Impulse and Conservation of Momentum

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Impulse and Conservation of Momentum: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Linear Impulse, Linear Impulse of Constant Force, Linear Impulse of Time Varying Force, Linear Impulse from F-T Diagrams, Conservation of Linear Momentum of Two Particles, Explosion of a Bomb at Rest, etc.

Important Questions on Impulse and Conservation of Momentum

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A 600 kg rocket is set for a vertical firing. If the exhaust speed is 1000 m s 1 , the mass of the gas ejected per second to supply the thrust needed to overcome the weight of rocket is :

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If the force on a rocket moving with a velocity of  300  m  s1 is 345 N, then the rate of combustion of the fuel is:

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A 5000 kg rocket is set for a vertical firing. The exhaust speed is 800 m s-1. To give an initial upward acceleration of 30 m s-2, the amount of gas ejected (in kg s-1) to supply the needed thrust will be (Take g=10 m s-2)

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Negative acceleration occurs in the opposite direction of:

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A particle moves a distance x in time t according to equation x=t+5-1. The acceleration of particle is proportional to

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The velocity of a body, moving in a plane, changes from 3i^ to 3i^+7j^ in 10sec. What is the acceleration of the body?

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A weight of 500N is help on a smooth plane, inclined at 30o to the horizontal by a force P acting 30o above the plane as shown by the figure. The reaction of the plane on the weight will be:

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The co-efficient of friction μ and the angle of friction θ are related as

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A body is resting on a plane inclined at angle 30o, to horizontal. What force would be required to slide it down, if the co-efficient of friction between body and plane is 0.3?

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A box weight 1000N is placed on the ground. The co-efficient of friction between the box and th ground is 0.5. When the box is pulled by a 100N horizontal force, the frinctional force developed between the box and ground at imepending motion is 

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A block of mass 5kg slides down from rest along a frictionless inclined plane that makes an angle of 30o with horizontal. What will be the speed of the  block after it covers a distance of 3.6m along the plane?g=10 ms2

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A ball of 1 kg drops vertically on the floor with a speed of 25 m/s. It rebounds with a velocity of 10 ms-1.

What impulse acts on the ball during contact?

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A nucleus disintegrates into two nuclear parts which have their velocities in the ratio 2:1. The ratio of their nuclear sizes will be

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The difference between the working of a jet and a rocket is

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A man throws a ball straight up. The ball has a momentum in the vertically upward direction.The principle of conservation of momentum demands that the earth has

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A jet engine works on the principle of

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Two balls having linear momenta p1=pi^ and p2=-pi^, undergo a collision in free space. There is no external force acting on the balls. Let p1' and p2' be their final momenta. The following option (s) is (are) not allowed for any non-zero value of p, a1, a2, b1, b2, c1 and c2.

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A man of mass 50 kg is standing at one end of a boat of length 25 m and mass 200 kg. He starts running and when he reaches the other end, he has a velocity 2 ms-1 with respect to the boat. The final velocity of the boat is (in ms-1)

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The rate of mass of the gas emitted from rear of a rocket is initially 0.1 kgs-1. If the speed of the gas relative to the rocket is 50 ms-1 and mass of the rocket is 2 kg, then the acceleration of the rocket (in ms-2) is 

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A shell of mass 10 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m s-1 when it blasts and forms two parts of mass 9 kg and 1 kg respectively. If the 1st mass is stationary, the velocity of the 2nd is