Engineering 36

Chp 4: Force
Resultants (2)
Bruce Mayer, PE
Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
BMayer@ChabotCollege.edu

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Scalar (Dot) Product of 2 Vectors
The SCALAR Product or
DOT Product Between Two
Vectors P and Q Is Defined As

P Q PQ cos scalar result
Scalar Product Math Properties

ARE Commutative PQ Q P

ARE Distributive P Q1 Q2 P Q1 P Q2

Are NOT Associative P Q S undefined
Undefined as (PQ) is NO LONGER a Vector

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Scalar Product Cartesian Comps
Scalar Products With Cartesian Unit
Components

P Q Px i Py j Pz k Qx i Q y j Qz k

i i 1 j j 1 k k 1 i j 0 j k 0 k i 0

Thus

P Q Px Qx Py Q y Pz Qz

P P Px2 Py2 Pz2 P 2

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 Scalar Product - Applications
Angle Between Two Vectors

P Q PQ cos Px Qx Py Q y Pz Qz
Px Qx Py Q y Pz Qz
cos
PQ
Projection Of A Vector On
A Given Line
POL P cos projection of P along OL

P Q PQ cos

P Q
P cos POL
Q
For Any Axis Defined By A Unit Vector

POL P is the unit vecto r along OL
Px cos x Py cos y Pz cos z
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 Vector Magnitude by DOT
A vector DOTed with itself reveals the
Square of the
Phythagorean Length
P P Px2 Py2 Pz2 P 2
Thus the Vector Magnitude
P P P Px2 Py2 Pz2 P 2
>> Pv = [-7 3 11] % [Px*i Py*j Pz*k]
This is IDEAL Pv =
-7 3 11
forMATLAB
>> Pm = sqrt(dot(Pv,Pv))
Pm =
13.3791
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DOT-Prod Application Summary
Given Two intersecting
Vectors or Lines
AB
arccos 0 180
A B

Parallel & Perpendicular

Components
Given Vector VAB, and line

AC find the || &
Components of VAB, VAD & VDB,
relative to line AC
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DOT-Prod Application Summary
First Calc by method of
the previous slide

arccos AB AC AB AC
Then Simply Use Trig
on Right-Triangle ADB

VAD VAB cos

VDB VAB sin
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 Example: P2-120 by MATLAB
Determine the Notes
magnitudes of the The Angle between
components of DE & EB (the
F = 600N acting along direction of F)
and perpendicular to appears to be
segment DE of the pipe OBTUSE
assembly
Fpar
F|| F cos
Fperp

F F sin

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 Example: P2-120 by MATLAB
% Bruce Mayer, PE
% ENGR36 * 18Jul2
% ENGR36_parNperp_Projection_H13e_P2_120_1207.m
% Q =
% Magnitude of a vector by ANON fcn
MagV = @(z) sqrt(dot(z,z))
123.8545
%
% Find unit vector along EB, the Force Direction
EBv = [-4 -3 2] % in m => [delX*i delY*j delZ*k] Fpar =
EVm = MagV(EBv) -334.2516
uEB = EBv/EVm
%
% Find unit Vector along Pipe Segment DE Fperp =
DEv = [0 3 0]
DEm = MagV(DEv) 498.2729
uDE = DEv/DEm
%
% Angle between the unit vectors ====================================
Q = acosd(dot(uEB,uDE))% in
%
Chk by finding F against ED (the
Fm = 600 % in Newtons opposite of DE)
%
% the PARALLEL projection of F on DE
Fpar = Fm*cosd(Q) Qchk =
% the PERPENDICULAR projection of F on DE
Fperp = Fm*sind(Q) 56.1455
%
disp(' ')
disp('======================================') FparChk =
disp('Chk by finding F against ED (the opposite of DE)') 334.2516
% Find unit Vector along Pipe Segment DE
EDv = [0 -3 0]
EDm = MagV(EDv)
uED = EDv/EDm
FperpChk =
% 498.2729
Qchk = acosd(dot(uEB,uED))% in
FparChk = Fm*cosd(Qchk)
FperpChk = Fm*sind(Qchk)

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 WhiteBoard Work
1
4
Lets Work
Some Angle
Problems 2

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 1800

2400

1050

TBC =
5.3 kN
1200

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 1800

2400

1050

1200
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