FORCE SYSTEMS: FORCE VECTORS - STATICS

CET 0214-1 | BSME 2-1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ● A unit vector is a vector one unit

● To show how to add forces and in length.
resolve them into components
using Parallelogram Law The resultant of a system of vectors is
● To express force and position in the least number of vectors that will
Cartesian vector form and explain replace the given system.
how to determine the vector's
magnitude and direction.

ADDITION OF TWO VECTORS

VECTORS
● Scalar quantities possess only 1. All vector quantities obey the
magnitude; examples are time, parallelogram law of addition.
volume, energy, mass, density,
work. Scalars are added by
ordinary algebraic methods, e.g.,
2s + 7s = 9s; 14kg-5kg= 9kg
● Vector quantities possess both
magnitude and direction
(direction is understood to include
both the angle that the line of
action makes with a given 2. We can also add B to A using the
reference line and the sense of triangle rule.
the vector along the line of
action), examples are force,
displacement, velocity.
● A free vector may be moved
anywhere in space provided it
maintains the same direction and
magnitude.
● A sliding vector may be applied
at any point along its line of PROCEDURE ANALYSIS:
action. By the principle of
transmissibility, the external
effects of a sliding vector remain
the same.
● A bound or fixed vector must
remain at the same point of
application.
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SOLUTION:

SAMPLE PROBLEM #1

Combine the two forces P and T, which

act on the fixed structure at B, into a
single equivalent force R.
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SAMPLE PROBLEM #2

Forces F, and F2 act on the bracket as

shown. Determine the projection F, of
their resultant R onto the b-axis.
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SAMPLE PROBLEM #3

Determine the magnitude of the

component force F and magnitude of
the resultant force FR if Fr is directed
along the positive y-axis.