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Mechanical engineering question

I would like assistance on the following question. A component accelerates from rest until it reaches the bottom of the conveyor 4.5 seconds later. The component is travelling at a velocity of 1.35ms when it reaches the bottom of the conveyor where it is then stoppped by hitting a buffer.

Determine the force of exerted by the component, of mass 4kg, downward on the conveyor as it sits at the buffer.

Explain why the component does not accelerate down through the conveyor whilst resting at the buffer.

Reply 1

iCiaran

Assuming this is the whole question and there is no diagram/other information then you will be using suvat, you have u,v, and t and are looking for a force, therefore F = ma so you need to find a. So do you know a suvat equation linking u,v,t and a?

Once you have a you can just use F = ma to find the force.

As for the final part you need to look up Newton's 3rd law.