Engineering Mechanics

Dr. Rameez Hayat

rameez.hayat@seecs.edu.pk
Room No.: Innovation Hub
Office Hours: Wednesday 15:00 – 17:00
Research Interest: Adaptive Controls, Robotics, Optimal Control, Machine learning, Reinforcement Learning

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Contents (Section 4.6 and 4.7)
• Recap
• Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis
• Moment of a Couple
• Simplification of a Force and Couple System

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RECAP

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Cross Product

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Cross Product

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 Principle of Moments (Varignon’s Theorem)
The moment of a force about a point is equal to the sum of the moments
of the components of the force about the point

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 Principle of Moments (Varignon’s Theorem)
The moment of a force about a point is equal to the sum of the moments
of the components of the force about the point

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Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis

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Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis

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Moment of a Force about a Specified Axis

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 Example
Determine the resultant moment of the three forces
about the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis.

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 Example
Determine the resultant moment of the three forces
about the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis.

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 Example
Determine the resultant moment of the three forces
about the x axis, the y axis, and the z axis.

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 Example
Determine the moment MAB produced by the force F which tends to
rotate the rod about the AB axis.

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 Example
Determine the moment MAB produced by the force F which tends to
rotate the rod about the AB axis.

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 Example
Determine the moment MAB produced by the force F which tends to
rotate the rod about the AB axis.

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Moment of a Couple

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Moment of a Couple
Couple: Two equal and parallel but opposite forces
separated by a distance

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Moment of a Couple
Couple: Two equal and parallel but opposite forces
separated by a distance

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Moment of a Couple

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Moment of a Couple

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Moment of a Couple

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Moment of a Couple

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Example

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