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Lab 1 Equilibrium of Forces For 3 Point

This document provides an introduction to a lab experiment on the equilibrium of forces for a 3 point load. The key points are: 1) An object is in equilibrium when the forces acting on it are balanced, meaning the rightward forces equal the leftward forces and the upward forces equal the downward forces. 2) The lab experiment involves hanging an object from three points and measuring the forces exerted at different angles to support its weight. 3) For the object to be in equilibrium, the net force acting on it must be zero Newtons. Therefore, the vector sum of all individual forces drawn head-to-tail in a diagram should equal zero.

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Lab 1 Equilibrium of Forces For 3 Point

This document provides an introduction to a lab experiment on the equilibrium of forces for a 3 point load. The key points are: 1) An object is in equilibrium when the forces acting on it are balanced, meaning the rightward forces equal the leftward forces and the upward forces equal the downward forces. 2) The lab experiment involves hanging an object from three points and measuring the forces exerted at different angles to support its weight. 3) For the object to be in equilibrium, the net force acting on it must be zero Newtons. Therefore, the vector sum of all individual forces drawn head-to-tail in a diagram should equal zero.

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LAB 1 : EQUILIBRIUM OF FORCES FOR 3 POINT LOAD

INTRODUCTION

When all the forces that act upon an object are balanced, then the object is said to be in a
state of equilibrium. The forces are considered to be balanced if the rightward forces are
balanced by the leftward forces and the upward forces are balanced by the downwards forces.
This however does not necessarily mean that all the forces are equal to each other. Note that the
two objects are at equilibrium because the forces that act upon them are balanced. However, the
individual forces are not equal to each other. If an object is at rest and is in a state of equilibrium,
then we would say that the object is at ‘static equilibrium’. ‘Static’ means stationary or at rest. A
common physic lab is to hang an object by two or more strings and to measure the forces that are
exerted at angles upon the object to support its weight. The state of the object is analyzed in
terms of the forces acting upon the object. The object is a point on a string upon which three
forces were acting. If the object is at equilibrium, then the net force acting upon the object should
be 0 Newton. Thus, if all the forces are added together as vectors, then the resultant force (the
vector sum) should be 0 Newton. (Recall that the net force is ‘the vector sum of all the forces’ or
the resultant of adding all the individual forces head-to-tail.) Thus, an accurately drawn vector
addition diagram can be constructed to determine the resultant. In this lab work, we will prove
and compared the calculated angle (theory) with measured angle (experiment).

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