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The document is a tutorial for the course EGU 07107: Fundamental of Engineering Statics at the Karume Institute of Science and Technology. It includes ten problems related to forces, tensions, and projections in engineering statics, requiring students to express forces in Cartesian vector form and determine resultant forces and projections. The problems involve various scenarios including cables, poles, and forces acting at different points in a three-dimensional coordinate system.

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The document is a tutorial for the course EGU 07107: Fundamental of Engineering Statics at the Karume Institute of Science and Technology. It includes ten problems related to forces, tensions, and projections in engineering statics, requiring students to express forces in Cartesian vector form and determine resultant forces and projections. The problems involve various scenarios including cables, poles, and forces acting at different points in a three-dimensional coordinate system.

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KARUME INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

EGU 07107: FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGINEERING STATICS

TUTORIAL NO. 2

1. The tower is held in place by three cables. If the force of each cable acting on the tower is shown,
determine the magnitude and coordinate direction angles 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 of the resultant force. Take 𝑥 =
20 𝑚, 𝑦 = 15 𝑚.

2. The guy wires are used to support the telephone pole. Represent the force in each wire in Cartesian
vector form. Neglect the diameter of the pole.

3. Each of the four forces acting at E has a magnitude of 28 kN. Express each force as a Cartesian vector
and determine the resultant force.
4. Determine the magnitude of the projected component of force 𝐹𝐴𝐵 acting along the z axis.

5. A force F with a magnitude of 100 N is applied at the origin O of the axes x-y-z as shown. The line of
action of F passes through a point A. Determine (a) the x, y, and z scalar components of F, (b) the
projection Fxy of F on the x-y plane, and (c) the projection FOB of F along the line OB.
6. The turnbuckle is tightened until the tension in the cable AB equals 2.4 kN. Determine the vector
expression for the tension T as a force acting on member AD. Also find the magnitude of the projection
of T along the line AC.

7. The cable exerts a tension of 2 kN on the fixed bracket at A. Write the vector expression for the tension
T.

8. The rigid pole and cross-arm assembly is supported by the three cables shown. A turnbuckle at D is
tightened until it induces a tension T in CD of 1.2 kN. Express T as a vector. Does it make any
difference in the result which coordinate system is used?
9. The power line is strung from the power-pole arm at A to point B on the same horizontal plane. Because
of the sag of the cable in the vertical plane, the cable makes an angle of with the horizontal where it
attaches to A. If the cable tension at A is 200 kN, write T as a vector and determine the magnitude of its
projection onto the x-z plane.

10. The rectangular plate is supported by hinges along its side BC and by the cable AE. If the cable tension
is 300 N, determine the projection onto line BC of the force exerted on the plate by the cable. Note that
E is the midpoint of the horizontal upper edge of the structural support.

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