
A block attached to a spring, pulled by a constant horizontal force, is kept on a smooth surface as shown in the figure. Initially, the spring is in its natural state. Then the maximum positive work that the applied force can do is: [Given that spring does not break]




Important Questions on Work, Energy and Power
A block of mass is placed inside a smooth hollow cylinder of radius whose axis is kept horizontally. Initially, the system was at rest. Now cylinder is given constant acceleration in the horizontal direction by an external agent. The maximum angular displacement of the block with the vertical is:

In the figure, a block slides along a track from one level to a higher level, by moving through an intermediate valley. The track is frictionless until the block reaches the higher level. There a frictional force stops the block in a distance d. The block’s initial speed is , the height difference is and the coefficient of kinetic friction The value of is :

A small particle slides along a track with elevated ends and a flat central part, as shown in the figure. The flat part has a length . The curved portions of the track are frictionless, but for the flat part, the coefficient of kinetic friction is The particle is released at point , which is at a height above the flat part of the track. The position where the particle finally come to rest is:

A block of mass is projected horizontally on a rough horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction between the block and the floor is The block strikes a light spring of stiffness with a velocity The maximum compression of the spring is:



A small block is pulled in the vertical plane along a frictionless surface in the form of an arc of a circle of radius . The applied force is of as shown in the figure. If the block started from rest at , the speed at would be:

In the figure the variation of components of acceleration of a particle of mass is shown w.r.t. time. The initial velocity of the particle is .The total work done by the resultant force on the particle in the time interval from to seconds is :
