This document contains an assessment for an engineering mechanics course taken during the 2019-2020 school year. The assessment includes 8 questions testing knowledge of forces, force resolution and composition, and force equilibrium. Students are provided open books and notes and 10:00am-1:00pm to complete the assessment, which is out of a total of 100 marks. The assessment covers key concepts like defining forces, force characteristics, resolving and composing forces, and determining resultant forces using various methods. Diagrammatic questions require calculating tensions in lifting cables, maximum supported mass for a lamp system, and forces needed for concurrent force equilibrium.
This document contains an assessment for an engineering mechanics course taken during the 2019-2020 school year. The assessment includes 8 questions testing knowledge of forces, force resolution and composition, and force equilibrium. Students are provided open books and notes and 10:00am-1:00pm to complete the assessment, which is out of a total of 100 marks. The assessment covers key concepts like defining forces, force characteristics, resolving and composing forces, and determining resultant forces using various methods. Diagrammatic questions require calculating tensions in lifting cables, maximum supported mass for a lamp system, and forces needed for concurrent force equilibrium.
This document contains an assessment for an engineering mechanics course taken during the 2019-2020 school year. The assessment includes 8 questions testing knowledge of forces, force resolution and composition, and force equilibrium. Students are provided open books and notes and 10:00am-1:00pm to complete the assessment, which is out of a total of 100 marks. The assessment covers key concepts like defining forces, force characteristics, resolving and composing forces, and determining resultant forces using various methods. Diagrammatic questions require calculating tensions in lifting cables, maximum supported mass for a lamp system, and forces needed for concurrent force equilibrium.
School: Architecture and Construction Engineering Course Title: Engineering Mechanics
Department: Architecture Engineering Course Code: KOU20113 Stage/ Year: First Time Allowed: 10:00a.m-1:00a.m. Total Mark: 100 Attached Sheet: Open Books & Notes
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Q1: Answer (5) of the following: (25Marks) (a) Define the term “force”, and state clearly the effects of force? (b) What are the various characteristics of a force? (c) Distinguish clearly between resolution of forces and composition of forces? (d) What are the methods for finding out the resultant force for a given system of forces? (e) State and prove parallelogram law of forces? (f) Show that the algebraic sum of the resolved part of a number of forces in a given direction is equal to the resolved part of their resultant in the same direction? Q2: Answer (5) of the following objective questions: (15Marks) 1) Which of the following statement is correct? (a) A force is an agent which produces or tends to produce motion. (b) A force is an agent which stop or tends to stop motion. (c) A force may balance a given number of forces acting on a body. (d) Both (a) and (b). 2) In order to determine the effects of a force acting on a body, we must know (a) Its magnitude and direction of the line along which it acts. (b) Its nature (whether push or pull). (c) Point through which it acts on the body. (d) All of the above. 3) If a number of forces are acting simultaneously on a particle, then the resultant of these forces will have the same effect as produced by the all the forces. This is known as (a) Principle of physical independence of forces. (b) Principle of transmissibility of forces. (c) Principle of resolution of forces (d) None of the above. 4) The vector method, for the resultant force, is also called polygon law of forces (a) Correct (b) Incorrect 5) The resultant of two forces P and Q acting at an angle θ is equal to (a) √ P2+ Q 2+ 2 PQ sin θ (b) √ P2+ Q2+ 2 PQ cos θ (c) √ P2+ Q 2−2 PQ sin θ (d) √ P2+ Q2−2 PQ cos θ
Shukri Saleh Mohammed Page
1 of 4 Final Assessment First Attempt / 2019-2020
School: Architecture and Construction Engineering Course Title: Engineering Mechanics
Department: Architecture Engineering Course Code: KOU20113 Stage/ Year: First Time Allowed: 10:00a.m-1:00a.m. Total Mark: 100 Attached Sheet: Open Books & Notes
6) If the resultant of two forces P and Q acting at an angle α with P, then
Psin θ (a) tan α= P+Q cos θ P cos θ (b) tan α= P+Q cos θ Q sin θ (c) tan α= P+Q cos θ Q cos θ (d) tan α= P+Q cos θ Q3: Determine the design angle θ ( 0° ≤ θ ≤ 90° ) for strut AB so that the 400-lb horizontal force has a component of 500-lb directed from A towards C. What is the component of force acting along member AB? Take ∅=40°? (10Marks)
Q4: If the resultant force acting on the bracket is
directed along the positive y axis, determine the magnitude of the resultant force and the coordinate direction angles of F so that β <90° . (10Marks)
Q5: Determine the magnitude of the resultant force and
its direction measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis. (10Marks)
Shukri Saleh Mohammed Page
2 of 4 Final Assessment First Attempt / 2019-2020
School: Architecture and Construction Engineering Course Title: Engineering Mechanics
Department: Architecture Engineering Course Code: KOU20113 Stage/ Year: First Time Allowed: 10:00a.m-1:00a.m. Total Mark: 100 Attached Sheet: Open Books & Notes
Q6: The lift sling is used to hoist a container having a
mass of 500 kg. Determine the force in each of cables AB and AC as a function of θ. If the maximum tension allowed in each cable is 1.5 kN, determine the shortest lengths of cables AB and AC that can be used for the lift. The center of gravity of the container is located at G. (10Marks)
Q7: Determine the maximum mass of the lamp that
the cord system can support so that no single cord develops a tension exceeding 400 N. (10Marks)
Q8: Determine the magnitude and direction of the
force P required to keep the concurrent force system in equilibrium. (10Marks)
Shukri Saleh Mohammed Page
3 of 4 Final Assessment First Attempt / 2019-2020
School: Architecture and Construction Engineering Course Title: Engineering Mechanics
Department: Architecture Engineering Course Code: KOU20113 Stage/ Year: First Time Allowed: 10:00a.m-1:00a.m. Total Mark: 100 Attached Sheet: Open Books & Notes