1. A 2.5-meter rod is suspended at its middle so that it balances.
Suppose a 2-grams are hung
on the rod at the following distances from one end.
36cm 57cm 84cm 98cm 122cm 139cm 153cm 175cm 193cm 217cm
The rod does not balance at the 125cm mark. Where must a 2-gram weight must be hung so
that the rod will be balance at the 125cm mark?
2. A car has a mass of 2000 kg and is travelling at 3 m/s. The car is stop by a spring bumper
that compresses 0.8 m. A constant friction force is 250 N acts on the car at all times. What
is the Spring constant?
3. Find the area and the other base of an isosceles trapezoid if the top and bottom bases have
lengths of 12 and x, h is equal to 8 and the legs have a length of 10.
12
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0 h 0
4. A rigid block of mass M is supported by three symmetrically spaced rods as shown in Fig. P-
236. Each copper rod has an area of 600 mm2; E = 120 GPa; and the allowable stress is
60 MPa. The steel rod has an area of 1200 mm2; E = 200 GPa; and the allowable stress is
130 MPa. Determine the largest mass M which can be supported.
5. An Aluminum bar having a cross-sectional are of 1.5 in2 carries the axial loads applied at
the position shown in Fig. P-209. Compute the total change in var if E = 10 x 106 psi.
Assume that the bar is suitably braced to prevent lateral buckling.
6. Determine the maximum shear and moment in the figure shown.
7. A radio station tower was built in two sections. From a point 87 feet from the base of the
tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the first section is 25º, and the angle of
elevation of the top of the second section is 40º. To the nearest foot, what is the height
of the top section of the tower?
8. Two airplanes, Skyhawk and Falcon, are flying in different directions over a flat terrain.
They are at different altitudes, and their angles of depression to a common point on the
ground are given. The air traffic controller needs to calculate the horizontal distance
between the planes and their straight-line separation.
a. Find the horizontal distance from Skyhawk to the point on the ground directly below
Falcon.
b. Find the horizontal distance from Falcon to the point on the ground directly below
Skyhawk.
c. Calculate the straight-line (diagonal) distance between the two airplanes, considering
their altitude difference and horizontal separation
d. What would be the new altitude of each airplane if they both ascended at a constant
rate for 2 hours, assuming they maintain their current horizontal distance and the same
angles of depression?
9. A stone is thrown vertically upward and return to earth in 15 sec. What was its initial
velocity in ft/sec and how high did it go?
10. Determine the minimum
height h of the beam
shown in the figure if the
flexural stress is not
exceeding to 20 Mpa.
11. A solid steel shaft 7m long is stressed at 120 MPa when twisted through 7∘. Using G =
80 GPa, compute the shaft diameter. What power can be transmitted by the shaft at 12
Hz?
12. Three circles with radii 4, 8, and 12cm are externally tangent. What is the area of
the triangle formed by joining their centers?
13. A cylindrical pressure vessel is fabricated from steel plating that has a thickness of
30mm. the diameter of the pressure vessel is 650mm and its length is 3m. determine the
maximum internal pressure that can be applied if the longitudinal stress is limited to 200
MPa, and the circumferential stress is limited to 100 MPa.
14. In the figure, six ¾-in.-diameter rivets are used
to fasten the plate in a fixed member. Determine
the required force to be applied so that the
torsional shearing stress in any rivet does not
exceed 28.774 ksi. and is not below 17.264 ksi.
15. In the given figure, assume the following data (in
meters) are available:
XA = 2701 YA = 149 RA = 1850
XB = 3748 YB = 2720 RB = 1350
Compute the X and Y coordinates
16.
17. Solve the deflection @ A using the conjugate beam method.
18. The rigid bars AB and CD shown in Fig. P-214 are supported by pins at A and two
rods. Determine the axial deformation at point D and point B if P = 100kN and if its
vertical movement of P is limited to 8mm. Neglect the weights of all members.
19. The spacing of the frets on the neck of a classical guitar is determined from the equation
d = (21.9)(2)(20-x)/12 , where x = the fret number and d = the distance in centimeters of the
xth fret from the bridge. The distance of the nut from the bridge can be found by letting x
= 0 in the given exponential equation. Find the distance of the 10th fret from the nut.
20. A high strength steel band saw, 50 mm wide by 1mm thick, runs
over pulleys 800mm in diameter. What maximum flexural stress is
developed? What minimum diameter pulleys can be used without
exceeding a flexural stress if 500 MPa? Assume E= 300 GPa.
21. A thin-walled, cylindrical tube shown in figure below with wall thickness of 4 mm is subjected to
a torque of 8 KN.m. Assume the tube is made of aluminum with G = 27 GPa.
Calculate:
1. Shear stress (τ) due to torsion
2. Angle of twist (θ) per meter length
3. Maximum shear strain (γ).
22. In the given figure, assume the following data (in meters) are
available:
XA = 3682.40 YA = 301.52 RA = 2500
XB = 4231.68 YB = 3416.01 RB = 2000
Compute the X and Y coordinates of point P2. Computing the
length and azimuth of line AB.
23. To stiffen the foot bridge, a short post, BD, supported by a steel cable ADC is added.
The maximum tension in the cable is 10 kN.
1. What is the maximum weight of a person can the footbridge carry?
2. If W = 500 N, what is the resulting force in the post BD?
3. If the steel area of the cable is 100 mm2 , how much is the resulting elongation
of the steel cable AD, due to the maximum tension of 10kN with E = 200,000
MPa?ϕ
24. For a water treatment plant having a flow rate of 536m³/hr, what is the required plan area of a
Type I setting tank to remove 80% of the particles having a settling velocity of 0.15 cm/sec.
25. A tee section is made up of 250 mm x 50 mm flange and web as shown in the figure, which is
subjected to a shearing force of 80 000 N. Given that the neutral axis (NA) is 80 mm from the top
of the flange and the moment of inertia at the neutral axis (𝐼𝑁𝐴) is 10.57 x 106 𝑚𝑚4.
Determine the following:
a) Shearing Stress at the glue joint considering b=250 mm.
b) Shearing Stress at the neutral axis considering b=50 mm.
250 mm
50 mm
80 mm
NA
250 mm
50 mm
26. The network diagram constructed from the information in the table is shown below.
Each activity is shown as a block that shows [starting with upper left corner, going
clockwise-ES (early start), EF (early finish), LF (late finish), LS (late start).
27.A rigid bar, pinned at O, is supported by two identical springs as shown in Fig. P-348. Each
spring consists of 30 turns of 20mm-diameter wire having a mean diameter of 16cm.
Determine the maximum load W that may be supported if the shearing stress in the springs is
limited to 150 MPa. Also, the equivalent spring constant in both springs.
28. A tractor weighing 4000 lb, with a wheel base of 5 ft. carries 2100 lb of its load on the rear
wheels. Compute the maximum moment and maximum shear when crossing a 15 ft-span.
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29. Hercules saw a steel rod sticking out horizontally from one of his glamorous columns in
Olympus. The rod, which has a cross-sectional area of 12 𝑖𝑛2, was then stretched towards the
adjacent column. The tensile load at 120°𝐹 is 1600 lb. a.) What will be the stress at 0°𝐹?
b.) At what temperature in °𝐶 will the stress be zero? Assume 𝛼 = 6.5 𝑥 10−6 in/ (in.℉) and
𝐸 = 29 𝑥 106 psi.
30. A mine costs P25M, and will last for 15 years. Its plant has a salvage value of 2M, at the end of
the time. The mine will yield an equal dividend at the end of each year. What is the annual
dividend, if it is sufficient to pay interest annually at the rate of 4% on the original investment and
to accumulate a replacement fund, invested at 2%?
