205.

COMPUTE THE X AND Y COMPONENTS OF EACH OF THE FORCES SHOWN

IN FIG. P-205.

206. THE TRIANGULAR BLOCK SHOWN IN FIG. P-206 IS SUBJECTED TO THE

LOADS P= 1600 lb AND F= 600 lb. IF AB = 8 in. AND BC= 6 in., RESOLVE
EACH LOAD INTO COMPONENTS NORMAL AND TANGENTIAL TO AC.

207. REWORK PROB. 206 IF Θ = 60O

208. THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF SEVERAL FORCES ARE:

(a) Ph = -200 lb AND Pv = 100 lb; (b) Fh = 300 lb AND Fv = -200 lb; (c)
Th = -50 lb AND Tv = -90 lb. DETERMINE EACH FORCE.
209. REPEAT PROB. 208 IF (a) Ph = 150 lb AND Pv = -200 lb; (b) Fh = -
240 lb AND Fv = 360 lb; (c) Th = -500 lb AND Tv = -300 lb.

210. IN FIG. P-210, THE X COMPONENT OF THE FORCE P IS 140 lb TO THE

LEFT. DETERMINE P AND ITS Y COMPONENT.

211. THE BODY ON THE 30O INCLINE IN FIG. P-211 IS ACTED UPON BY A
FORCE P INCLINED AT 20O WITH THE HORIZONTAL. IF P IS RESOLVED INTO
COMPONENTS PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE INCLINE AND THE VALUE
OF THE PARALLEL COMPONENT IS 400 lb, COMPUTE THE VALUE OF THE
PERPENDICULAR COMPONENT AND THAT OF P.

214. DETERMINE THE RESULTANT OF THE CONCURRENT SYSTEM OF THE FORCES

SHOWN IN FIG. P-214.
216. A CONCURRENT FORCE SYSTEM IS SHOWN IN FIG. P-216. DETERMINE THE
RESULTANT.

217. COMPUTE THE VALUE OF THE RESULTANT OF THE CONCURRENT FORCES

SHOWN IN FIG. P-217.

218. THE BODY SHOWN IN FIG. P-218 IS ACTED ON BY THREE FORCES.

DETERMINE THE RESULTANT.

219. DETERMINE THE RESULTANT OF THE FOUR FORCES ACTING ON THE BODY
SHOWN IN FIG. P-219.
220. THE RESULTANT OF A CERTAIN SYSTEM OF FORCES HAS THE X AND Y
COMPONENTS SHOWN IN FIG. P-220. DETERMINE THE COMPONENTS OF THIS
RESULTANT WITH RESPECT TO N AND T AXES ROTATED 30O COUNTERCLOCKWISE
RELATIVE TO THE X AND Y AXES.

222. REPEAT PROB. 221 IF THE RESULTANT IS 400 lb DOWN TO THE RIGHT AT
60O WITH THE X AXIS.

223. THE BLOCK SHOWN IN FIG. P-223 IS ACTED UPON BY ITS WEIGHT W=
200 lb, A HORIZONTAL FORCE Q = 600 lb, AND THE PRESSURE P EXERTED
BY THE INCLINED PLANE. THE RESULTANT R OF THESE FORCES IS UP AND
PARALLEL TO THE INCLINE THEREBY SLIDING THE BLOCK UP IT. DETEMINE P
AND R. HINT: TAKE ONE AXIS PARALLEL TO THE INCLINE.
231. A FORCE P PASSING THROUGH POINTS A AND B IN FIG. P-231 HAS A
CLOCKWISE MOMENT OF 300 ft-lb ABOUT O. COMPUTE THE VALUE OF P.

233. IN FIG. P-231, A FORCE P INTERSECTS THE X AXIS AT 4ft TO THE RIGHT
OF O. IF ITS MOMENT ABOUT A IS 170 ft-lb COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND ITS
MOMENT ABOUT B IS 40 ft-lb CLOCKWISE, DETERMINE ITS y INTERCEPT.

236. A PARALLEL FORCE SYSTEM ACTS ON THE LEVER SHOWN IN FIG. P-236.
DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE AND POSITION OF THE RESULTANT.
238. THE BEAM AB IN FIG. P-238 SUPPORTS A LOAD WHICH VARIES FROM
AN INTENSITY OF 50 lb PER ft TO 200 lb PER ft. CALCULATE THE MAGNITUDE
AND POSITION OF THE RESULTANT LOAD. HINT: REPLACE THE GIVEN LOADING
BY A UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOAD OF 50 lb PER ft PLUS A TRIANGULAR
LOAD VARYING FROM XERO AT A TO 150 lb PER ft AT B.

239. THE 16-ft WING OF AN AIRPLANE IS SUBJECTED TO A LIFT WHICH VARIES

FROM ZERO AT THE TIP TO 360 lb PER ft AT THE FUSELAGE ACCORDING TO
w= 90x1/2 lb PER ft WHERE x IS MEASURED FROM THE TIP. COMPUTE THE
RESULTANT AND ITS LOCATION FROM THE WING TIP.

240. THE SHADED AREA IN FIG. P-240 REPRESENTS A STEEL PLATE OF

UNIFORM THICKNESS. A HOLE OF 4-in. DIAMETER HAS BEEN CUT IN THE
PLATE. LOCATE THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE PLATE. HINT: THE WEIGHT
OF THE PLATE IS EQUIVALENT TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL PLATE MINUS
THE WEIGHT OF MATERIAL CUT AWAY. REPRESENT THE ORIGINAL WEIGHT OF
THE PLATE BY A DOWNWARD FORCE ACTING AT THE CENTER OF THE 10 X 14
in. RECTANGLE. REPRESENT THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL CUT AWAY BY AN
UPWARD FORCE ACTING AT THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE. LOCATE THE POSITION
OF THE RESULTANT OF THESE TWO FORCES WITH RESPECT TO THE LEFT EDGE
AND BOTTOM OF THE PLATE.
242. FIND THE VALUES OF P AND F SO THAT THE FOUR FORCES SHOWN IN
FIG. P-242 PRODUCE AN UPWARD RESULTANT OF 300 lb ACTING AT 4 ft
FROM THE LEFT END OF THE BAR.

243. THE RESULTANT OF THREE PARALLEL LOADS (ONE LOAD IS MISSING IN

FIG. P-243) IS 30 lb ACTING UP AT 10 ft TO THE RIGHT OF A. COMPUTE THE
MAGNITUDE AND POSITION OF THE MISSING LOAD.

245. REFER TO FIG. 2-24a. A COUPLE CONSISTS OF TWO VERTICAL FORCES

OF 60 lb EACH. ONE FORCE ACTS UP THROUGH A AND THE OTHER ACTS
DOWN THROUGH D. TRANSFORM THE COUPLE INTO AN EQUIVALENT COUPLE
HAVING HORIZONTAL FORCES ACTING THROUGH E AND F.

247. THE THREE-STEP PULLEY SHOWN IN FIG. P-247 IS SUBJECTED TO THE

GIVEN COUPLES. COMPUTE THE VALUE OF THE RESULTANT COUPLE. ALSO
DETERMINE THE FORCES ACTING AT THE RIM OF THE MIDDLE PULLEY THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO BALANCE THE GIVEN SYSTEM.
248. TO CLOSE A GATE VALVE IT IS NECESSARY TO EXERT TWO FORCES OF
60 lb AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF A HANDWHEEL 3 ft IN DIAMETER. THROUGH AN
ACCIDENT THE WHEEL IS BROKEN AND THE VALVE MUST BE CLOSED BY
THRUSTING A BAR THROUGH A SLOT IN THE VALVE STEM AND EXERTING A
FORCE 4 ft OUT FROM THE CENTER. DETERMINE THE FORCE REQUIRED AND
DRAW A FREE-BODY DIAGRAM OF THE BAR.

249. FIGURE P-249 REPRESENTS THE TOP VIEW OF A SPEED REDUCER WHICH
IS GEARED FOR A FOUR TO ONE REDUCTION IN SPEED. THE TORQUE INPUT AT
THE HORIZONTAL SHAFT C IS 100 lb-ft. THE TORQUE OUTPUT AT THE
HORIZONTAL SHAFT D, BECAUSE OF THE SPEED REDUCTION, IS 400 lb-ft.
COMPUTE THE TORQUE REACTION AT THE MOUNTING BOLTS A AND B HOLDING
THE REDUCER TO THE FLOOR. HINT: THE TORQUE REACTION IS CAUSED BY
THE UNBALANCED TORQUE, WHICH IS A COUPLE.

256. A VERTICAL SHAFT AB IS 5 ft LONG AND BOLTED TO A RIGID SUPPORT

AT ITS LOWER END A. AT ITS UPPER END B IS ATTACHED A HORIZONTAL BAR
BC WHICH IS 2 ft LONG. AT THE END OF C IS APPLIED A FORCE P= 180 lb.
FORCE P IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE CONTAINING POINTS A, B AND C.
DETERMINE THE TWISTING EFFECT OF P ON THE SHAFT AB AND THE BENDING
EFFECT AT POINT A.
257. REPLACE THE SYSTEM OF FORCES ACTING ON THE FRAME IN FIG. P-257
BY A RESULTANT R AT A AND A COUPLE ACTING HORIZONTALLY THROUGH B
AND C.

258. REPLACE THE SYSTEM OF FORCES SHOWN IN FIG. P-258 BY AN

EQUIVALENT FORCE THOUGH O AND A COUPLE ACTING THROUGH A AND B.
SOLVE IF THE FORCES OF THE COUPLE ARE (a) HORIZONTAL AND (b) VERTICAL.

260. THE EFFECT OF A CERTAIN NON-CURRENT FORCE SYSTEM IS DEFINED

BY THE FOLLOWING DATA: ∑X= +90 lb, ∑Y= -60 lb, AND MO= 360 lb-ft
COUNTERCLOCKWISE. DETERMINE THE POINT AT WHICH THE RESULTANT
INTERSECTS THE Y AXIS.
261. IN A CERTAIN NON-CONCURRENT FORCE SYSTEM IT IS FOUND THAT ∑X=
-80 lb, ∑Y= +160 lb, AND MO= 480 lb-ft IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE SENSE.
DETERMINE THE POINT AT WHICH THE RESULTANT INTERSECTS THE X AXIS.

263. DETERMINE THE RESULTANT OF THE FORCE SYSTEM SHOWN IN FIG. P-

263 AND ITS x AND y INTERCEPTS.

264. COMPLETELY DETERMINE THE RESULTANT WITH RESPECT TO POINT O OF

THE FORCE SYSTEM SHOWN IN FIG. P-264.
267. THE HOWE ROOF TRUSS SHOWN IN FIG. P-267 CARRIES THE GIVEN LOADS.
THE WIND LOADS ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE INCLINED MEMBERS. DETERMINE
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RESULTANT, ITS INCLINATION WITH THE HORIZONTAL,
AND WHERE IT INTERSECTS AB.

268. THE RESULTANT OF FOUR FORCES, OF WHICH THREE ARE SHOWN IN FIG.
P-268, IS A COUPLE OF 480 lb-ft CLOCKWISE IN SENSE. IF EACH SQUARE IS
1 ft ON A SIDE, DETERMINE THE FOURTH FORCE COMPLETELY.

269. REPEAT PROB. 268 IF THE RESULTANT IS 390 lb DIRECTED DOWN TO THE
RIGHT AT A SLOPE OF 5 TO 12 PASSING THROUGH POINT A. ALSO DETERMINE
THE x AND y INTERCEPTS OF THE MISSING FORCE F.
270. THE THREE FORCES SHOWN IN FIG. P-270 ARE REQUIRED TO CAUSE A
HORIZONTAL RESULTANT ACTING THROUGH POINT A. IF F= 316 lb, DETERMINE
THE VALUES OF P AND T. HINT: APPLY MR= ∑MB TO DETERMINE R, THEN MR=
∑MC TO FIND P, AND FINALLY EITHER MR= ∑MD OR RY= ∑Y TO COMPUTE T.

271. THE THREE FORCES IN FIG. P-270 CREATE A VERTICAL RESULTANT

ACTING THROUGH POINT A. IF T IS KNOWN TO BE 361 lb, COMPUTE THE
VALUES OF F AND P.

302. THE CYLINDER C IN FIG. P-302 WEIGHS 1000 lb. DRAW A FBD OF
CYLINDER C AND OF ROD AB.

303. THE UNIFORM ROD IN FIG. P-303 WEIGHS 420 lb AND HAS ITS CENTER
OF GRAVITY AT G. DRAW A FBD OF THE ROD. NEGLECT THE THICKNESS OF
THE ROD AND ASSUME ALL CONTACT SURFACES TO BE SMOOTH.
304. THE FRAME SHOWN IN FIG. P-304 IS SUPPORTED IN PIVOTS AT A AND
B. EACH MEMBER WEIGHS 50 lb PER ft. DRAW A FBD OF EACH MEMBER.

305. A 600-lb LOAD IS SUPPORTED BY A CABLE WHICH RUNS OVER A PULLEY

AND IS FASTENED TO THE BAR DE IN FIG. P-305. DRAW A FBD OF BARS AC
AND DE AND OF THE PULLEY. ASSUME ALL HINGES TO BE SMOOTH AND
NEGLECT THE WEIGHT OF EACH BAR.

306. DRAW A FBD OF PULLEYS E AND D AND OF THE BAR AD SHOWN IN FIG.
P-306. ASSUME ALL HINGES TO BE SMOOTH AND NEGLECT THE WEIGHT OF
EACH BAR.

311. IF THE VALUE OF P IN FIG. P-310 IS 180 lb, DETERMINE THE ANGLE Θ
AT WHICH IT MUST BE INCLINED WITH THE SMOOTH PLANE TO HOLD THE 300-
lb BOX IN THE EQUILIBRIUM.
312. DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDES OF P AND F NECESSARY TO KEEP THE
CONCURRENT FORCE SYSTEM SHOWN IN FIG. P-312 IN EQUILIBRIUM.

313. FIG. P-313 REPRESENTS THE CONCURRENT FORCE SYSTEM ACTING AT A

JOINT OF A BRIDGE TRUSS. DETERMINE THE VALUES OF P AND E TO MAINTAIN
EQUILIBRIUM OF THE FORCES.

314. THE FIVE FORCES SHOWN IN FIG. P-314 ARE IN EQUILIBRIUM. COMPUTE
THE VALUES OF P AND F.

315. THE 300-lb FORCE AND THE 400-lb FORCE SHOWN IN FIG. P-315 ARE
TO BE HELD IN EQUILIBRIUM BY A THIRD FORCE F ACTING AT AN UNKNOWN
ANGLE Θ WITH THE HORIZONTAL. DETERMINE THE VALUES OF F AND Θ.
316. DETERMINE THE VALUES OF THE ANGLES α AND Θ SO THAT THE FORCES
SHOWN IN FIG. P-316 WILL BE IN EQUILIBRIUM.

323. THE TRUSS SHOWN IN FIG. P-323 IS SUPPORTED BY A HINGE AT A AND

A ROLLER AT B. A LOAD OF 2000 lb IS APPLIED AT C. DTETERMINE THE
REACTIONS AT A AND B.

324. A WHEEL OF 10-in. RADIUS CARRIES A LOAD OF 1000 lb, AS SHOWN IN

FIG. P-324. (a) DETERMINE THE HORIZONTAL FORCE P APPLIED AT THE CENTER
WHICH IS NECESSARY TO START THE WHEEL OVER THE 5-in. BLOCK. ALSO
FIND THE REACTION AT THE BLOCK. (b) IF THE FORCE P MAY BE INCLINED
AT ANY ANGLE WITH THE HORIZONTAL, DETERMINE THE MINIMUM VALUE OF P
TO START THE WHEEL OVER THE BLOCK; THE ANGLE THAT P MAKES WITH THE
HORIZONTAL; AND THE REACTION AT THE BLOCK.
325. DETERMINE THE AMOUNT AND DIRECTION OF THE SMALLEST FORCE P
REQUIRED TO START THE WHEEL IN FIG. P-325 OVER THE BLOCK. WHAT IS
THE REACTION OF THE BLOCK?

327. FORCES P AND F ACTING ALONG THE BARS SHOWN IN FIG. P-327
MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM OF PIN A. DETERMINE THE VALUES OF P AND F.

328. TWO WEIGHTLESS BARS PINNED TOGETHER AS SHOWN IN FIG. P-328

SUPPORT A LOAD OF 350 lb. DETERMINE THE FORCES P AND F ACTING
RESPECTIVELY ALONG BARS AB AND AC THAT MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM OF PIN
A.
332. DETERMINES THE REACTIONS FOR THE BEAM SHOWN IN FIG. P-332.

333. DETERMINE THE REACTIONS R1 AND R2 OF THE BEAM IN FIG. P-333

LOADED WITH A CONCENTRATED LOAD OF 1600 lb AND A LOAD VARYING FROM
ZERO TO AN INTENSITY OF 400 lb PER ft.

334. DETERMINE THE REACTIONS FOR THE BEAM LOADED AS SHOWN IN FIG.
P-334.
335. THE ROOF TRUSS IN FOG. P-335 IS SUPPORTED BY A ROLLER AT A AND
A HINGE AT B. FIND THE VALUE OF THE REACTIONS.

336. THE CANTILEVER BEAM SHOWN IN FIG. P-336 IS BUILT INTO A WALL 2
ft THICK SO THAT IT RESTS AGAINST POINTS A AND B. THE BEAM IS 12 ft
LONG AND WEIGHS 100 lb PER ft. A CONCENTRATED LOAD OF 2000 Lb IS
APPLIED AT THE FREE END. COMPUTE THE REACTIONS AT A AND B.

337. THE UPPER BEAM IN FIG. P-337 IS SUPPORTED BY A REACTION AT R3

AND A ROLLER AT A WHICH SEPARATES THE UPPER AND LOWER BEAMS.
DETERMINE THE VALUES OF THE REACTIONS.
338. THE TWO 12-ft BEAMS SHOWN IN FIG. 3-16a ON PAGE 69 ARE TO BE
MOVED HORIZONTALLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND LOAD P SHIFTED
TO A NEW POSITION ON CD SO THAT ALL THREE REACTIONS ARE EQUAL. HOW
FAR APART WILL R2 AND R3 THEN BE? HOW FAR WILL P BE FROM D?

339. THE DIFFERENTIAL CHAIN HOIST SHOWN IN FIG. P-339 CONSISTS OF TWO
CONCENTRIC PULLEYS RIGIDLY FASTENED TOGETHER. THE PULLEYS FORM TWO
SPROCKETS FOR AN ENDLESS CHAIN LOOPED OVER THEM IN TWO LOOPS. IN
ONE LOOP IS MOUNTED A MOVABLE PULLEY SUPPORTING A LOAD W. NEGLECTING
FRICTION, DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM LOAD W THAT CAN JUST BE RAISED BY
A PULL P APPLIED AS SHOWN.
340. FOR THE SYSTEM OF PULLEYS SHOWN IN FIG. P-340, DETERMINE THE
RATIO OF W TO P TO MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM. NEGLECT AXLE FRICTION AND THE
WEIGHTS OF THE PULLEYS.

341. IF EACH PULLEY SHOWN IN FIG. P-340 WEIGHS 36 lb AND W = 720 lb,
FIND P TO MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM.

342. THE WHEEL LOADS ON A JEEP ARE GIVEN IN FIG P-342. DETERMINE THE
DISTANCE x SO THAT THE REACTION OF THE BEAM AT A IS TWICE AS GREAT
AS THE REACTION AT B.
343. THE WEIGHT W OF A TRAVELING CRANE IS 20 TONS ACTING AS SHOWN
IN FIG. P-343. TO PREVENT THE CRANE FROM TIPPING TO THE RIGHT WHEN
CARRYING A LOAD P OF 20 TONS, A COUNTERWEIGHT Q IS USED. DETERMINE
THE VALUE AND POSITION OF Q SO THAT THE CRANE WILL REMAIN IN
EQUILIBRIUM BOTH WHEN THE MAXIMUM LOAD P IS APPLIED AND WHEN THE
LOAD P IS REMOVED.