heated, its spring constant decreases. Suppose the spring is heated and then cooled so that the
spring constant at time t is k(t) = t sin + N/m. If the mass-spring system has mass m = 2 kg and a
damping constant b = 1 N-sec/m with initial conditions x(0) = 6 m and x'(0) = -5 m/sec and it is
subjected to the harmonic external force f (t) = 100 cos 3t N. Find at least the first four nonzero terms in
a power series expansion about t = 0, i.e. Maclaurin series expansion, for the displacement:
• Analytically (hand calculations)
Creating Simulink Model
Plot solutions for first two, three and four non-zero terms as well as the Simulink solution on the same graph
for the first 15 sec. The graph must be fully formatted by code.
Two springs and two masses are attached in a straight vertical line as shown in Figure Q3. The system is set
in motion by holding the mass m₂ at its equilibrium position and pushing the mass m₁ downwards of its
equilibrium position a distance 2 m and then releasing both masses. if m₁ = m² = 1 kg, k₁ = 3 N/m and
k₂ = 2 N/m.
(y₁ = 0)
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k₁ = 3
Jm₁ = 1
k2=2
www
(Net change in
spring length
=32-31)
(y₂ = 0)
m₂ = 1
32
32
System in
static
equilibrium
System in
motion
Figure Q3 - Coupled mass-spring system
Determine the equations of motion y₁ (t) and y₂(t) for the two masses m₁ and m₂ respectively:
Analytically (hand calculations)
Using MATLAB Numerical Functions (ode45)
Creating Simulink Model
Produce an animation of the system for all solutions for the first minute.
Two large tanks, each holding 100 L of liquid, are interconnected by pipes, with the liquid flowing from tank
A into tank B at a rate of 3 L/min and from B into A at a rate of 1 L/min (see Figure Q1). The liquid inside each
tank is kept well stirred. A brine solution with a concentration of 0.2 kg/L of salt flows into tank A at a rate of
6 L/min. The diluted solution flows out of the system from tank A at 4 L/min and from tank B at 2 L/min. If,
initially, tank A contains pure water and tank B contains 20 kg of salt.
A
6 L/min
0.2 kg/L
x(t)
100 L
4 L/min
x(0) = 0 kg
3 L/min
1 L/min
B
y(t)
100 L
y(0) = 20 kg
2 L/min
Figure Q1 - Mixing problem for interconnected tanks
Determine the mass of salt in each tank at time t≥ 0:
Analytically (hand calculations)
Using MATLAB Numerical Functions (ode45)
Creating Simulink Model
Plot all solutions on the same graph for the first 15 min. The graph must be fully formatted by code.
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