Chapter # 3

Equilibrium

Dr. Hayat Muhammad Khan

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Topics

 3/1 Introduction
SECTION A. Equilibrium in Two Dimensions
 3/2 System Isolation and the Free-Body Diagram
 3/3 Equilibrium Conditions
SECTION B. Three-Dimensional Force Systems
 3/4 System Isolation and the Free-Body Diagram
 3/5 Equilibrium Conditions
Chapter Review
EQUILIBRIUM

 First condition of Equilibrium

𝑅 = σ𝐹 = 0
 Second condition of Equilibrium

𝑀 = σ𝑀 = 0
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
3/2 Equilibrium in Two Dimensions (FBD)
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Construction of Free-Body Diagrams
Step 1: Decide which system to isolate. The system chosen
should usually involve one or more of the desired unknown
quantities.
Step 2: Isolate the chosen system by drawing a diagram
(FBD) which represents its complete external boundary. This
boundary defines the isolation of the system from all other
attracting or contacting bodies, which are considered removed.
This step is often the most crucial of all.
Step 3: Identify all forces which act on the isolated system as
applied by the removed contacting and attracting bodies, and
represent them in their proper positions on the diagram of the
isolated system.
Step 4: Show the choice of coordinate axes directly on the
diagram. Pertinent dimensions may also be represented for
convenience.
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𝑇𝑥 = 𝑇 𝐶𝑜𝑠(15)
𝑇𝑦 = 𝑇 𝑆𝑖𝑛(15)
𝐴𝑥 = 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑠(45)
𝐴𝑦 = 𝐴 𝑆𝑖𝑛(45)
𝐵𝑥 = 𝐵 Sin(30)
𝐵𝑦 = 𝐵 Cos(30)

σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
−𝐴𝑥 − 𝐵𝑥 + 𝑇𝑥 = 0

σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝐴𝑦 − 𝐵𝑦 + 𝑇𝑦 = 0
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 2 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
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σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
𝐴𝑥 = 0 N
σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝐴𝑦 + 𝐵𝑦 − 𝑊1 − 𝑊2 = 0
𝐴𝑦 + 𝐵𝑦 = 6468

σ 𝑀𝐴 = 0 :

−𝑊2 4 − 𝑊1 (5.6) + 𝐵𝑦 (5.6 + 2.4) = 0

-29321.6+𝐵𝑦 (8) = 0
𝐵𝑦 = 3665.2 N 𝑊1 = 220(9.8)=2156N
𝐴𝑦 + 3665.2 =6468 𝑊2 = 450(9.8)=4312N
𝐴𝑦 = 2802.8 N
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𝐶𝑥 = 1.4 𝑆𝑖𝑛(30)
𝐶𝑦 = 1.4 𝐶𝑜𝑠(30)
σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
−𝑂𝑥 +𝐶𝑥 = 0
𝑂𝑥 = 𝐶𝑥
σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝑂𝑦 − 𝐴 − 𝐶𝑦 − 𝑊1 − 𝑊2 = 0
𝑊1 = 50(2.4)
𝑂𝑦 = 3 + 𝐶𝑦 +𝑊1 +𝑊2
𝑊2 = 50(1.2)
σ 𝑀𝑜 = 0 :

𝑀𝑜 + 𝑀𝐵 − 𝐴 1.8 − 𝐶𝑦 2.4 + 1.2𝐶𝑜𝑠 30

−𝑊1 1.2 −𝑊2 0.6𝐶𝑜𝑠 30 − 𝐶𝑥 1.2𝑆𝑖𝑛 30 =0
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
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𝑚𝐿 =?
𝐴𝑦 = 𝐵𝑦
σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
No force in x-direction
σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝐴𝑦 + 𝐵𝑦 − 𝑊𝑇 − 𝑊𝐿 = 0
𝐵𝑦 + 𝐵𝑦 − 𝑊𝑇 − 𝑊𝐿 = 0 𝑊𝑇 = 1600(9.8)
2𝐵𝑦 − 𝑊𝐿 =15,680 𝑊𝑇 = 15680𝑁
σ 𝑀𝐴 = 0 :
−𝑊𝑇 1.125 − 𝑊𝐿 1.125 + 1.675 + 0.4 + 𝐵𝑦 1.125 + 1.675 = 0
−𝑊𝑇 1.125 − 𝑊𝐿 3.2 + 𝐵𝑦 2.8 = 0
−𝑊𝐿 3.2 + 𝐵𝑦 2.8 =17640
𝑊𝐿 =2395.6N 𝐴𝑦 = 𝐵𝑦 =9037.8N
𝑚𝐿 =244.5kg
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1𝑚

𝑃𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 θ is not given, so we need a dimension

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𝐷𝑥 = 𝑇 𝐶𝑜𝑠θ
𝐷𝑦 = 𝑇 𝑆𝑖𝑛θ
σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
−𝑂𝑥 +𝐷𝑥 = 0 1𝑚
𝑂𝑥 = 𝐷𝑥
σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝐴 − 𝑂𝑦 − 𝐵 − 𝐶 + 𝐷𝑦 − 𝑊𝑏
𝑊𝑇 = 1600(9.8)
−𝑊 =0
σ 𝑀𝐶 = 0 : 𝑩=𝑪=𝑫=𝑻

−𝐵 0.75 −𝑊𝑏 1.5 − 𝑊 2 + 𝐴 3.25 − 𝑂𝑦 (4) = 0

𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠

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𝑇/2𝑇/2

𝑇
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𝑇/2 𝑇/2 σ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 :
𝑇 𝑇
No force in
𝑇/4 𝑇/4
x-direction
𝑇/4 𝑇/4
σ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 :
𝑇/2𝑇/2
𝑇/2
𝑇 𝑇
𝑇/2 +𝑇+𝑇+𝑇+ =𝑊
𝑇/2 𝑇/2
4 4
7
𝑇 =mg
2
𝑇/4 𝑇/4
2
𝑇= mg
𝑇 𝑇 𝑇 7