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The document contains 12 problems involving determining forces, moments, and other mechanical engineering concepts using figures and diagrams. The problems involve concepts such as resolving forces, determining components, finding resultants, and calculating moments using scalar and vector approaches.

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The document contains 12 problems involving determining forces, moments, and other mechanical engineering concepts using figures and diagrams. The problems involve concepts such as resolving forces, determining components, finding resultants, and calculating moments using scalar and vector approaches.

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ZZ1001D Engineering Mechanics


Assignment No.1a
S1PE/CHY

Submission Date: 11.01.19

1. The cable stays AB and AD help support pole AC (Fig. 1). Knowing that the tension is 120 lb in AB and 40 lb in AD,
determine graphically the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the forces exerted by the stays at A using (a) the
parallelogram law, (b) the triangle rule.

Figure 1

2. The cable AO in Fig. 2 exerts a force on the top of the pole of 𝐅 = {−120𝐢 − 90𝐣 − 80𝐤} lb. If the cable has a
length of 34 ft, determine the height z of the pole and the location (x, y) of its base.

Figure 2
3. Using the parallelogram law, find the tensile force in cable AC, TAC, and the angle α (Fig. 3).

Figure 3
4. Determine the projection of force acting along line AC of the pipe assembly (Fig. 4). Express the result as a
Cartesian vector.

Figure 4

5. Resolve the 250-N force into components acting along the u and v axes and determine the magnitudes of these
components (Fig. 5).

Figure 5
6. Find the dot product of the vectors represented by the diagonals from A to F and from D to G (Fig. 6). What is the
angle between them?

Figure 6

7. Making use of the cross product, give the unit vector n normal to the inclined surface ABC (Fig. 7).

Figure 7
8. If the coordinates of vertex E of the inclined pyramid are (5, 50, 80) m, what is the angle between outward normal
to faces ADE and BCE (Fig. 8)?

Figure 8

9. Find the moment of the forces about points A and B using scalar approach and vector approach (Fig. 9).
Figure 9

10. Find the moment of the 1000-lb force about an axis going between points D and C (Fig. 10).
Figure 10

11. Determine the resultant moment produced by the two forces about point O. Express the result as a Cartesian vector
(Fig. 11).

Figure 11
12. Determine the moment produced by each force about point O located on the drill bit (Fig. 12). Express the results
as Cartesian vectors.\

Figure 12

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