Rajalakshmi Instititute of Technology Engineering Mechanics

QUESTION BANK PART B 1.The sum of two concurrent forces P and Q is 270N and their resultant is 180N. The angle between the forces P and and the resultant R is 90. Find the magnitute of each force and angle between them. (Ans P=75N,Q=195N ,Angle=112) 2.Two forces P and Q act on a bolt as shown in the fig a .Determine the resultant force (Ans R=88.1N Angle=8) Q=30N 25 P=60N 10 fig a 3.The resultant of two concurrent forces is 1500N and the angle between the forces is 90. The resultant makes an angle of 36 with one of the force .Find the magnitude of each force (Ans P=1213N Q=881.26N) 4.An electric light fixture weighing 15 N hangs from a point C, by two strings AC and BC.AC is inclined at 60 to the horizontal and BC at 45 to the vertical as shown in the fig b. Determine the forces in the strings. ( Ans T1=7.75N,T2=10.98N) O 60 B A

45 C

15N

Fig b

5. A lamp weighing 10N is suspended from the ceiling by a chain. It is pulled by a horizontal chord until the chain makes an angle of 60 with the ceiling as shown in the fig c. Find the Tension in the chain. 60 chain O

Chord

Figc

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6. A string PQRS attached to two fixed point P and S has two equal weight of 500N attached to Q and R. The weight rests with the portions PQ and RS inclined at angles 30 and 60 respectively to the vertical as shown .Find the tensions in string if the inclination of the position QR with the vertical is 120.

Fig d Under Moments 7. A loaded cantilever beam is shown in fig a. Find the moment of force about O. (Ans: 21545.94Nm) 1500N 750N

45 9m 16m

8. A force F=6i-3j-4k N is acting at a point P whose position vector from the origin O is 8i+6j-4k mm. Find the moment of the force about the origin. (Ans:36i+8j-60k N-mm) 9. A force of 200N is directed along the line drawn from the point A (8,2,3)m to the point B(2,-4.4,7.8)m.Find the magnitude of the force about Z axis. (Ans: 784 Nm CCW)

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Coplanar Forcer(Resolution and Composition of forces) 10. Three forces of magnitude 40KN, 15KN and 20KN are acting at a point O as shown in the fig.The angles made at by 40KN,15KN, and 20KN forces with X axis are 60 ,120 ,240 respectively.Determine the Magnitude and direction of the resultant force (Ans: R=30.14KN, = 85) Y 15KN 40KN

120 240

60 X

20KN

11 If five forces act on a particle as shown in the figure and if the algebraic sum of the horizontal components of all forces is -300KN. Calculate the magnitude of force F and the resultant of all the forces.

Y 200KN 250KN

200KN

3 30 75KN 45 4

Force in Space 12. A force of 500N of angle writer ,120 respectively with x,y and z axes. , Fy and Fz of the pdfMachine - 60 is a,45 pdf that produces quality PDF files Find with Fx ease! force. Get yours now! ( Ans F = 250i +353.55j -250k)
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13. Determine the resultant of the three forces F1 = 2.0i+3.3j-2.6k, F2=-1i+5.2j-2.9k and F3=8.3i-6.6j-5.8k Which are concurrent a the point(2,2,-5).The forces are in Newton and the distances are in metre.

14. Members OA,OB and OC forms a three member truss. A weight of 10KN is suspended at the joint O.Determine the magnitude and nature of forces induced in each the members of the frame.

Support and Reactions ```` 15. Determine the reactions at A and B. 50KN 20KN 60 ` A C 20 cm 40cm D 70cm E 40cm 30KN 40 B

16 A beam AB of 6m long is loaded as shown in the figure below. Determine the reactions at A and B. 10KN 20KN

1.5KN/m A

140

6m

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17. Determine the reaction at the two ends of the beam

50N

30N

18N

6N

70 A

30

E B

200mm

150mm

600mm

150mm

Knife Edge 18. Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force about the corner B.

4KN 60 B 10 2 KN

15KN

5KN

2.5m

C 3m 19. A rigid bar is subjected to a system of parallel forces. Reduce the system to i) single force ii) Single force moment about A iii) Single force moment about B.

16N

62N

10N

30N

40cm

30cm

50cm

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20. Four forces are acting along the side a square ABCD of side 2m as shown below. In addition another force is acting along the diagonal CA. Calculate the resultant moment about the corner B.

2 KN

3 KN

8KN

4.2KN

D 2.8KN

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