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Engineering Mechanics Midterm

This document is a 5 page midterm exam for an engineering mechanics course. It contains 3 questions worth a total of 36 marks. Question 1 asks to replace a force system with an equivalent force couple at the origin. Question 2 asks to determine the tension in a cable supporting a suspended mass. Question 3 asks to calculate the moment of a force about a point and the smallest opposing force.

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Engineering Mechanics Midterm

This document is a 5 page midterm exam for an engineering mechanics course. It contains 3 questions worth a total of 36 marks. Question 1 asks to replace a force system with an equivalent force couple at the origin. Question 2 asks to determine the tension in a cable supporting a suspended mass. Question 3 asks to calculate the moment of a force about a point and the smallest opposing force.

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ENGG 1210 Engineering Mechanics

Midterm Exam
Examiner: Karen Gordon
Date: February 16, 2011
There are a total of 5 pages, 3 questions in this exam. Note that the
last page includes a table of 3D reaction supports. Please read each
question carefully and respond in the space provided.
Please print your name in the space below:

Last name: _______________________________


First Name: _______________________________
Student ID: _______________________________

Question
1 (out of 13 marks)
2 (out of 13 marks)
3 (out of 10 marks)
Total (out of 36 marks)

Mark

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1.

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A 110 N force acting in a vertical plane parallel to the yz plane is applied


to the 220 mm long horizontal handle AB of the socket wrench. Replace
the force with an equivalent force couple system at the origin O of the
coordinate system.

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2. The bar ABC is supported by a ball and socket support at A and C, as well
as the cable BD. The suspended mass is 1800 kg. Determine the tension
in the cable (BD).

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3. A 300 N force is applied at A as shown. Determine (a) the moment of the


300 N force about point D; (b) the smallest force applied at B that creates
the same moemnt about D.

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