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Assignment15
Due:11:59pmonMonday,August17,2015
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FindingTorque
AforceF ofmagnitudeF makinganangle withthexaxisisappliedtoaparticlelocatedalongaxisofrotationA,at
Cartesiancoordinates(0, 0) inthefigure.ThevectorF liesinthexyplane,andthefouraxesofrotationA,B,C,and
Dalllieperpendiculartothexyplane.

Aparticleislocatedatavectorpositionr withrespecttoanaxisofrotation(thusr pointsfromtheaxistothepointat


whichtheparticleislocated).Themagnitudeofthetorque aboutthisaxisduetoaforceF actingontheparticleis
givenby
= rF sin() = (moment arm) F = rF

whereistheanglebetweenr andF ,r isthemagnitudeofr ,F isthemagnitudeofF ,thecomponentofr thatis


perpendicualrtoF isthemomentarm,andF isthecomponentoftheforcethatisperpendiculartor .
Signconvention:Youwillneedtodeterminethesignbyanalyzingthedirectionoftherotationthatthetorquewould
tendtoproduce.Recallthatnegativetorqueaboutanaxiscorrespondstoclockwiserotation.
Inthisproblem,youmustexpresstheangleintheaboveequationintermsof , ,and/orwhenenteringyour
answers.Keepinmindthat = 180 degrees and(/2) = 90 degrees .

PartA
Whatisthetorque A aboutaxisAduetotheforceF ?
ExpressthetorqueaboutaxisAatCartesiancoordinates(0, 0) .

Hint1.Whenforceisappliedatthepivotpoint
Doesaforceappliedatapivotpointcauseanobjecttorotateaboutthatpivot?
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A

Correct

PartB
Whatisthetorque B aboutaxisBduetotheforceF ?(BisthepointatCartesiancoordinates(0, b),locateda
distancebfromtheoriginalongtheyaxis.)
ExpressthetorqueaboutaxisBintermsofF , , ,,and/orothergivencoordinatedata.

Hint1.Findingr withrespecttoanaxis

Thevectorr shouldbedrawnfromtheaxisBtothepointwhereF isbeingapplied.Considerboththe


magnitudeanddirectionofthisvector.

Hint2.Ahelpfulfigure
Thefigureshowsr forthispartoftheproblem.Whatisthevalueofintermsof ?

ANSWER:

(/2)

(/2) +

ANSWER:

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bF sin(

+ )

Correct

PartC
Whatisthetorque C aboutaxisCduetoF ?(CisthepointatCartesiancoordinates(c, 0) ,adistancecalong
thexaxis.)
ExpressthetorqueaboutaxisCintermsofF , , ,,and/orothergivencoordinatedata.

Hint1.Ahelpfulfigure
Thefigureshowsr forthispartoftheproblem.WhatisthevalueofF ?

ANSWER:
F sin
F cos

Hint2.Clockwiseorcounterclockwise?
Imagineawheelofradiusr withitsaxlepassingthroughtheaxisofrotation(sothattheparticleatpointA
isontherimofthewheel).LookatthedirectionofF inthefigure.WhichwaydoyouthinkF will"try"to
turnthewheel:clockwiseorcounterclockwise?NotethatonlythecomponentofF thatistangenttotherim
ofthewheel(perpendiculartor )generatestorque.
ANSWER:

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C

cF sin()

Correct

PartD
Whatisthetorque D aboutaxisDduetoF ?(Disthepointlocatedatadistanced fromtheoriginandmaking
anangle withthexaxis.)
ExpressthetorqueaboutaxisDintermsofF , , ,,and/orothergivencoordinatedata.
ANSWER:
D

dF sin( )

Correct
Youcouldhavefound D byusinganyofthethreeequationslistedatthetopofthepage,
= rF sin() = (moment arm) F = rF

andmakingthefollowingassociations:
r = d

andsin()

= sin( + ) = sin( )

moment arm = r = d sin( )


F = F sin( )

CalculatingTorquesUsingTwoStandardMethods
LearningGoal:
Tounderstandthetwomostcommonproceduresforfindingtorqueswhentheforcesanddisplacementsareallinone
plane:themomentarmmethodandthetangentialforcemethod.
Thepurposeofthisproblemistogiveyoufurtherpracticefindingtorquesintwodimensionalsituations.Inthiscaseit
isoverkilltousethefullcrossproductdefinitionofthetorquebecausetheonlynonzerocomponentofthetorqueisthe
componentperpendiculartotheplanecontainingtheproblem.
Therearetwocommonmethodsforfindingtorqueinatwodimensionalproblem:thetangentialforcemethodandthe
momentarmmethod.Bothofthesemethodswillbeillustratedinthisproblem.
Throughouttheproblem,torquesthatwouldcausecounterclockwiserotationareconsideredtobepositive.
ConsiderauniformpoleoflengthL,attachedatitsbase(viaapivot)toawall.Theotherendofthepoleisattachedto
acable,sothatthepolemakesanangle withrespecttothewall,andthecableishorizontal.Thetensioninthecable
isT .ThepoleisattachedtothewallatpointA.

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Tangentialforcemethod
Thetangentialforcemethodinvolvesfindingthecomponentoftheappliedforcethatisperpendiculartothe
displacementfromthepivotpointtowheretheforceisapplied.Thisperpendicularcomponentoftheforceiscalledthe
tangentialforce.

PartA
WhatisFt ,themagnitudeofthetangentialforcethatactsonthepoleduetothetensionintherope?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofT and .
ANSWER:
Ft

cos()T

Correct
Whenusingthetangentialforcemethod,youcalculatethetorqueusingtheequation
= Ft d,
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whered isthedistancefromthepivottothepointwheretheforceisapplied.Thesignofthetorquecanbedetermined
bycheckingwhichdirectionthetangentialforcewouldtendtocausethepoletorotate(wherecounterclockwiserotation
impliespositivetorque).

PartB
Whatisthemagnitudeofthetorque onthepole,aboutpointA,duetothetensionintherope?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofT ,L,and .
ANSWER:

T Lcos()

Correct

Momentarmmethod
Themomentarmmethodinvolvesfindingtheeffectivemomentarmoftheforce.Todothis,imaginealineparallelto
theforce,runningthroughthepointatwhichtheforceisapplied,andextendingofftoinfinityineitherdirection.You
mayshifttheforcevectoranywhereyoulikealongthislinewithoutchangingthetorque,providedyoudonotchange
thedirectionoftheforcevectorasyoushiftit.Itisgenerallymostconvenienttoshifttheforcevectortoapointwhere
thedisplacementfromittothedesiredpivotpointisperpendiculartoitsdirection.Thisdisplacementiscalledthe
momentarm.
Forexample,considertheforceduetotensionactingonthepole.Shifttheforcevectortotheleft,sothatitactsata
pointdirectlyabovethepointAinthefigure.Themomentarmoftheforceisthedistancebetweenthepivotandthetail
oftheshiftedforcevector.Themagnitudeofthetorqueaboutthepivotistheproductofthemomentarmandforce,
andthesignofthetorqueisagaindeterminedbythesenseoftherotationofthepoleitwouldcause.

PartC
FindRm ,thelengthofthemomentarmoftheforce.
ExpressyouranswerintermsofLand .
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Rm

cos()L

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Tocalculatethetorqueusingthemomentarmmethod,usetheequation
= F Rm ,
whereRm isthemomentarmperpendiculartotheappliedforce.

PartD
Findthemagnitudeofthetorque onthepole,aboutpointA,duetothetensionintherope.
ExpressyouranswerintermsofT ,L,and .
ANSWER:

cos()T L

Correct
Forthisproblem,thetwomethodsoffindingtorqueinvolvednearlythesameofamountofalgebra,andeither
methodcouldbeused.Ofcourse,bothmethodsleadtothesamefinalresult.

Nowconsiderawomanstandingontheballofherfootasshown.AnormalforceofmagnitudeN actsupwardonthe
ballofherfoot.TheAchilles'tendonisattachedtotheback
ofthefoot.Thetendonpullsonthesmallboneintherearof
thefootwithaforceF .Thissmallbonehasalengthx,and
theanglebetweenthisboneandtheAchilles'tendonis .
Thehorizontaldisplacementbetweentheballofthefootand
thepointPisD.

PartE
SupposeyouwereaskedtofindthetorqueaboutpointPduetothenormalforceN intermsofgivenquantities.
Whichmethodoffindingthetorquewouldbetheeasiesttouse?
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tangentialforcemethod
momentarmmethod

Correct

PartF
Find N ,thetorqueaboutpointPduetothenormalforce.
ExpressyouranswerintermsofN andanyoftheotherquantitiesgiveninthefigure.
ANSWER:
N

N D

Correct

PartG
SupposeyouwereaskedtofindthetorqueaboutpointPduetotheforceofmagnitudeF intheAchilles'tendon.
Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect?
ANSWER:
Thetangentialforcemethodmustbeused.
Themomentarmmethodmustbeused.
Eithermethodmaybeused.
Neithermethodcanbeused.

Correct

PartH
Find F ,thetorqueaboutpointPduetotheforceappliedbytheAchilles'tendon.
ExpressyouranswerintermsofF , ,andx.
ANSWER:
F

sin()F x

Correct

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PSS11.1EquilibriumofaRigidBody
LearningGoal:
TopracticeProblemSolvingStrategy11.1EquilibriumofaRigidBody.
Ahorizontaluniformbarofmass2.8kg andlength3.0mishunghorizontallyontwoverticalstrings.String1is
attachedtotheendofthebar,andstring2isattachedadistance0.65mfromtheotherend.Amonkeyofmass1.4
kg walksfromoneendofthebartotheother.Findthetension T 1 instring1atthemomentthatthemonkeyis
halfwaybetweentheendsofthebar.
ProblemSolvingStrategy11.1EquilibriumofaRigidBody
IDENTIFYtherelevantconcepts:
Thefirstandsecondconditionsforequilibriumareusefulwheneverthereisarigidbodythatisnotrotatingandnot
acceleratinginspace.
SETUPtheproblemusingthefollowingsteps:
1. Drawasketchofthephysicalsituation,includingdimensions,andselectthebodyinequilibriumtobe
analyzed.
2. Drawafreebodydiagramshowingtheforcesactingontheselectedbodyandnoothers.Donotinclude
forcesexertedbythisbodyonotherbodies.Becarefultoshowcorrectlythepointatwhicheachforce
acts.
3. Choosecoordinateaxes,andspecifyapositivedirectionofrotationfortorques.Representforcesinterms
oftheircomponentswithrespecttotheaxesyouhavechosen.
4. Inchoosingapointaboutwhichtocomputetorques,notethatifaforcehasalineofactionthatgoes
throughaparticularpoint,thetorqueoftheforcewithrespecttothatpointiszero.Youcanofteneliminate
unknownforcesorcomponentsfromthetorqueequationbyacleverchoiceofpointforyourcalculation.
Thebodydoesn'tactuallyhavetobepivotedaboutanaxisthroughthechosenpoint.
EXECUTEthesolutionasfollows:
1. Writeequationsexpressingtheequilibriumconditions.Keepinmindthat Fx = 0, Fy = 0,and
z = 0 arealwaysseparateequationsneveraddxandycomponentsinasingleequation.Also,
recallthatwhenaforceisrepresentedintermsofitscomponents,youcancomputethetorqueofthat
forcebyfindingthetorqueofeachcomponentseparately,eachwithitsappropriateleverarmandsign,
andaddingtheresults.
2. Youalwaysneedasmanyequationsasyouhaveunknowns.Dependingonthenumberofunknowns,you
mayneedtocomputetorqueswithrespecttotwoormoreaxestoobtainenoughequations.Often,there
areseveralequallygoodsetsofforceandtorqueequationsforaparticularproblem.
EVALUATEyouranswer:
Ausefulwaytocheckyourresultsistorewritethesecondconditionforequilibrium, z = 0 ,usingadifferent
choiceoforigin.Ifyou'vedoneeverythingcorrectly,you'llgetthesameanswersusingthisnewchoiceoforiginasyou
didwithyouroriginalchoice.

IDENTIFYtherelevantconcepts
Therigidbodyunderconsiderationisthebar.Becausethereisnoindicationtosuggestotherwise,itisreasonableto
assumethatthebarremainsatrestasthemonkeywalksfromoneendofthebartotheother.Thismeansthatthe
conditionsforequilibriumholdatanytime,includingtheinstantatwhichthemonkeyishalfwaybetweenitsends.
Thus,theabovestrategycanbeapplied.

SETUPtheproblemusingthefollowingsteps

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PartA
Whichofthefollowingdiagramscorrectlyrepresentstheforcesactingonthebaratthemomentdescribedinthe
problemintroduction?(Notethattheforcesarenotnecessarilydrawntoscale.)

ANSWER:
diagramA
diagramB
diagramC
diagramD

Correct
Fourverticalforcesactuponthebar:theupwardtensioninbothstrings,theweightofthebar,andthe
downwardforceexertedbythemonkey.Notethatwhereastheweightofthebarisrepresentedasaforce
actingatthecenterofgravityofthebar(whichcoincideswiththecenterofmassthebar),theforceexerted
bythemonkeyactsatthepointofcontactbetweenthemonkeyandthebar,whichisapointonthetop
surfaceofthebarhalfwaybetweenitsends.Thismaybeclearerifyoudrawyourownfreebodydiagram.Be
suretolabelalltheforcesinyourdiagram.

PartB
Oneoftheequilibriumconditionsthatshouldbeappliedinthisproblemrequiresthatyouwriteatorqueequationfor
thebar.Whichofthefollowingchoicesofreferencepointforcalculatingtorqueswouldleadtoatorqueequationin
whichtheonlyunknownquantityisT 1 ?

Hint1.Thepointofreferenceforcalculatingtorques
Inequilibriumproblems,thechoiceofreferencepointforcalculatingtorquesiscompletelyarbitrary.In
general,ithelpstopickthepointsoastosimplifythecalculationsasmuchaspossible.Forexample,ifa
forcehasalineofactionthatgoesthroughaparticularpoint,thetorqueoftheforcewithrespecttothat
pointiszeroanditscontributionwouldnotappearinthetorqueequation z = 0 .

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ANSWER:
thecenterofmassofthebar
thepointofattachmentofstring1
thepointofattachmentofstring2
theendofthebarclosesttostring2

Correct
Ifyouchoosethepointofattachmentofstring2asthereferencepointforcalculatingtorques,thetorque
equationwillnotdependonT 2 ,the(unknown)tensioninstring2,becausethelineofactionofT 2 goes
throughthepointofattachmentofstring2,andtheleverarmoftheforceinthiscasewouldbezero.
Eliminatingtermsfromthetorqueequation,particularlythoseinvolvingunknownquantities,generallymakesit
easiertosolve.Otherchoicesofreferencepointwouldalsowork,buttheymightleadtomorecomplicated
mathematics.Keepinmindthatonceyoumakeyourchoice,youmustusethesamepointtocalculateallthe
torquesonabody.
Now,chooseasetofcoordinateaxes,andspecifyapositivedirectionofrotationfortorques.

EXECUTEthesolutionasfollows
PartC
FindT 1 ,themagnitudeoftheforceoftensioninstring1,atthemomentthatthemonkeyishalfwaybetweenthe
endsofthebar.
Expressyouranswerinnewtonsusingthreesignificantfigures.
Youdidnotopenhintsforthispart.
ANSWER:
T1

EVALUATEyouranswer
PartD
Thisquestionwillbeshownafteryoucompletepreviousquestion(s).

ForcesonaBridge
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Abridge,constructedof11beamsofequallengthLandnegligiblemass,supportsanobjectofmassM asshown.
Realbridgesofthissorthavesteelrockersattheends
(checkoneoutsometime),theseassurethatthesupport
forcesonthebridgeareverticalevenwhenitexpandsor
contractsthermally.
Throughoutthisproblem,useg forthemagnitudeofthe
accelerationduetogravity.

PartA
FindFP ,theverticalforcethatpierPexertsontheleftendofthebridge.
ExpresstheverticalforceatPintermsofM andg .

Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
Viewtheentirebridgeasthesystem,andfindthetorqueaboutapivotchosentoeliminatethetorquefrom
oneoftheunknowns.

Hint2.Asuggestedoriginfordeterminingtorques
Findthesumofthetorques
torqueispositive.

abouttherightpierQofthebridge.Rememberthatcounterclockwise

AnswerintermsofM ,g ,L,andFP .
ANSWER:
Q

2M gL 3F P L

Hint3.Findthesumofthetorques
Thesumofthetorquesis_________.
ANSWER:
positive
negative
zero

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ANSWER:
FP

2
3

Mg

Correct

PartB
FindFQ ,theverticalforcethatpierQexertsontherightendofthebridge.
ExpresstheverticalforceatQintermsofM andg .

Hint1.Twodifferentmethods
OnewaytosolvethisproblemistoaddupthetorquesabouttheleftpierPusingthemethodanalogousto
PartA.
AnotheristouseNewton's2ndlawtofindthetotalverticalforceonthebridge,Ftotal .
AnswerintermsofFP ,FQ ,M ,andg .Taketheupwarddirectiontobepositive.
ANSWER:
F total

FP + FQ M g

Hint2.Totalforce
Becausethisisastaticsproblem(i.e.,nothingismoving),thetotalforceFtotal iszero.
ANSWER:
FQ

1
3

Mg

Correct

PartC
Assumingthatthebridgesegmentsarefreetopivotateachintersectionpoint,whatisthetensionT inthe
horizontalsegmentdirectlyabovethepointwheretheobjectisattached?Ifyoufindthatthehorizontalsegment
directlyabovethepointwheretheobjectisattachedisbeingstretched,indicatethiswithapositivevalueforT .If
thesegmentisbeingcompressed,indicatethiswithanegativevalueforT .
ExpressthetensionintermsofM andg .

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Hint1.Onewaytostart
Sincethebridgeandallsegmentsofitarestatic,thesumofthetorquesactingonanyportionofthebridge
youchooseiszeroforanypivotpointyoumaychoose.Seeifyoucanfindarigidportionofthebridgeand
awiselychosenpivottowhichyoucanapplythispowerfulfact.

Hint2.Findthetorqueaboutaspecialpoint
Considerthetriangularportionshowninboldandletxbethepivot.(Thischoiceeliminatesthetorquesdue
tothetensionsinthebeamsthatattachatpoint
x.)Findthetorquesonthislefthandtriangle
(whichcanbeconsideredasolidpiecebecause
oftheconnections).Rememberthat
counterclockwisetorqueispositive.Assumethat
thehorizontalsegmentaboveM isbeing
stretched,sothattheforcethatthetensioninthis
segmentexertsontheboldtriangleisdirectedto
theright.
ExpressthetorqueintermsofT ,L,andFP .

Hint1.Forcesrequiredtofindtorque
TheonlyforcesnotpassingthroughthispivotpointareT andFP .

Hint2.Torquefromtension
Findthemagnitude T ofthetorqueaboutthispivotpointduetothetensioninthetopmember.The
momentarmmustbefoundfromtrigonometry.(Thetriangleisequilateral,with60 angles.)
AnswerintermsofLandT .
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T L3
2

ANSWER:

T L3
2

FP L

Hint3.HowtofindT fromthetorque
Since x mustequalzero(forastaticsproblem),youcansolvetheequationyoufoundintheprevious
hintforT andthensubstituteforFP usingtheexpressionyoufoundinPartA.
ANSWER:

2
3

Mg

.866

Correct
Thenegativevalueofthetensionshowsthatthesegmentisactuallyunderacompressiveload.

Thisshouldbeclearifyouthinkofthebridgeasbeing
composedofthetwoshadedsectionsshown:Thecompressiveloadinthetopbeampreventstheloadfrom
fallingintotheriver.
>Byrepeatingthisprocess,youshouldbeabletosolveforthetensionorcompressionofeverysegmentin
thebridge.YoucouldthengototheMachinist'sHandbookoranequivalentreferenceandfindoutwhatcross
sectionalshapeofeachsegmentwouldbesufficienttobearthemaximumanticipatedloadtimestherequired
safetyfactor.

ScoreSummary:
Yourscoreonthisassignmentis75.0%.
Youreceived30outofapossibletotalof40points.

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