Motion on Rough Inclined Plane

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Motion on Rough Inclined Plane: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Friction on Inclined Plane, Friction Due to Inclined Plane in Upward Motion, Friction Due to Inclined Plane in Downward Motion & Motion of Blocks on Moving Rough Incline Plane etc.

Important Questions on Motion on Rough Inclined Plane

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Starting from rest, a body slides down a   45°  inclined plane in twice the time it takes to slide down the same distance in the absence of friction. The coefficient of friction between the body and the inclined plane is

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Block A of mass m and block B of mass 2m are placed on a fixed triangular wedge by means of a massless inextensible string and a frictionless pulley as shown in figure. The wedge is inclined at 45° to the horizontal on both sides. The coefficient of friction between block A and the wedge is 23 and that between block B and the wedge is 13. If the system of A and B is released from rest, find the acceleration of A & B.

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The upper half of an inclined plane with inclination ϕ is perfectly smooth while the lower half is rough. A body starting from rest at the top will again come to rest at the bottom if the coefficient of friction for the lower half is

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Blocks A and B shown in the figure are connected with a bar of negligible weight. A and B each has mass 170 kg, the coefficient of friction between A and the plane is 0.2 and that between B and the plane is 0.4. What is the total force of friction between the blocks and the plane g=10 ms-2


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A body slides down an inclined plane of inclination θ. The coefficient of friction down the plane varies in direct proportion to the distance moved down the plane (μs=k.x). The body will move down the plane with

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A body is moving down a long inclined plane of 1 in 2. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the body and the plane varies as μ=0.49 x where x is the distance moved down the plane. The body will have its maximum velocity when it reaches:

 

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In the figure shown, if friction coefficient of blocks 1 and 2 with an inclined plane is μ=0.5 and 0.4, respectively, then find the correct statement.

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A block of base 10 cm×10 cm and height 15 cm is kept on an inclined plane. The coefficient of friction between them is 3. The inclination θ of this inclined plane from the horizontal plane is gradually increased from 0°. Then 

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The minimum force required to start pushing a body up a rough (frictional coefficient μ ) inclined plane is F1 while the minimum force needed to prevent it from sliding down, is F2. If the inclined plane makes an angle θ with the horizontal such that tan θ=2μ, then the ratio F1F2 is

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A small block slides without friction down on a inclined plane starting from rest . Let Sn be the distance travelled from time t=n-1 to t =n . Then SnSn+1 is

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A box is kept on an inclined plane making an angle θ from the horizontal and coefficient of friction μ. If F1 is the minimum force required to start pushing it above the plane and F2 to prevent it from sliding. Find the ratio F1F2 if tanθ=2μ.

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A box of mass 6 kg rests upon an inclined plane. The inclination of the plane to the horizontal direction is gradually increased. It is found that when the slope of the plane is 2 in 3, the box starts sliding down the plane. Find the co-efficient of friction between the box and the plane. What force applied to the box parallel to the plane will make it move up the plane ? g = 9.8 ms-2.

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Two blocks A and B of equal masses are released from an inclined plane of inclination 45° at t=0. Both the blocks are initially at rest. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block A and the inclined plane is 0.2 while it is 0.3 for block B. Initially the block A is 2 m behind the block B. At what time in seconds will their front faces come in a line, (Take g=10 m s-2)

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A block of mass m is placed on a rough plane with coefficient of friction μ0=13 whose angle of inclination with the horizontal can be varied slowly as 0θπ2. If the block is tied with an elastic string of stiffness K and x be the instantaneous deformation in the string, then the correct variation of x versus θ is given by

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A particle of mass 1 kg carrying a charge of 0.01 C is able to remain at rest on a rough inclined plane of inclination 30° when a uniform horizontal electric field of 4903 Vm-1 is applied. Coefficient of friction is (Acceleration due to gravity =9.8 m s-2)

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A block of mass 2 kg rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 30° with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is 0.7. The frictional force on the block is

(Assume g=10 m s-2)

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A block of mass m is sliding down on a rough fixed inclined plane having coefficient of friction (μ=0.5) as shown in the figure. The acceleration of the block is (Take g=10 m/s2

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The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination θ is perfectly smooth while lower half is rough. A block starting from rest at the top of the plane will again come to rest at the bottom, if the coefficient of friction between the block and lower half of the plane is given by

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The ratio of acceleration of blocks A placed on smooth incline with block B placed on rough incline is 2 : 1. The coefficient of kinetic friction between block B and incline is :
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A block slides down an inclined plane with an acceleration g/2 as shown in fig. Then coefficient of kinetic friction is :-

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