Bharath University

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Engineering Mechanics Question Bank

(2015)
[Common to all non-circuit Branches]

UNIT-I
Part : A
1. State Newtons laws of motion.
2. Define Force. What are the Characteristics of force?
3. Define the Different systems of forces.
4. State Lamis theorem.
5. Define the Parallelogram law of forces.
6. If A = 4i+3j-5k and B = 3i -2j+4k.Find A.B and A B.
7. State the Difference between Internal and External Forces.
8. Write the Equation of Equilibrum for 3 dimensions.
9. Define Triangle Rule.
10. Draw the Free Body Diagram for the below diagram.

PART B
1. (i) Determine the Magnitude & direction of the resultant Force.

1. (ii). Four Forces 10KN, 15KN, 20KN, 40KN is acting as shown in the Figure.Determine the
resultant.

2. (i).The Resultant of the Force System Shown in fig. below is 520 N along the negative
direction of Y-axis. Determine P and

2. (ii) A system of 4 forces acting on a body is shown.Determine the Magnitude of Resultant

force and its direction.

3. (i) Determine the resultant of the concurrent force system shown in figure.

3. (ii) Figure 3.2 shows a 10 Kg lamp supported by two cables AB and AC. Find the tension in
each cable.

4. (i) Find the Magnitude of forces P and Q of the force system shown in fig. below that remains
in equilibrium.

4.(ii) A Body of Mass 900Kg is supported by two Cables as shown in fig. below. Find the Tension in
the Cables.

5. A tripod supports a load of 2 KN as shown in Fig.5.The ends P,Q, and R are in X-Z
Plane.Find the Force in the Three legs of the tripod.

6. A container Weighing 15 KN is Suspended at P by using two cables PA and PB anchored as

Shown in Fig.6.A horizontal force F Keeps the Container in the Current Position. Find the Magnitude
of the force F and the tension in cables PA and PB.

7. Two identical spheres each of weight 3KN and radius 20cm are kept in a horizontal channel of
width 70 cm as shown in figure. Determine the reactions at the points of contact P, Q and R.

8. Two identical rollers each of weight 2.5KN rest in between an inclined wall and a vertical wall as
shown in figure. Determine the reactions at the points of contact P,Q and R. Assume the wall surfaces
to be smooth.

9. Two cylinders of diameter 60mm and 30mm weighing 150N and 50N respectively are placed as
shown in figure. Assuming all the contact surface to be smooth, Find the reactions at points A,B and
C.

10.Two smooth circular cylinders, each of weight 1500N and radius 15cm are connected at their
centres by a string AB of length = 40cm and rest upon a horizontal plane, supporting above them a
third cylinder of weight = 2500N and radius 15cm as shown in figure. Find the force in the string AB
and the pressure produced on the floor at the points of contact D and E.

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UNIT-II
Part: A
1.
2.
3.
4.

What is simply supported beam and overhanging beam?

Write about the different types of supports.
Define uniformly distributes load and uniformly varying load.
Determine the equivalent point load and its location on the beam for the given figure.

5.

Determine the equivalent point load and its location on the beam for the given figure.

6.

Define coefficient of friction.

7.

The coefficient of friction between a body and the inclined surface on which it is resting is , for
the body to be in equilibrium, find the maximum angle made by the surface with respect to
horizontal.

8.

State the laws of dry friction.

9.

State Coulombs Law of dry friction.

10. List out the different types of friction.

Part B
1.

What should be the value of in Fig. which will make the motion of 900 N block down the plane
to impend? The coefficient of friction between all contact surfaces is 0.35

2.

Determine the smallest force P required to move the block B shown in fig. if (i) block A is
restrained by cable CD and (ii) cable CD is removed. Take = 0.3

3.

Determine the smallest force P required to lift the 15 KN load shown in fig. The coefficient of
friction between A & C and between B & D is 0.3 and that between A & B is 0.4

4.

Determine the smallest force P required to lift the 25 KN load shown in fig. The coefficient of
friction between A & C and between B & D is 0.3 and that between A & B is 0.4

5.

A ladder of weight 1000 N and length 4 m rests as shown in figure. If a 750 N weight is applied at
a distance of 3 m from the top of ladder, it is at the point of sliding. Determine the coefficient of
friction between ladder and the floor.

6.

A ladder 4 m long leans against a smooth vertical wall at an angle 700 with the horizontal. The
weight of the ladder is 800 N. when a person weighing 700 N stands at1.2 m from the bottom of
the ladder, the ladder is just about to slide. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the ladder
and the floor. Assume smooth wall.

7.

A beam AB of span 6m is hinged at A and supported on rollers at end B and carries load as shown
in figure. Determine the reactions at A and B.

8.

An overhanging beam carries the loads as shown in figure. Calculate the reactions at the supports.

9.

Find the equivalent concentrated loads and the external reactions for the beam shown in figure.

10. Determine the reactions developed in the cantilever beam shown in figure.

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UNIT-III
Part : A
1.

Define centre of gravity.

2.

Define first moment of an area about an axis.

3.

State Pappus-Guldinus theorems.

4.

What is meant by moment of inertia of a body?

5.

Explain the term radius of gyration of an area.

6.

State Parallel axis theorem.

7.

Find the moment of inertia of a rectangle of width 50 mm and height 100 mm about a horizontal axis
passing through its centroid.

8.

When will the centroid and centre of mass coincide?

9.

Define polar moment of inertia of an area and state its application.

10. Determine the second moment of area of a triangle with respect to the base.

Part : B
1. Find the centroid for the below figure

2. Calculate the centroid of the figure

3. Find the centroid of the figure

4. Compute the centroid of the figure.

5. Locate the Moment of inertia for the given section about IOX (centroidal X).

6. Find the Moment of inertia for the given Z section about centroidal Y.

7. Calculate the Moment of inertia for the given section about Izz.

8. Find the Moment of inertia for the given section about OX.

9. Find the centre of gravity for the given solid.

10. A cone of base diameter 300 mm is fitted to a hemisphere of diameter 300 mm centrally. What
should be the height of the cone so that the centroid of the solid combination lies at the junction
between the cone and the hemisphere?

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UNIT-IV
Part : A
1. Define dynamics.
2. A car runs with an initial velocity of 30 m/s and uniform acceleration of 3 m/s 2. Find its
velocity after 5 seconds.
3. What is projectile?
4. What is range of projectile?
5. Write the equations of motion.
6. The motion of a particle is defined by the relation x = t4-20t2 - 31 where x is expressed in
meter and t in second. Determine the acceleration of the particle at t = 3s.
7. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. It strikes the ground after four seconds. Find the
height of the tower.
8. A ball is fired into a target loses half its velocity after penetrating 3m. How much further will
it penetrate?
9. A particle travels 10 m towards east and then 6m towards north. Find the displacement of the
particle.
10. Define normal & tangential acceleration.

Part- B
1.

An object is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 30 m/s. Four

seconds later a second object is project vertically upward with a velocity of 40 m/s. Determine
(i) the time (after the first object is thrown) when the two objects will meet each other in air
(ii) the height from the earth at which the two objects will meet.

2.

A stone is dropped vertically downward into the well by a man sitting at

the top of the well. The sound of splash is heard by him after 5 seconds. Find the velocity of
the sound which is uniform, if the depth of the water surface from the top of the well is 100 m.

3.

Two trains A & B leave the same station on parallel lines. A starts
with a uniform acceleration of 0.15 m/s2 and attains the speed of 24 Km/h when the steam is
reduced to keep the speed constant. B leaves 40 seconds after with uniform acceleration of
0.30 m/s2 to attain a maximum speed of 48 Km/h. When will B overtake A.

4.

A burglar car starts from a bank after robbery, with a uniform acceleration
of 0.2 m/s2 till it attains a speed of 40 km/h after which the speed is maintained constant. The
police jeep starts one minute after the burglar car from the same bank and runs with a uniform
acceleration of 0.4 m/s2 and gains a maximum speed of 60 km/h. How much time do the
police take to catch the thieves?

5.

Two vehicles approach each other in opposite lanes of a straight horizontal

roadway as shown in Fig. Find the time and positions at which the vehicles meet if both
continue to move with constant speed.

6.

Two vehicles approach each other in opposite lanes of a straight horizontal

roadway as shown in Fig. Find the time and positions at which the vehicles meet if both
continue to move with constant speed.

7.

A bullet is fired from the top of a mountain of height 300m with a velocity of 200 m/s at
an angle of elevation of 400. Determine the
a. Maximum elevation reached by the bullet above the ground
b. Horizontal distance between the point of firing and the point where the bullet will
strike the ground
c. Magnitude and direction of velocity with which the bullet will strike the ground.

8.

A bullet is fired from the top of a mountain of height 500m with a velocity of 350 m/s at
an angle of elevation of 600. Determine the
a. Maximum elevation reached by the bullet above the ground
b. Horizontal distance between the point of firing and the point where the bullet will
strike the ground
c. Magnitude and direction of velocity with which the bullet will strike the ground.

9.

A projectile is projected with an initial velocity of 20 m/s into space at an angle to the
horizontal. At a particular instant, the x and y coordinates of a point on the path of the
projectile with reference to the point of projection are 8m and 5m respectively. Determine the
angle of projection of the projectile.

10.

A particle is projected in air with a velocity 250 m/s and at an angle of 400 with the
horizontal, find (i) the horizontal range (ii) the maximum height reached by the particle and
(iii) the time of flight.

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Unit 5
Part A
1. State DAlemberts principle.
2. State Work - Energy principle.
3. State Impulse - Momentum principle.
4. State the Law of conservation of momentum.
5. Define coefficient of restitution.
6. Define relative velocity.
7. A bullet weighing 100g is fired with a velocity of 1000 m/s. It passes through a mud wall of
thickness 120 cm when its velocity gets reduced to 450 m/s. Determine the average resistance
offered by the mud wall.
8. A bullet of mass 60g is fired with a velocity of 1000 m/s. The bullet strikes a wooden block
that is fixed rigidly to a solid wall. Find the time taken for the bullet to come to rest if the
average impulse force exerted is 6 KN.
9. A 100 g bullet is fired with a velocity of 1500m/s. The bullet hits a wooden block of mass 10
kg that moves at 15 m/s and gets embedded in the block. Find the velocity of the bullet and
the block unit after impact.
10. What is central impact?
Part B
1. Find acceleration of the blocks and tension in the cable for the system shown in figure by
DAlemberts Principle.

2. Find acceleration of the blocks and tension in the cable for the system shown in figure by
DAlemberts Principle.

3. Find acceleration of the blocks (2000N & 600 N) and tension in the cable for the system
shown in figure by Work Energy Principle. Assume the coefficient of friction between 2000 N
block and the floor is 0.3

4. Find acceleration of the blocks (2000kg & 600 kg) and tension in the cable for the system
shown in figure by Work Energy Principle. Assume the coefficient of friction between 2000
kg block and the floor is 0.4

5. Find acceleration of the blocks and tension in the cable for the system shown in figure by
Impulse Momentum Principle. Assume the coefficient of friction between all contact surfaces
is 0.4

6. Find acceleration of the blocks and tension in the cable for the system shown in figure by
Impulse Momentum Principle. Assume the coefficient of friction between all contact surfaces
is 0.35

7. A ball P of mass 1 kg moves with a velocity of 2 m/s collides centrally with another ball Q
of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of 1 m/s as shown in figure. Find the velocity of P & Q
after impact both in magnitude and direction. Assume Coefficient of restitution as 0.8

8. A ball of mass 90 kg moves with a velocity of 5 m/s collides centrally with another ball of
mass 50 kg moving in opposite direction with a velocity of 10 m/s. If the Coefficient of
restitution as 0.6, Find the velocity of each ball after impact both in magnitude and direction.
9. In the oblique central impact shown in Fig the co-efficient of restitution is 0.8. The flat disks
shown, slide on a smooth horizontal surface. Determine the final velocity of each disk directly
after impact.

10. A ball of mass 500g moving with a velocity of 1m/s strikes another ball of mass 1kg moving
with a velocity of 0.75m/s, at the instant of impact the velocity of two balls are parallel and
inclined at 600 to the line joining their centres as shown in fig. If the coefficient of restitution
is 0.6, find the velocity and direction of the two balls after impact. Also calculate the loss in
kinetic energy due to impact and percentage of loss.

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