Engineering Mechanics-Statics-First Year- Civil Engineering

1.5 Addition of a System of Coplanar Forces

When a force is resolved into two components along the x and y axes,
the components are then called rectangular components. For
analytical work we can represent these components in one of two
ways, using either scalar or Cartesian vector notation.

Scalar Notation.

a)

b)

→→→

→→→

c)

∑
∑

tan$% & &

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EXAMPLE 1.6
Figure a

Figure b,

Figure c,

EXAMPLE 1.7
Figure a

Figure b.

Figure c,

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Fundamental Problems

F1-7. F1-10.

Ans: ', '') Ans: + ), . .+0

*), *)
+') , ,*')

F1-8. F1-11.
N

Ans: -+. ), *. 0 Ans: + . - ), ,. 10

F1-9. F1-12.

N N
N

Ans: -, ), -10 Ans: . ), 1. *0

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