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Fundamentals of Statics of Rigid Body
Fundamentals of Statics of Rigid Body
Lesson 1
Fundamentals of Statics of Rigid Body
TOPICS
1. Introduction to Statics of Rigid Body
2. Component of a Force
3. Moment of a Force
4. Couple
5. Resultant of Concurrent Force System
6. Resultant of Parallel Force System
7. Resultant of Non-concurrent force system
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
Understand the principle engineering mechanics particularly the statics of rigid body
Discuss how component of force is evaluated
Differentiate moment of a force to couple
Determine the resultant and component of force for parallel, concurrent and non-concurrent
force system
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Statics Dynamics
(body at rest) Kinetics
(body in motion)
Kinematics
Definitions:
In order to understand the concept of Statics f Rigid Bodies, the following terms will be defined first:
Vector Quantity – A quantity defined by its magnitude and direction. Some examples of vector
quantities are velocity, acceleration, force and momentum. A vector quantity is represented by a
straight line with arrow that shows its magnitude and direction. The length of the line is the
magnitude while the arrow shows the direction of the vector quantity.
Scalar Quantity – a quantity defined by its magnitude only; examples are mass, length, time and
temperature.
Ex. 50g
Rigid Body is a combination of a large number of particles in which all the particles remain at a
fixed distance from one another, both before and after applying a load.
Example: a box, a crate or any object under analysis
Particle is a representative of the body (whole) which has a mass but the size can be neglected.
Example: nucleus
External or applied force is anything which changes or tends to change the state of motion of a
body. While Internal Force is the force within the body as a result of the applied force. In statics,
the sum of internal and external forces must be equal to zero, or the body should be in equilibrium
state.
Coplanar forces are forces that are acting on the same plane.
Parallel Force are forces in the same direction whose lines of action
never meet.
Resultant Force is the equivalent single force that represents a system of forces.
Equilibrant Force is also known as the balancing force which has the same magnitude as the
resultant force but in opposite direction.
2
𝐹 = √(𝐹𝑥 )2 + (𝐹𝑦 )
𝐹𝑦
tan 𝜃𝑥 =
𝐹𝑥
𝑟 = √(𝑣)2 + (ℎ)2
ℎ
𝐹𝑥 = 𝐹 ( )
𝑟
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𝑣
𝐹𝑦 = 𝐹 ( )
𝑟
𝐹𝑥 = 𝐹 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑥
𝐹𝑦 = 𝐹 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑦
𝐹𝑧 = 𝐹 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑧
2
𝐹 = √(𝐹𝑥 )2 + (𝐹𝑦 ) + (𝐹𝑧 )2
𝐹𝑥
cos 𝜃𝑥 =
𝐹
𝐹𝑦
cos 𝜃𝑦 =
𝐹
𝐹𝑧
cos 𝜃𝑧 =
𝐹
Given the coordinates of any two points along the line of action of the force (with reference to the figure
shown, one of the points is the origin):
Where d = OB
𝑑 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2
𝑥
𝐹𝑥 = 𝐹 ( )
𝑑
𝑦
𝐹𝑦 = 𝐹 ( )
𝑑
𝑧
𝐹𝑧 = 𝐹 ( )
𝑑
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Engr. Michelle D. Enriquez
Example 1:
Determine the x and y components of the given forces as shown.
Solution:
ℎ 5
𝐹3𝑥 = 𝐹3 ( 𝑟 ) = 45𝐾𝑁 (13) = −𝟏𝟕. 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟕 𝑲𝑵
𝑣 12
𝐹3𝑦 = 𝐹3 ( ) = 45𝐾𝑁 ( ) = −𝟒𝟏. 𝟓𝟑𝟖𝟓𝑲𝑵
𝑟 13
Example 2:
Determine the angle between vector A and the y- axis.
Solution:
𝐴𝑥𝑦 = 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = 𝐴 sin 30˚
= 0.5 𝐴
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑦 = 0.321
𝜃𝑦 = 71.3˚
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Engr. Michelle D. Enriquez
Example 3:
The triangular block shown is subjected to the loads P = 1600 lb and F = 600 lb. If AB = 8 in. and BC =
6 in., resolve each load into components normal and tangential to AC.
Solution:
θ
10
6
8
6 8
𝐹𝑛 = 𝐹 sin 𝜃 = 600(10) 𝑃𝑛 = 𝑃 cos 𝜃 = 1600(10)
𝑭𝒏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝒍𝒃 𝑷𝒏 = 𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟎𝒍𝒃
8 6
𝐹𝑡 = 𝐹 cos 𝜃 = 600(10) 𝑃𝑡 = 𝑃 cos 𝜃 = 1600(10)
𝑭𝒏 = 𝟒𝟖𝟎𝒍𝒃 𝐏𝐭 = 𝟗𝟔𝟎𝐥𝐛
Statics of Rigid Bodies
Engr. Michelle D. Enriquez
Exercises 1.1
1. Determine the x and y components of the given system of forces.
2. Three forces act on a point: 3 N at 0°, 4 N at 90°, and 5 N at 217°. Determine the x and y components of
each force.
5. If the force F is resolved into components parallel to the bars AB and BC, the magnitude of the component
parallel to bar BC is 4 kN. What are the magnitudes of F and its component parallel to AB?