12ME2201 ENGINEERING MECHANICS - Solutions

Part - A 1. Define resultant force Any number of forces can be replaced into a single equivalent force called resultant force which produces the same effect as that of all force. State Principle of Transmissibility. The state of rest or motion of a rigid body is unaltered if a force acting on the body is replaced by another force of the same magnitude and direction but acting anywhere on the body along the line of action of the replaced force. List out various types of Loads and supports. Loads: Point load, uniformly distributed load and uniformly varying load Supports: Pin / Hinged support, roller support and fixed support. 4. State Law of Coulomb friction. The direction of friction force is always acts in a direction opposite to which the body tends to move The frictional force developed is independent of the area of contact The total frictional force depends on the roughness of contact surfaces The coefficient of kinetic friction is less than the co-efficient of static friction. 5. Locate the centroid of a semi circular area 0, 4r/3 6. State perpendicular axis theorem The moment of inertia about ZZ axis which is perpendicular to XX and YY is the sum of moment of inertia of XX axis and YY axis. Izz = Ixx + Iyy 7. Write down the equation of motion of a particle Fx = max Fy = may Fz = maz 8. State work energy principle

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The work of a particle from position 1 to 2 is change in its kinetic energies U1-2 = KE2 KE1 9 Define general plane motion of a rigid body A motion combined with translation and rotation 10. Define motion about a fixed point When a body moves in such a manner that one point, O remains fixed in space it can be shown that the resulting displacement is a rotation about some axis through O with angular velocity .

Part B (5 x 16 = 80) 11. a)

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Fx= 8cos 30 -3-10cos60+6cos60 = 1.6N` Fy= 8sin 30 +5 -10sin60-6sin60 = -4.79N R = Fx2 + Fy2 = 5.15N = 68

12. a)

b) tan = P/dm = 3.39 P = Wtan(+ )

= 540 ( tan ( 3.64+ 2.86) = 61.53 N The effort applied at the end of 300mm level may be found P x 300 = 61.53 x62.5/2 = 6.41N The efficiency of jack = 56% Since the efficiency of the screw jack is more than 50% it is not self locking.

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b) Fx = max N-mgcos 15 =0

N= mg cos 15 Fy= may 175 mg sin 15-k N = ma 175-mgsin 15 -0.3 mgcos 15 = 25a A= 1.618m/s2.

15. a) 1) Angular velocity after 3 seconds =26rad/s 2) Number of rotations in 3 seconds = 240 3) Angular velocity after rotating twice= 7 rad/s
4) Acceleration and velocity of A, at t=0. is 3m/s2. 12m/s

b) Velocity =0.314m/s Acceleration = 0.16m/s2 , 0.49m/s2. *********