UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SC 121 – ENGINEERING MECHANICS – STATICS

TUTORIAL No. 1

Problem 1.
Find the magnitude of the vector R and the angle α if A + B + C + R = 0
A = 20 kN, B = 50 kN, C = 30 kN

Ans. R = 48.30i + 50.98j, α = 46o38’

A α

30o

B
C

Figure 1.

Problem 2.
Calculate the dot products A•R, B•R, and C•R for the data of figure 1.
Ans. A•R = – 966, B•R = – 3,366, C•R = – 600

Problem 3.
Phrase vectors B and C of figure 2 in terms of unit vectors i, j, k.
Z
3 2
A

4
C
2 B Y Ans. B = – 3j – 2k, C = – 4i + 2j – 4k

2 4

X
Figure 2.

Problem 4.
Calculate the cross product A x B of vectors from figure 2.

Ans. A X B = – 6i – 8j + 12k

Problem 5.
Calculate the dot products A•B and A•C for the vectors from figure 2.

Ans. A•B = – 9, A•C = 22