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Textbook Solutions for Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics

Chapter 12 Problem 12-60

Question

A man riding upward in a freight elevator accidentally drops a package off the elevator when it is 100 ft from the ground. If the elevator maintains a constant upward speed of 4 ft>s, determine how high the elevator is from the ground the instant the package hits the ground. Draw the vt curve for the package during the time it is in motion. Assume that the package was released with the same upward speed as the elevator.

Solution

Step 1 of 5

Initial height at which the elevator is situated,  

The constant velocity of the elevator,  

From the equation of motion,

                                                                     

Where  is the velocity of the package when it reaches its maximum height,  is the acceleration due to gravity, and  is the time it takes for the package to reach the maximum height from the point where it was dropped.

On substituting the known values,

                                                                         

 

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Title Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics  14 
Author Russell C. Hibbeler
ISBN 9780133951929

A man riding upward in a freight elevator accidentally

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