Phys 3200 Fall 2015 Exam #1 Name:________________________________________

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1. (30 points) Knowing that = 50o and that boom AC exerts on pin C a force directed along line
AC, determine the force P such that the tension in the cable is 300 lb.

Solution:

In the free-body diagram for the pin at C, there are three

forces, the sum of which should vanish. The three forces form
a triangle with two of the angles of the triangle identified as
100o and 30o. The third is then 50o. The Law of Sines can now
be used to write

P 300 lb FAC
o
 o

sin100 sin 50 sin 30o

P  386 lb
2. (25 points, Partial Credit) To keep a door closed, a wooden stick is wedged between the floor
and the doorknob. The stick exerts at B a 175-N force directed along line AB. Replace that force
with an equivalent force-couple system at C.

Solution:

Since a stick cannot pull the doorknob, the 175 N force is

in the direction from A to B, and can be written as
  
 73i  990 j  494k   
F  175   (11.5i  156 j  78.0k ) N
732  9902  4942

The displacement from C to B is

   
rB / C  (683i  860 j  0k ) mm

The moment about C is

  
M C  rB / C  F
    
 (683i  860 j )  (11.5i  156 j  78.0k ) mm  N
  
 (67.1i  53.3 j  116k ) m  N
3. (20 points, Partial Credit) Two 150-mm-diameter pulleys are mounted on line shaft AD. The
belts at B and C lie in vertical planes parallel to the yz plane. Replace the belt forces shown with an
equivalent force-couple system at A.

Solution:

The two forces on belt at C combine to a

total force of
  
FC  370 N  ( sin10o j  cos10o k )
 
 (64.2 j  364k ) N
and a moment about C of
 
M C  75  60i mm  N .
When tranferred to point A, the moment of these two forces is
   
M AC  4500i  405  370(cos10o j  sin10o k ) mm  N
  
 (4.50i  147.6 j  26.0k ) m  N

The two forces on belt at B combine to a total of

    
FB  [(240 cos 20o  145) j 240sin 20o k ]N  (370 j  82.1k ) N
and a moment about B of
  
M B  75  95i mm  N  7.12i m  N .

When tranferred to point A, the couple of these two forces is

   
M AB  (7.12i  14.78 j  66.7 k ) m  N

The total force at point A is

    
FA  FB  FC  (434 j  282k ) N

and the total couple at A is

         
M A  (4.50i  147.6 j  26.0k  7.12i  14.78 j  66.7 k ) m  N  (11.62i  132.8 j  92.7 k ) m  N
4. (25 points) A 50-kg crate is attached to the trolley-beam system shown. Knowing that a = 1.2
m, determine (a) the tension in cable CD, (b) the reaction at B.

Solution:

Three forces acting on the massless steel

beam sum to zero force and zero moment.
The moment about B vanishes, from which
we write

MB  0
 T 1.8sin 55o  50*9.8 1.2 (m  N )

T  399 N

0  BX  399 N sin 55o BX  327 N

0  By  50*9.8  399 cos 55o By  261N

Or, B  327 2  2612  419 N at an angle of 180o  tan 1 (261/ 327)  141.4o
5. (10 points, Extra Credit) A 450-lb load hangs from the corner C of a rigid piece of pipe ABCD
which has been bent as shown. The pipe is supported by the ball-and-socket joints A and D, which
are fastened, resectively, to the floor and to a vertical wall anc by a cable attached at the midpoint
E of the portion BC of the pipe and at a point G on the wall. Determine (a) where G should be
located if the tension in the cable is to be minimum, (b) the corresponding minimum value of the
tension.

Solution:

The total moment about  the line AD, which has a direction unit vector of
 
 12i  12 j  6k 2  2  1 
AD   i  j  k , should vanish.
122  122  62 3 3 3
The moment due to the 450 lb force is
    2  2  1    
AD  rC / A  (450 j )   i  j  k   (12i  12 j )  (450 j ) ft  lb  1800 ft  lb , which should be
3 3 3 
balanced by the moment due to tension. Maximum moment is applied at point E, if the direction of
the force (i.e. EG) is made parallel to
   2  2  1      2  1  2 
(6i  12 j )   i  j  k   4i  2 j  4k  6 ft   i  j  k 
3 3 3   3 3 3 
Since 6 ft is the lever arm, the minimum value of tension is

1800 ft  lb / 6 ft  300lb

To find the location G, we notice that the z-component of rG / E is -6 ft, which means that
  

 
rG / E  6.00i  3.00 j  6.00k ft
or
  
rG / D   12.0i  3.00 j  ft