CE 201 - STATICS

Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil

Department of
Civil Engineering
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SLIDING TIPPING
N
N
N
N
P
P P
W
W
F
F
S
F<F
S

O
EF
y
= 0
N = W
STATIC CASE AS SLIDING START
NO SLIDING
ROUGH SURFACE
N = W
F = P
F s F
s

N = W
F = P
F = F
s

F
s
=
s
N
No Motion
Impending
motion
N = W
F = P
F < F
s

N reaches 0
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
82
AT IMPENDING MOTION :
F = F
S

F
S
=
S
N
F
s
= Static Friction

s
= Coefficient of Static Friction
0.03 <
s
< 1.5

s
depend on nature of contact
surfaces only !

AFTER MOTION :
F = F
k

F
k
= Kinetic Friction
F
k
< F
s

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Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
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H
h
P
d
W
O
e
F
N
From Equilibrium
N
h P
e h P e N 0 M
P F 0 F
W N 0 F
o
x
y
-
= = =
= =
= =
CASE 1 : SLIDING:
F = F
s

s
N
e s d/2
CASE 2 : TIPPING:
F s F
s

e > d/2
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
84
u
u
As Sliding Starts:


Wsin Wcos
Wsin N F
Wsin F 0 x F
Wcos N 0 y F
N F F
s
s s
s
s s
=
= =
= =
'
= =
'

= =
tan
s
=
u
s
= Angle of Repose.
N
F
W sinu W cosu
W
x'
y'
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
Example (1)
GIVIN
W = 100
N

s
= 0.5

REQUIRED: Find (P) that causes SLIDING.

SOLUTION:

EF
y
= 0 N = W + 0.6P

EF
x
= 0 0.8P F
s
=
s
N

0.8P = 0.5 (W + 0.6P)

0.8P - 0.3P = 0.5W

0.5P = 50 P = 100
N

P
W
3
4
F
s

N
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
Example (2)
GIVIN
W = 100
N

s
= 0.5

REQUIRED: Find (P) to start SLIDING.

SOLUTION:

EF
y
= 0 N = W 0.6P

EF
x
= 0 0.8P F
s
=
s
N

0.8P = 0.5 (W 0.6P)

0.8P + 0.3P = 0.5W

1.1P = 50 P = 45.5
N

P
W
3
4
F
s

N
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
Example (3)
GIVIN
W
A
= 80
N
W
B
= 120
N


REQUIRED: What will happen when
P increases ?
SOLUTION:
(A) Assume A slides over B:
EF
x
= 0 P = F = F
s
=
s
N
EF
y
= 0 N = W
A
= 80
N

P = 0.5 80 = 40
N

(B) Assume Both Boxes slide:
EF
y
= 0 N = 200
N

EF
x
= 0 P = F
s
=
s
N
= 0.25 200 = 50
N
Box (A) slides over Box (B)
A
B
P

s
= 0.5

s
= 0.25

P
200N
F
s

N

P
W
A

A
N
F=F
s

CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
Example (4)
Find Distance (x) ?
Given:
W
ladder
= 400
N

W
man
= 700
N


A
= 0.4,
B
= 0.25
Solution:
Draw F B D.
F
A
= 0.4 N
A
, F
B
= 0.25 N
B

1100 0.25N N
0 700 400 0.25N N
0 F
0 N 0.4N
0 F
B A
B A
y
B A
x
= +
= +
=
=
=
+
+|
1
2
A
B
4
m

3
m

x
CE 201 - STATICS
Dr. Mustafa Y. Al-Mandil
Department of
Civil Engineering
Example (4)
Solve
Solution:
N
A
= 1000
N

N
B
= 400
N

m
A
x
x
x
M
1 . 3
420
1300
0 420 600 300 1600
0
5
3
700
2
3
400 3 100 4 400
0
= =
= +
= +
=
+|
1 2 &
+
x
700
N

F
B

F
A

N
A

N
B

400
N