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Final Exam Open Book, Closed Notes, Do Not Write On This Sheet, Show All Work

This document is the final exam for a statics course covering topics like: 1) Determining the minimum horizontal force required to stop a rotating wheel given the torque and friction. 2) Locating the centroid of a beam's cross-section and computing the moment of inertia. 3) Finding the reaction forces and member tensions in a three-member frame connected with ball-and-socket joints under a given load. 4) Drawing free-body diagrams for structures under various loading conditions without solving for forces. Problems include forces on members, member weights, shears under a applied force, and reactions on an excavator support structure.

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Final Exam Open Book, Closed Notes, Do Not Write On This Sheet, Show All Work

This document is the final exam for a statics course covering topics like: 1) Determining the minimum horizontal force required to stop a rotating wheel given the torque and friction. 2) Locating the centroid of a beam's cross-section and computing the moment of inertia. 3) Finding the reaction forces and member tensions in a three-member frame connected with ball-and-socket joints under a given load. 4) Drawing free-body diagrams for structures under various loading conditions without solving for forces. Problems include forces on members, member weights, shears under a applied force, and reactions on an excavator support structure.

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Wright State University ME 212 Statics, Fall 2008

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

FINAL EXAM
Open Book, Closed Notes, Do not write on this sheet, Show all work

1. (15 points) The wheel is subjected to a torque of M = 50 N-m. If the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the belt and the rim of the wheel is µ k = 0.3, determine the smallest
horizontal force P that must be applied to the lever to stop the wheel.
2. (25 points) Determine the location ̅ of the centroid C of the beam’s cross-sectional area.
Then compute the moment of inertia for the area about the axis.
3. (40 points) The three-member frame is connected at its ends using ball-and-socket joints.
Determine the x, y, and z components of reaction at B and the tension in member ED. The
force acting at D is F = {135i + 200j – 180k} lb.
4. (20 points) Draw all of the necessary the free-body diagrams for the following situations. Do
not solve!

The mass m = 120 kg. Determine the forces on member ABC.


The weight W = 80 lb. Determine the forces on member ABCD.
A person exerts 20-N forces on the handles of the shears. Determine the magnitude of the forces
exerted on the branch at A.
The structure shown (one of two identical structures that support the scoop of the excavator)
supports a downward force F = 1800 N at G. Determine the reactions on member CDK at K.

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