CHAPTER Momentum and Impulse | cco ae JEE dvanced/IiIT-JEE L L 3 Force (N)—> B28 Fm Fill inthe Blanks A particle of mass 4 m which is at rst explodes into three fragments. Two ofthe fragments each of mass m are found to move with a speed v each in mutually perpendicular directions, The total energy released in the process of explosion is (1987 -2 Marks) ‘The magnitude ofthe force (in newtons) acting on a body varies with time (in miro seconds) as shown in the fig AB, BC and CD are straight line segments. The magnitude of the total impulse ofthe force on the body from 1= 4 us to 1 I6nsis Ns (1994 -2 Marks) c 800 7 le D 6 8 10 i2 id i6 ‘Time (4 s)-> [el MCQs with One Correct Answer ‘Two particles ofmasses mand m, in projectile motion have velocities ¥ and i respectively at time ¢=0. They collide at time Their velocities become," and ¥" at time 21, while “still moving in air. The value of omg + gi") (mi, + mip) is (20018) @ 0 () (m+) 1 © x(m+ma)ato (@) 2%m,+ met, ‘Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 4 kg are connected by a spring of negligible mass and placed on a frictionless horizontal surface. An impulse gives a velocity of 14 m/s to the heavier block in the direction of the lighter block. The velocity of the centre of mass is (2002) (@) 30m (0) 20ms (©) 10m (@) Sms Aball of mass 0.2 kg rests on a vertical post of height 5 m.A bullet of mass 0.01 kg, traveling with a velocity V mvs in @ horizontal direction, hits the centre of the ball. After the collision, the ball and bullet travel independently. The ball hits the ground at a distance of 20 m and the bullet at a distance of 100 m from the foot ofthe post. The velocity V of the bullet is 011) vis (@) 250mis (b) 2502 mis (©) 400m (2) 500m/s ‘A particle of mass m is projected tom the ground with an inital speed 1 at an angle a with the horizontal. At the highest point ofits trajectory, it makes a completely inelastic collision with another identical particle, which was thrown, vertically upward from the ground with the same initial speed uy The angle that the composite system makes with the horizontal immediatly after the collision is WEE Adv, 2013) @ © 7 © OF @F D Terrence cee ‘A ball hits the floor and rebounds after an inelastic collision, In this case (1986-2 Marks) (@) the momentum ofthe ball just after the collision is the same as that just before the collision, (b) the mechanical energy of the ball remains the same in the collision (©) the total momentum of the ball and the earth is conserved (@)_ the total energy of the bal and the earth is conserved ‘A shell is fired from a cannon with a velocity v(mm/see)at an angle @ with the horizontal direction. At the highest point in its path it explodes into two pieoes of equal mass, One of the pieces retraces its path to the cannon and the speed (in risee. of the other pieve immediately after the explosion is (1986-2 Marks) (b) 2ve0s 0 (@) 3veos 3 B © Fvcose (@ J5v e080P30 Two blocks 4 and B, each of mass m, are connected by a ‘massless spring of natural length L and spring constant K. ‘The blocks are initially resting on a smooth horizontal floor ‘with the spring at its natural length, as shown in fig.. third identical block C, also of mass m, moves on the floor with a speed valong the line joining 4 and B, and colideselastically| with A. Then (1993-2 Marks) cl | a aman 8 (@) the kinetic energy of the 4-B system, at maximum ‘compression ofthe spring, is zero. (©) the kinetic energy of the 4-B system, at maximum compression of the spring, is mv2/4 (©) themaximum compression ofthespringis vym7K) (@ themaximum compression ofthespring is v(m/2K) The balls, having linear momenta , = fi and jy =i, undergo a collision in free space. There is no external force acting on the balls. Let jj and 9), be their final momenta. ‘The following option (s) is (are) NOT ALLOWED for any non-zero value of p, a, a;, bb, ¢, and ¢, (2008) A point mass of 1 kg collides elastically with a stationary point mass of Skg. After their collision, the | kg mass reverses its direction and moves witha speed of ms". Which of the following statements) is (are) correct for the system of these two masses? 01 (2) Total momentum of the system is 3 kg ms (©) Momentum of kg mass ater collision is 4 kg ms“! (6) Kinetic energy of the centre of mass is 0.75 1 (@) Total kinetic energy ofthe system is 43 A particle of mass m is attached to one end of a mass-less spring of force constant k, lying on a frictionless horizontal plane. The other end of the spring is fixed. The particle starts moving horizontally from its equilibrium position at time t= 0 with an initial velocity up. When the speed of the particle is 0.5 uy itcollides elastically witha rigid wall. Ater this collision (JEE Adv. 2013) (@) The speed of the particle when it returns to its ‘equilibrium position is, (b) The time at which the particle passes through the equilibrium positon forthe frsttime is t= x= (©) The time at which the maximum compression of the ee 3 (@ The time at which the particle passes through the ss fo 3 Vk spring occurs is ‘equilibrium position forthe second time is 3 Topic-wise Solved Papers - PHYSICS © EQ A body of mass m moving with velocity inthe X-direction collides with another body of mass. moving in Y-direction ‘with velocity. They coalesce into one boxy during collision Calculate (1978) (the direction and magnitude ofthe momentum of the final body (Gi) the fraction of initial kinetic energy transformed into. heat during the collision in terms of the two masses. ‘Taree particles A, Band C of equal mass move with equal speed V along the medians of an equilateral triangle as shown in figure. They collide at the centroid Gofthe triangle. After the collision, A comes to rest, B retraces its path with the speed V. What is the velocity ofC? (1982-2 Marks) 4 B c Two bodies A and B of masses m and 2 m respectively are placed on smooth floor. They are connected by a spring. A third body C of mass m moves with velocity v, along the line joining 4 and B and collides elastically with 4 as shown inFig c 4 B * al > Ata certain instant of time f, after collision, itis found that the instantaneous velocities 4 and B are the same. Further at this instant the compression of the spring is found to be 4p, Determine (i) the common velocity of and B at time fy ‘and (ii) the spring constant. (1984-6 Marks) Aball of mass 100 gm is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 49 m/sec. At the same time another identical ball is dropped from a height of 98 m to fall freely along the same path as that followed by the first ball. After some time the two balls collide and stick together and finally fall tothe ground, Find the time of flight of the masses. (1985-8 Marks) A bullet of mass M is fired with a velocity 50 m/satan angle ‘with the horizontal, At the highest point ofits trajectory it collides head-on with a bob of mass 3M suspended by a ‘massless string of length 10/3 metres and gets embedded in the bob, After the collision, the string moves through an angleof 120°. Find @ theangle 9; the vertical and horizontal coordinates ofthe initial Position ofthe bob with respect to the point offing of the bullet. Take g=10 mis? GP_3481Momentum and Impulse 6 2 ‘A block ‘4” of mass 2m is placed on another block ‘B” of| ‘mass 4m which in turn is placed ona fixed table. The two blocks have same length 4d and they are placed as shown in fig. The coefficient of friction (both static and kinetic) between the block “2” and table is i. Thre is no fri between the two blocks. A small object of mass m moving horizontally along line passing through the centre of mass (cm, of the block B and perpendicular to its face with a speed v collides elastically withthe block B ata height d above the table. (1991-444 Marks) 42m 4 44 ——> (@) What isthe minimum value of v (call ity) required to make the block 4 topple ? (©) I= 2vy find the distance (fom the point Pin the figure) at which the mass m falls onthe table after collision. (Ignore the role of friction during the cllison). Accartis moving along + direction with a velocity of 4 mis ‘A person on the cart throws a stone with a velocity of 6 m/s relative to himself. In the frame of reference ofthe cart the stone is thrown in y+z plane making an angle of 30° with vertical axis, Atthe highest point ofits trajectory, the stone hits an object of equal mass hung vertically from the branch of a tree by means of a string of length L. A completely inelastic collision occurs, in which the stone gets embedded in the object. Determine. (1997-5 Marks) (@Thespeed of the combined mass immediately after the collision with respect to an observer on the ground, (ii) The length ZL of the string such that the tension in the string becomes zero when the string becomes horizontal during the subsequent motion of the ‘combined mass ‘Acar Pis moving wit a uniform sped of 5V3 mvs towards a carriage of mass9 kg trex kept on the rails at point as showm in figure. The height AC is 120 m. Cannon balls of | kg are fired from the car with an initial velocity 100 m/s tan angle 30° withthe horizontal. The fs cannon tall its the stationary carriage alr atime 1, and sticks to it Detemine (2001 - 10 Marks) 1 x. . 2 At the second cannon bal is fied, Assume thatthe resistive force between therails and the carriage isconstant and ignore the vertical motion ofthe carriage throughout. Ifthe second ball also hits and sticks to the carriage, what will be the horizontal velocity ofthe carriage just afer the second impact? ‘A particle ofmass m, moving ina circular path ofradius R with a constant speed v; is located at point (2R, 0) at time =O and a man starts moving witha velocity v, along the ++ve y-axis from origin at time f= 0, Calculate the linear ‘momentum ofthe particle ws. the man asa funtion oftime. (2003 - 2 Marks) (0,0) BH REC ees STATEMENT-1 : In an elastic collision between two bod- ies, the relative speed of the bodies after collision is equal to the relative speed before the collision (2007) STATEMENT-2 : Inan elastic collision, the linear ‘momentum ofthe system is conserved, (a) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; State~ ‘ment-2is acorrect explanation for Statement-1 (b)_ Statement=1 is True, Statement-2 is True; State~ ‘ment-2.is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1 (©) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False. (@)_Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True. 1 ees A bob of mass m, suspended bya string of length J, is given ‘a minimum velocity required to complete a full circlein the vertical plane. At the highest point, it collides elastically ‘with another bob of mass m suspended bya string of length 1, which is initially at rest. Both the strings are mass-less and inextensible. Ifthe second bob, after collision acquires the minimum speed required to complete a full circle in the vertical plane, the ratio “Lis b (WEE Adv. 2013)