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Lecture Notes For Section 4 - 6
Lecture Notes For Section 4 - 6
Today’s Objectives:
Students will be able to
a) define a couple, and,
In-Class activities:
b) determine the moment of a couple.
• Check Homework
• Reading Quiz
• Applications
• Moment of a Couple
• Concept Quiz
• Group Problem Solving
• Attention Quiz
READING QUIZ
1. In statics, a couple is defined as __________ separated by a
perpendicular distance.
A) two forces in the same direction
B) two forces of equal magnitude
C) two forces of equal magnitude acting in the same direction
D) two forces of equal magnitude acting in opposite directions
Plan:
M = r AB × F
i j k
=
0 – 0.25 0.1443 N·m
0 0 35
C) F 2 × r 1 D) r 2 × F 2 F2
i j k
M = r AB × F = 0.1 0.5 0 N·m
0 0 15
= {( 7.5 – 0 ) i – (1.5 – 0) j + k (0) } N · m
= { 7.5 i – 1.5 j } N · m
ATTENTION QUIZ
1. A couple is applied to the beam as shown. Its moment equals
_____ N·m.
50 N
A) 50 B) 60
1m 2m 5
3
C) 80 D) 100
4