Name: ASSIGNMENT Semester 2, 2018

Student ID: CVEN1300 Engineering Mechanics

The University of New South Wales

CVEN1300 Engineering Mechanics –Semester 2, 2018

Attached is your Assignment for CVEN1300. Total number of questions: 10

The Cover Page (pg. 2 of this document) is to be stapled as a front page of your
submission. All workings must be shown and hand written.

You are to submit a hardcopy of your work to the assignment box marked “GAO” on
level 6 of the Civil Engineering building, Kensington campus. The deadline for
submission is 5pm on Friday 5 October 2018.

This Assignment will contribute 10% towards your final mark.

Please be aware: Plagiarism = zero tolerance!

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Cover Page

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CVEN1300 Engineering Mechanics – Semester 2, 2018

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Question 1:
The simply supported beam shown in Figure 1 carries two uniformly distributed loads and a
point load.
1) Calculate the reactions at B and C.
2) Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams, clearly indicating the magnitude and
sign of all actions at A, B and C.

Figure 1

Question 2:
For the beam shown in Figure 2, calculate the reactions at B and C and neatly draw the shear
force and bending moment diagrams.

Figure 2

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Question 3:
Calculate the reactions at B and C and draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for
the simply supported beam structure shown in Figure 3.

20 kN/m

B C
50 kN

3m 10 m

Figure 3

Question 4:
For the frame shown in Figure 4,
1) Find the reactions at A and E.
2) Draw the axial force, shear force and bending moment diagrams for the frame, showing the
magnitude of all peak values.
30 kN/m

50 kN

B D E
C

6m

100 kN

5m 6m 4m

Figure 4

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Question 5:
Calculate the reactions at A and F and draw the axial force, shear force and bending moment
diagrams for the frame shown in Figure 5.

10 kN

C D E

5m
10 kN/m
20 kN

B F
A
3m 5m 2m

Figure 5

Question 6:
For the frame shown in Figure 6,
1) Find the reactions at A and D.
2) Draw the axial force, shear force and bending moment diagrams for the frame.

Figure 6

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Question 7:
For the pin-joined truss shown in Figure 7,
1) Find the reactions at A and G.
2) Determine the force in members BC, BF, FC and FE. State if these members are in tension or
compression.
A B C

150 kN 3m

G F E D 30 kN

4m 4m 4m

Figure 7

Question 8:
For the pin-joined truss shown in Figure 8, 1) Find the reactions at A and J; 2) Determine the
axial force in each of the 7 members connected at E, and state if these members are in tension or
compression.

Figure 8

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Question 9:
The three blocks have weights of WA=60 kg, WB=15 kg and WC=50 kg. Determine the smallest
horizontal force P that must be applied to block C in order to move this block. The coefficient of
static friction between the blocks is 0.3 and between the floor and each block is 0.5.

Figure 9

Question 10:
Locate the centroid  x , y  of the beam’s cross-sectional area as shown in Figure 10, and then
determine the second moment of area with respect to the centroidal x ' and y ' axes.

Figure 10