UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

MID TERM TEST 2015

Prescription Number(s): ENGR 102

Paper Title: Engineering Mechanics

Time allowed: 2 hours

Attempt all 5 questions.

Write your answers and workings in this booklet, hand in booklet at the end of the test.

Show your workings!

A significant part of marks will be given for workings.

Free body diagrams (FBD) are required for each problem and failure to include FBD will result in
loss of marks.

Three blank pages are provided at the end of the booklet.

Additional pages are available if necessary.

Use of a calculator is permitted.

No books, notes, etc. permitted.

You can use the provided formulae sheet (last page).

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Q2
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Question 1 20 marks

Given: The pipe system is fixed at O and has 3 forces appled as shown in the image below.

600 N

500 N

1.2m
x

0.5m 1.0m

400 N

Required: Find the reactions O.

Solution:
Please put your answers in the table below.
Rox (N) = Roy (N) =
Mo(N m) =
Be sure to indicate the direction the force is acting in the table.
Question 2 20 marks

Given: A 18 kg bucket is suspended from three cables as shown in the figure below.
y

0.9 m
B
1.2 m

0.9 m
C

x
0.5 m
0.9 m
D A
0.5 m

18kg
z

Required: Find the tension in the cables AB, AC, and AD.

Solution:
Please put your answers in the table below.

TAB (N)=
TAC (N)=
TAD (N)=
Question 3 20 marks

Given: The truss shown below is load with two forces as indicated.

Required: Find the forces in members, BD, BE, and CE, be sure to indicate if the member is in tension
(T) or compression (C)

6 kN 8 kN 4 kN

A C E G H

5m

B F
3m
D
8m 8m 8m 8m
Solution:
Please put your answers in the table below.
FCD (kN) =
FCG (kN) =
FDE (kN) =
Don’t forget to label the forces in
(T)ension or (C)ompression
Question 4 20 marks

Given: The frame shown below has pinned connections at A, B, & C and the distributed loads as shown
in the sketch below.

600 N/m

4m

4m

800 N/m

400 N/m

Required: Calculate the horizontal and vertical components of the force at pin A and C.

Note: The frame has only 2 members

Solution:
Please put your answers in the table below.
RAx (kN)= RAy (kN)=
RCx (kN)= RCy (kN)=
Be sure to indicate the direction the force is acting in
the table.
Question 5 20 marks

Given: The shaft is supported by three smooth journal bearings at A, B, C, with 2 applied loads as shown.

Note: A journal bearing in this case will only support a reaction force that is perpendicular to the shaft. In
this case at A and B there will be a reaction in y and z and at C a reaction in x and z.
y

500 N
z 300 N
0.9 m
x
0.9 m 0.9 m

0.6 m

Required: find the reactions at A, B, and C.

Solution:
Please put your answers in the table below.
RAY (N·m )=
RAZ (N·m )=
RBY (N·m )=
RBZ (N·m )=
RCX (N·m )=
RCZ (N·m )=
Be sure to indicate the direction the force is
acting using (+) or (-) in the table.
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 FORMULAE FOR ENGR 102 STATICS TEST

Gravitational acceleration: g = 9.81 m/sec2

VECTORS

Cartesian orthonormal unit vectors: i, j, k

Scalar product:
i · i = 1, etc, i · j = 0, etc

Vector product:

i × i = 0, etc i × j = k, etc, j × i = -k, etc

Vector components, magnitude:

F  Fx i  Fy j  Fz k , F  Fx2  Fy2  Fz2

Vector product: given that λ is a unit vector normal to r and F, in a right handed sense:

r × F = rFsinθ λ = (xi + yj + zk) × (Fxi + Fyj + Fzk)

i j k
 ( yFz  zFy )i  ( xFz  zFx ) j  ( xFy  yFx )k  x y z
Fx Fy Fz

Scalar product:

P ·Q = PQcosθ = PxQx + PyQy + PzQz

Component of a vector F in the direction of the unit vector λ:

Fλ = F · λ

Moment of a force F through position r about origin O:

MO = r x F

Moment about a line OL in direction of the unit vector λ:

x y z
M OL  M O      ( r  F )  x y z
Fx Fy Fz

NOTE: Unless shown otherwise, in all Free Body diagrams it will be assumed that positive x and y
directions will be to the right and vertically upwards respectively