ES2501 Engineering Statics A 2017 Stabile

Assignment 7:

Date Assigned: Friday, 9/1/2017

Date Due: Thursday, 9/7/2017, at the start of class

1. A bar is fixed at points A & B in the figure below. A force, F, is

applied to it at the midpoint of the bar at C. The goal is to express
F in Cartesian components.
a. Determine the position vector .
b. Determine the unit vector .
c. Knowing determine the length from A to B ; then the length
A to C ; then position vector ; and finally the coordinates for
point C.
d. Determine the position vector from C to O, and the unit
vector
e. Express the vector F in Cartesian components.

4m

75 N

2m

1m