OCR Further Mechanics (Further Mechanics) 2021 June

1 A car of mass 800 kg is driven with its engine generating a power of 15 kW .

1. The car is first driven along a straight horizontal road and accelerates from rest. Assuming that there is no resistance to motion, find the speed of the car after 6 seconds.
2. The car is next driven at constant speed up a straight road inclined at an angle \(\theta\) to the horizontal. The resistance to motion is now modelled as being constant with magnitude 150 N . Given that \(\sin \theta = \frac { 1 } { 20 }\), find the speed of the car.
3. The car is now driven at a constant speed of \(30 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) along the horizontal road pulling a trailer of mass 150 kg which is attached by means of a light rigid horizontal towbar. Assuming that the resistance to motion of the car is three times the resistance to motion of the trailer, find

2 One end of a light inextensible string of length 0.8 m is attached to a fixed point, \(O\). The other end is attached to a particle \(P\) of mass \(1.2 \mathrm {~kg} . P\) hangs in equilibrium at a distance of 1.5 m above a horizontal plane. The point on the plane directly below \(O\) is \(F\). \(P\) is projected horizontally with speed \(3.5 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\). The string breaks when \(O P\) makes an angle of \(\frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi\) radians with the downwards vertical through \(O\) (see diagram). \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{0428f2f2-12c4-4e89-93ab-8cfe2c5aca4a-02_757_889_1482_251}

1. Find the magnitude of the tension in the string at the instant before the string breaks.
2. Find the distance between \(F\) and the point where \(P\) first hits the plane.

3 This question is about modelling the relation between the pressure, \(P\), volume, \(V\), and temperature, \(\theta\), of a fixed amount of gas in a container whose volume can be varied. The amount of gas is measured in moles; 1 mole is a dimensionless constant representing a fixed number of molecules of gas. Gas temperatures are measured on the Kelvin scale; the unit for temperature is denoted by K . You may assume that temperature is a dimensionless quantity. A gas in a container will always exert an outwards force on the walls of the container. The pressure of the gas is defined to be the magnitude of this force per unit area of the walls, with \(P\) always positive. An initial model of the relation is given by \(P ^ { \alpha } V ^ { \beta } = n R \theta\), where \(n\) is the number of moles of gas present and \(R\) is a quantity called the Universal Gas Constant. The value of \(R\), correct to 3 significant figures, is \(8.31 \mathrm { JK } ^ { - 1 }\).

1. Show that \([ P ] = \mathrm { ML } ^ { - 1 } \mathrm {~T} ^ { - 2 }\) and \([ R ] = \mathrm { ML } ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~T} ^ { - 2 }\).
2. Hence show that \(\alpha = 1\) and \(\beta = 1\). 5 moles of gas are present in the container which initially has volume \(0.03 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 3 }\) and which is maintained at a temperature of 300 K .
3. Find the pressure of the gas, as predicted by the model. An improved model of the relation is given by \(\left( P + \frac { a n ^ { 2 } } { V ^ { 2 } } \right) ( V - n b ) = n R \theta\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
4. Determine the dimensions of \(b\) and \(a\). The values of \(a\) and \(b\) (in appropriate units) are measured as being 0.14 and \(3.2 \times 10 ^ { - 5 }\) respectively.
5. Find the pressure of the gas as predicted by the improved model. Suppose that the volume of the container is now reduced to \(1.5 \times 10 ^ { - 4 } \mathrm {~m} ^ { 3 }\) while keeping the temperature at 300 K .
6. By considering the value of the pressure of the gas as predicted by the improved model, comment on the validity of this model in this situation.