Engineering Mechanics

Cylinder Problem

Course Faculty Name

Ranbir Mukhya
Cylinder Problem
1. Three uniform, homogeneous and smooth spheres A, B and C weighing 300 N, 600 N and 300 N, respectively and having
diameters 800 mm, 1200 mm and 800 mm, respectively, are placed in a trench. Determine the reaction at the contact
points P, Q, R and S

Free body diagram of Sphere -A 3

P A
RP A
C
1 Find angle
5 Q S
Ɵ B
WA FAB 4 R
P A
300

FAB
Ɵ
90 + Ɵ 7
RP
2 180 - Ɵ 90 Q
P B
6
WA AB = rA + rB
BP = rB - rA
Cylinder Problem
Free body diagram of Sphere -C

FBC

600 + φ 300 RS
FAB
300 RS Wc
= 290.325 N
Wc

C RS
B 900 + φ
FBC
φ
S
T
R
1500 1200 - φ

sin 𝜑 =
𝑟 𝐵 −𝑟 𝐶 600− 400
=
𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑫𝑶𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑭
𝑟 𝐵 +𝑟 𝐶 600+ 400 Wc

0
𝜑 =11.5