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SEMESTER EXAM 9/2014 APPLIED MECHANICS

Program : CME
Course Title : APPLIED MECHANICS
Course Code : CGE 220
Groups : 2K14CME1, 2K14CME4
Lecturer(s) : SITI SYAHIDAH MOHD RUM

Instructions to Candidates

1. This examination consists of six questions. You are required to answer five questions. Each
question is 20 marks.

QUESTION 1

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a. Define the terms:

(4 marks)
i. Statics
[PO1, CLO1]
ii. Dynamics

b. Construct free-body diagrams for the various situations described below: (16 marks)
i. A girl is suspended motionless from a bar which hangs from the ceiling [PO1, CO1]

by two ropes. Diagram the forces acting on the girl.

ii. A rightward force is applied to a book in order to move it across a desk
with a rightward acceleration.
iii. A book is at rest on a tabletop.
iv. A skydiver is descending with a constant velocity. Consider air
resistance.

QUESTION 2

To support the 2-kg flower pot

6. as
Toshown
inthe
support
Figure
2-kg1,flower
the resultant of the
pot shown, thetwo
wires of the
resultant
(20two
marks)
wires must
must point upwards and be equal point upwards
in magnitude to theand be equal
weight in magnitude
of the flower pot.to the [PO1, CO2]
weight of the flower pot. Determine the angles  and , if the
Determine the angles θ and ɸ.forces in the wires are known to be 25 N and 30 N.

A
C


25 N
30 N
B

1 Weight of flower pot

Figure 1 mg = (2 kg)(9.81 m/s2)

= 19.62 N
B

QUESTION 3
19.62 N
In Figure 2, a wheel has five equally spaced radial spokes, find the tensions in the (20 marks)
other two spokes, all in tensions of three consecutive spokes are 600 N, 800 N, and [PO1, CO2]

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700 N respectively, find the tensions in the other two spokes.

800 N
700 N
72°
72°
36°
600 N
36°
72°
P1 72°

P2

Figure 2

QUESTION 4

a. Define the Lami’s Theorem. (5 marks)

[PO1, CO2]

b. In Figure 3, a smooth sphere of weight ‘W’ is supported in contact with smooth (15 marks)
vertical wall by a string fastened to a point on its surface, the end being [PO1, CO2]

attached to a point on the wall. If the length of the string is equal to the radius
of sphere, find tensions in the string and reaction on the wall.

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Figure 3

QUESTION 5

A 100-lb vertical force is applied to the end of a lever which is attached to a shaft (20 marks)
[PO1, CO3]
at O, as shown in Figure 4. Determine:

Figure 4

i. Moment about O,
ii. Horizontal force at A which creates the same moment,
iii. Smallest force at A which produces the same moment,
iv. Location for a 240-lb vertical force to produce the same moment.

QUESTION 6

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The initial frictional resistance of an unloaded pulley block is 12 N. The friction

(20 marks)
increases at the rate of 15 N per 1000 N lifted by the block. The velocity ratio is
[PO1, CO3]
20. Find the effort required to lift a load of 4000 N and calculate the efficiency of
the block at this load.

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