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    Equilibrium Requires... : 2.1 Force Is A Vector

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    For equilibrium, the resultant of all forces acting upon the weight, as a particle, must be zero. For an isolated system subject to but three forces, the three forces must be concurrent. For a three force system, the lines of action must all run together and intersect at a common point.

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    For equilibrium, the resultant of all forces acting upon the weight, as a particle, must be zero. For an isolated system subject to but three forces, the three forces must be concurrent. For a three force system, the lines of action must all run together and intersect at a common point.

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    For equilibrium, the resultant of all forces acting upon the weight, as a particle, must be zero. For an isolated system subject to but three forces, the three forces must be concurrent. For a three force system, the lines of action must all run together and intersect at a common point.

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    CH A P T E R 2 Equilibrium Requires...

    2.1 Force is a vector.

    It requires specifying a direction as well as a


    A C magnitude to define a force. web
    B

    FA tensile forces
    Each string experiences a tensile force. The FC
    weight is due to, is, a gravitational force.For equi- B
    librium, the resultant of all forces acting upon the
    a weight
    weight, as a particle, must be zero.
    W

    The resultant of two forces is the diagonal of


    R the parallelogram formed by the two force vec-
    tors as sides. E.g.,
    The resultant should be vertical since, for equi-
    librium, the resultant of all three forces must
    FC vanish.
    FA
    B FA+FC+ W = 0 demo

    Engineering Mechanics for Structures Copyright 1997, L. L. Bucciarelli Revised 12/17/


    Friction is another kind of force. It acts at a surface of a body, in contact with
    another, parallel to the surface, and always in a sense to oppose motion.

    When will the block slide down the plane?

    demo

    2.2 Concept of Moment

    Force is not enough. You know from your studies in physics of the dynamics of
    bodies other than particles, that you must speak about their rotation as well as trans-
    lation through space; about how they twist and turn.

    Exercise Show that the force


    R •
    required to just start the lawn roller, of
    radius R and weight W, moving up over φ h
    the ledge of height h is given by

    F ⁄ W = tan φ where cos φ = 1 – ( h ⁄ R )


    .

    Engineering Mechanics for Structures Copyright 1997, L. L. Bucciarelli Revised 12/17/01


    Isolate the system – the roller – showing all the forces
    acting upon it. These include the weight acting down-
    F
    ward through the center of the roller; the horizontal
    force applied along the handle by the child laborer
    Nx (note the frictionless pin fastening the handle to the
    roller); and the components of the reaction force at
    W Ny
    the bump, shown as N and N x y.

    Note the phrase just start... This implies there is no contact with the ground at
    any other point than at the bump. Hence the reaction of the ground upon the roller
    acts at the bump alone. Furthermore it must pass through the center of the roller. This
    is a consequence of another rule, namely
    For an isolated system subject to but three forces, a three force system, the
    three forces must be concurrent. That is, their lines of action must all run
    together and intersect at a common point.
    If we take moments about the point of contact at the bump we have;
    F R cosφ = W R sinφ
    So F/W = tan φ

    demo

    Engineering Mechanics for Structures Copyright 1997, L. L. Bucciarelli Revised 12/17/01


    Engineering Mechanics for Structures Copyright 1997, L. L. Bucciarelli Revised 12/17/01

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