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Q. A mass m is attached to a string and is whirled in a vertical circle. At the top of the circle, the tension in the string is T. What is the expression for the tension at the bottom of the circle?
Q. A mass m is attached to a string of length L and is swung in a vertical circle. At the highest point of the circle, what is the minimum speed required to keep the mass in circular motion?
Q. A mass m is lifted to a height h in a uniform gravitational field. What is the work done against gravity?
Q. A mass on a spring oscillates with a frequency of 2 Hz. What is the angular frequency?
Q. A mass-spring system is subjected to a periodic force. If the amplitude of oscillation is 0.1 m and the frequency is 2 Hz, what is the maximum velocity of the mass?
Q. A mass-spring system is subjected to a periodic force. If the amplitude of the forced oscillation is 0.1 m and the damping coefficient is 0.2 kg/s, what is the maximum velocity of the oscillation?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 2 Hz. If the system is damped, what is the relationship between the damped frequency and the natural frequency?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 2 Hz. What is the angular frequency?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 2 Hz. What is the time period of the oscillation?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 3 Hz. What is the angular frequency of the system?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 3 Hz. What is the angular frequency?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 3 Hz. What is the period of the oscillation?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a frequency of 5 Hz. What is the period of the motion?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a natural frequency of 3 Hz. If a damping force is applied, what is the new frequency of oscillation if the damping ratio is 0.1?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a period of 2 seconds. What is the frequency of the oscillation?
Q. A mass-spring system oscillates with a period of 4 seconds. What is the frequency of the oscillation?
Q. A material has a bulk modulus of 200 GPa. If the pressure applied to it is increased by 50 MPa, what is the fractional change in volume?
Q. A material has a bulk modulus of 200 GPa. If the pressure on the material is increased by 10 MPa, what is the fractional change in volume?
Q. A material has a bulk modulus of 200 GPa. What is the change in volume when a pressure of 50 MPa is applied?
Q. A material has a Poisson's ratio of 0.3. What is the ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain?
Q. A material is said to be elastic if it:
Q. A material is subjected to a tensile stress of 100 MPa and experiences a strain of 0.002. What is its Young's modulus?
Q. A material with a Poisson's ratio of 0.5 is considered to be:
Q. A measurement of 15.5 m has a relative error of 0.03. What is the absolute error?
Q. A measurement of 30 m has an error of ±0.1 m. What is the true value if the measurement is taken as the average?
Q. A measurement of a physical quantity is reported as 25.0 ± 0.5 units. What is the total uncertainty if this quantity is multiplied by 3?
Q. A measurement of length is recorded as 12.3 cm with an uncertainty of ±0.1 cm. What is the relative error in the measurement?
Q. A measurement of length is recorded as 5.0 cm with an uncertainty of ±0.1 cm. What is the relative error in this measurement?
Q. A metal block of mass 2 kg at 100°C is placed in 1 kg of water at 20°C. What is the final temperature of the system? (Specific heat of water = 4.2 J/g°C, Specific heat of metal = 0.9 J/g°C)
Q. A motor has a power rating of 1500 Watts. How much work can it do in 10 minutes?