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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.
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
Hint2.Ahelpfulfigure
Thefigureshowsr forthispartoftheproblem.Whatisthevalueofintermsof ?
ANSWER:
(/2)
(/2) +
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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.
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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( )
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
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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
Correct
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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