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The document outlines a tutorial for AM1100 Engineering Mechanics, consisting of various problems related to forces, tension, torque, and equilibrium in mechanical systems. It includes scenarios involving blocks, gears, trusses, and the analysis of forces in structural members. Each problem requires the application of mechanics principles and free body diagrams for solution.

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Tut 1 2025

The document outlines a tutorial for AM1100 Engineering Mechanics, consisting of various problems related to forces, tension, torque, and equilibrium in mechanical systems. It includes scenarios involving blocks, gears, trusses, and the analysis of forces in structural members. Each problem requires the application of mechanics principles and free body diagrams for solution.

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AM1100 Engineering Mechanics: Tutorial 1

1. Block A of mass 1kg can slide across a frictionless table when pulled by a block of mass
2kg with a massless string. Refer Fig. 1. (a) If the block A is held in place from moving by
hand. Find the tension in the string. (b) If the hand is removed, will the tension in the
string increase or decrease? Answer by drawing the free body diagram, marking all the
forces on the blocks and the string separately. Rank all the forces in order of magnitude
and explain your ranking.

Fig.1

2. Gear D has a radius of 0.3m and weight of 300N while the members AB and BC
are light. What torque T is necessary for equilibrium? (Refer Fig.2)

3. Gear C is rigidly attached to arm AB as shown in Fig. 3. If the forces and couple shown
can be reduced to a single equivalent force at A, determine the equivalent force and
the magnitude of the couple M.

Fig. 3
4. The diagonal members in the center panels of the truss shown are
very slender and can act only in tension: such members are known as
counters. Determine the forces in the counters which are acting under
the given loading. (Fig. 4)

Fig. 4

5. Verify the fact that each of the trusses contains one or more elements
of redundancy and propose two separate changes, either one of which
would remove the redundancy and produce complete statical
determinacy. All members can support tension as well as compression.
(Fig. 5)

Fig. 5
6. Determine the forces in members BC, BE and BF. The triangles are
equilateral triangles. (Fig. 6)

Fig. 6

7. Determine the forces in members DJ and EJ of loaded truss. (Fig. 7)

Fig. 7

8. Determine the force in each member of the loaded truss. (Fig. 8)

Fig. 8

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