EPHY 2143 – Engineering Physics II

Tutorial 03

Rotational Motion –Torque

1) A crane has an arm length of 20 m inclined at 30o with the vertical. It carries a container of mass of 2
ton suspended from the top end of the arm. Find the torque produced by the gravitational force on the
container about the point where the arm is fixed to the crane. [Given: 1 ton = 1000 kg; neglect the
weight of the arm. g = 10 ms-2]

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2) Three mutually perpendicular beams AB, OC, GH are fixed to form a structure which is fixed to the
ground firmly as shown in the Figure. One string is tied to the point C and its free end D is pulled with a
force F. Find the magnitude and direction of the torque produced by the force,

I) about the points D, C, O and B

II) about the axes CD, OC, AB and GH.

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3) If the force applied is perpendicular to the handle of the spanner as shown in the diagram, find the,

I) Torque exerted by the force about the center of the nut,

 II) Direction of torque and

III) Type of rotation caused by the torque about the nut.

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4) What torque results from a 250 N force 30° from perpendicular on a wrench 0.28 meters away from the
bolt?

I) Find the perpendicular component of torque

II) Find the torque using the perpendicular component of force

5) What is the sum of all torques in the system above?

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6) A force of (4i-3j+5k) N is applied at appoint whose position vector is (7i+4j-2k) m. find the torque of
force about the origin.