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UBMCC03 Engineering Mechanics

Question Bank
UNIT I

PART A

1) Define Force.
2) Explain the characteristics of force.
3) What are collinear and non collinear forces?
4) State clearly the effects of force.
5) State triangle law of forces.
6) State polygon law of forces.
7) State and write the two analytical equations of parallelogram law of forces.
8) What is transmissibility of forces?
9) What are coplanar, non-coplanar forces?
10) What are concurrent, non-concurrent forces?
11) What is the principle of resolution?
12) What is moment of force, explain it mathematically?
13) State the Varignons principle of moments.
14) What are parallel forces?
15) What is like parallel, unlike parallel forces?
16) What is couple?
17) How do we classify couple?
18) Define engineering mechanics & classify its branches.
19) Distinguish between statics & Dynamics.
20) Distinguish between moment & Couple.

PART B
1) Explain clearly parallelogram law of forces.
2) Differentiate between composition of forces and resolution of forces.
3) Explain polygon law of forces.
4) Find the magnitude of the resultant for the system of forces as shown below.

5) Find the magnitude of two forces such that if they at right angle their resultant is 10 N, but if they
act at 60 their resultant is 13 N.
6) The resultant of two forces is 300 kN and the same is inclined at 30 and 45 with the forces one on
either side, calculate the magnitude of the two forces.
7) Two forces act at an angle of 100 the bigger force is of 40N and the resultant is perpendicular to
the smaller one. Find the smaller one.

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8) Find the resultant of two forces equal to 50N and 30N acting at an angle of 60.
9) Two forces of 80N and 70N act simultaneously at a point. Find the resultant force if the angle
between them is 150.
10) Explain clearly the procedure for finding out the resultant force analytically as well as graphically.
11) A rod AB 2.5 m long is supported at A & B, the rod is carrying a point load of 5 kN at a distance of 1
m form A. what are the reactions at A & B.
12) Three forces equal to 3P, 5P and 7P act simultaneously along the three sides AB, BC and CA of an
equilateral ABC of side A. Find the magnitude of the resultant force.
13) Two like parallel forces of 10N and 30N act at the ends of a rod 200 m long. Find the magnitude of
the resultant force and the point where it acts.
14) The greater and least resultant forces of two forces acting on a particle are 35 kN & 5 kN
respectively. If 25 kN is the magnitude of the resultant for the given system of forces. F 1& F2, Prove
that the forces are at right angles.
15) Find the magnitude of position of the resultant of parallel forces as shown.

PART C
1) The magnitude of the resultant of the concurrent forces including an angle of 90 between them is
13 kN, when included angle between them is 60, the magnitude of their resultant is 19 kN. Find
the magnitude of the two forces.
2) The forces 20N, 30N, 40N, 50N and 60N are acting at one of the angular points of a regular hexagon
towards the other five angular points taken in order. Find the magnitude and direction of the
resultant force.
3) Four forces equal to P, 2P, 3P and 4P are respectively acting along the four sides of a square ABCD
taken in order. Find the magnitude, direction and position of the resultant force.

4) If 5 forces act on a particle, determine the resultant force.

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5) Calculate the resultant of four concurrent forces

i) 56 N towards East
ii) 42 N towards 20 East of North
iii) 33.6 N towards 30 West of North
iv) 22.4 N towards 50 West of South
6) A uniform wheel of 600 mm diameter weighing 5 kN rests against a rigid rectangular block of 150
mm height as shown. Find the least pull through the centre of the wheel, required just to turn the
wheel over the corner A of the block. Also find the reaction on the block.

UNIT 2

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PART A

1) Explain the principles of equilibrium.

2) What are the methods to find equilibrium of coplanar forces?
3) What is Lamis theorem?
4) What is support and support reactions?
5) What are different types of loads?
6) Write about different types of beams.
7) Distinguish between resultant and equilibrant.
8) What is free body diagram?
9) What is rigid body?
10) Distinguish between frame and beam.
11) What is converse of the law of triangle of forces?
12) What is converse of the law of polygon of forces?
13) What is the difference between point load and uniformly distributed load?
14) What is simply supported beam?
15) What is meant by cantilever beam?
16) What is meant by uniformly distributed beam?
17) What are the characteristics of couple?
18) When will be the moment of force is zero about a point?
19) When will be the moment of force is zero about a line?
20) What are the common types of supports used in two dimensions?

PART B

1) What are the conditions for equilibrium?

2) What are the types of equilibrium?
3) Two men carrying a weight of 4kN by means of two ropes fixed to the weights, one rope is inclined at
60o and the other 45o with their vertices. Find the tension in each of the ropes.
4) State & Prove Lamis Theorem.
5) Three forces acting on a particle are in equilibrium. The angles between the first and second is 90
and that between second and third is 120. Find the ratio of the forces.
6) A uniform sphere of weight 100 N rests between smooth vertical plane and a smooth plane inclined
at an angle 50 with the vertical plane. Find the reaction at the contact surfaces.
7) How to find the equilibrium of forces using graphical method?
8) Write about types of support and support reactions.
9) Write about different types of beams.
10) Determine the support reactions of the beam at A and B.

11) Determine the support reactions of the simply supported beam.

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12) A simply supported beam carries a uniformly varying load as shown. The self-weight of the beam is
0.3 kN/m. Find the reactions of both ends.

13) Write about the different types of loadings on a beam.

14) A sphere of weight 100N is tied to a smooth wall by a string as shown. Find the tension T of the string
and the reaction R from the wall.

15) Two men carrying a weight of 2 kN by means of two ropes fixed to the weights. One rope is inclined
at 45 and the other at 30 with their vertices. Find the tension in each of the ropes.
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1) An electric light fixture weighing 15N hangs from a point C by two springs AC & BC. The string AC is
inclined at 60 to the horizontal and BC at 45 to the vertical. Using Lamis theorem, determine the
forces in the strings AC & BC.

2)
A sphere of 200 N resting on a V shaped trough as shown. Determin the reactions developed at
contact surfaces. Assume all contact surfaces are smooth.

3) A string ABCD attached to fixed points A&D has two equal weights of 1000 N attached to it at B and
C. The weights rest with the positions AB and CD inclined at angles as shown. Find the tensions in the
portions AB, BC and CD of the string, if the inclination of the portion BC with the vertical is 120.

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4) Two equal heavy spheres of 50 mm radios are in equilibrium within a smooth cup of 150 mm radius.
Show that the reaction between the cup and one sphere is double than that between the two
spheres.

5) Three cylinders weighing 100 N each and 80 mm dia are placed in a channel of 180 mm width as
shown. Determine the pressures extracted by
(i) The cylinders A and B at the point of contact. (ii)The cylinder B on the base.
(ii) The cylinder B on the wall.

6) Find the support reactions of a simply supported beam of span 10 m carrying uniformly distributed
load of 6 kN/m over a length of 5 m. from the left support and a point load of 8 kN at the mid span.

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PART A

1) Write about various types of friction.

2) What is limiting friction?
3) What is friction?
4) What is angle of friction?
5) What is coefficient of friction?
6) What are coulombs law of friction?
7) What are laws of static friction?
8) What are laws of dynamic friction?
9) What are screw friction and its applications?
10) What is belt friction?
11) What is rolling resistance?
12) Give the examples of friction in our daily life.
13) Explain the difference between static and dynamic with graphical illustration.
14) What is ladder friction?
15) Define angle of repose.
16) What is rolling friction?
17) Is dynamic friction is less than static friction?
18) What is slope of the thread?
19) What is multi-threaded screw?
20) What is helix of the thread?
PART B
1) Differentiate between dynamic and static friction.
2) Write about
(i) Pitch,
(ii) Depth,
(iii) Lead and
(iv) Slope of the thread
3) What is the difference between single threaded screw and double threaded screw?
4) What is screw jack and where it is used?
5) What is belt friction and where it is used?
6) What are tight side and slack side of the belt?
7) A body of weight 400N is sliding on a rough horizontal plane having a coefficient of friction as 0.3.
Find the magnitude of the force, which can move the body, while acting at an angle of 25 with the
horizontal.
8) A body of weight 50N is sliding along a rough horizontal plane by a pull of 18N acting at an angle of
14 with the horizontal. Find the coefficient of friction.
9) Explain ladder friction in detail.
10) A rope making 1times around a stationary horizontal drum is used to support a weight W. The
coefficient of friction is 0.3. What range of weight can be supported by exerting a 600N force at the
other end of the rope?
11) Find the power transmitted by a belt running over a pulley of 600 mm dia at 200 rpm. The coefficient
of friction between the belt and pulley is 0.25, angle of lap is 160 and maximum tension in the belt
is 2.5 kN.
12) A body of weight 300N is sliding on a rough horizontal plane having a coefficient of friction is 0.3.
Find the magnitude of the force which can move the body by acting at an angle of 25 with the
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13) A block of weight 2.5 kN kept on a horizontal plane is acted upon by 1 kN force as shown. Find
coefficient of friction if the block remains in equilibrium.

14) A screw press is used to compress books. The thread is a double threaded with a pitch of 4 mm and a
mean radius of 25 mm. The coefficient of friction for the contact surface of the thread is 0.3. Find
the torque for a pressure of 500N.
15) A pulley is driven by a belt running at a speed of 600 m/min the coefficient of friction between the
pulley and belt is 0.3 and the angle of lap is 160 of the maximum tension in the belt is 700N, find
the power transmitted by the belt.
PART C

1) What should be the value of in the figure that will make the motion of 900N block to move down
the plane, the coefficient of friction for all contact surfaces is ?

2) A body resting on a rough horizontal plane required a pull of 180 N inclined at 30 0 to the plane just to
move it. It was found that a push of 220 N inclined at 30 0 to the plane just to move it. Determine the
weight of the body and coefficient of friction.

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3) Block A weighing 1000N rests over block B which weighs 2000N as shown, with a horizontal string if
the coefficient of friction between blocks A & B is 0.25 and between B and floor is 1/3. What should
be the value of P to move the block B if.

(a) P is horizontal (b) P acts at 30 upwards to horizontal?

4) What is the value of P in the system shown, to cause the motion of 500N block to the right side?
Assume the pulley is smooth and coefficient of friction between contact surfaces is 0.2.

5) A uniform ladder of length 3.25 m and weighing 250N is placed against a smooth vertical wall with its
lower end 1.25 m from the wall. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and floor is 0.3. What
is the frictional force acting on the ladder at the point of contact between ladder and the floor?
Show that the ladder will remain in equilibrium in this position.

6) A ladder 5 m long rests on a horizontal ground and leans against a smooth vertical wall at an angle
70 with the horizontal. The weight of the ladder is 900N and acts at its middle. The ladder is at the
point of sliding when a man weighting 750N stands on a rung 1.5 m from the bottom of the ladder.
Calculate the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor.

UNIT 4
PART A

1) What is centroid?

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2) What is centre of gravity?

3) How centre of gravity differs from centroid.
4) Describe the various methods of finding out the centre of gravity of body.
5) How would you find out the centre of gravity of a section with a cut hole?
6) What is moment of inertia?
7) What are the various methods to find moment of inertia?
8) Describe the methods of finding out the moment of inertia of a composite section.
9) Explain Perpendicular axis theorem.
10) Explain Parallel axis theorem.
11) What is the formula for finding centre of gravity of rectangular section of base b and widthd?
12) What is the formula for finding centre of gravity of triangular section of base b and height h?
13) What is the formula for finding centre of gravity of circular section of radius r?
14) What is the formula for hollow circular section of outer diameter D and inner diameterd?
15) What is the formula for finding centre of gravity of hollow rectangular section with b,d are the
breadth and depth of outer rectangle and b 1, d1 are the corresponding values for the inner
rectangle.
16) Find the moment of inertia of a rectangular section 30 mm width and 40 mm depth about X-X
axis.
17) Find the moment of inertia of a rectangular section 30 mm width and 40 mm depth about y-y
axis.
18) Find the moment of inertia of a circular section of 50 mm radius about an axis passing through its
centre.
19) A triangular section ABC has base width 80 mm and depth 60 mm. Find moment of inertia of the
section about centre of gravity of the section.
20) A triangular section ABC has base width 80 mm and depth 60 mm. Find moment of inertia of the
section about the base BC.

PART B
1) Find the centroid of rectangular section from first principles.
2) Find the centroid of triangular section.
3) Find the centroid of a circle
4) Find the centroid of a semicircle
5) Derive and explain parallel axis theorem.
6) Derive and explain perpendicular axis theorem.
7) Define polar moment of inertia
8) Explain Radius of gyration.
9) Find the moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section about its centre of gravity of external
dimensions are breadth 60 mm, depth 80 mm and internal dimensions are breadth 30 mm,
depth 40 mm respectively.
10) Find the centre of gravity of an inverted T section with flange 60 mm X 10 mm and web 50 mm X
10 mm.
11) Find the position of centre of gravity of an unequal angle section 10cm X 16 cm X 2cm.
12) A solid body formed by joining the base of a right circular cone of height H to the equal base of a
right circular cylinder of height h. Calculate the distance of centre of mass of solid form its plane
face, where H= 120 mm and h=30 mm.
13) Find the moment of inertia of rectangular section.
14) Find the moment of inertia of triangular section.
15) Find the moment of inertia of circle about its diameter.

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1) Find the centroid of 100 mm X 150 mm X 30 mm.T section.

2) Find the centroid of I Section shown below.

3) Find the centroid of an unequal angle 200 X 150X 12 mm

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4) Find the moment of inertia of T section with flange as 150 X 50 mm and web as 150 X 50 mm about
X-X axis and Y-Y axis through the centre of gravity of the section.

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An I section is made up of three rectangular as shown. Find the moment of inertia of the section
about the horizontal axis passing through the centre of gravity of the section.

6) A compound beam is made by welding two steel plates 160 mm X 12 mm on each flange of an ISLB
300 section as shown. Find the M.I of the beam section about an axis passing through its centroid
and parallel to X axis. Take M.I of ISLB 300 Section about X-X axis 73.329 X 10 6 mm4

UNIT 5
PART A

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1) What are the equations of linear motion?

2) Explain uniform velocity and variable velocity with graph.
3) Explain uniform acceleration and variable acceleration.
4) What is rectilinear motion?
5) What is relative velocity?
6) What is direct impact?
7) What is oblique impact?
8) What is momentum?
9) Explain impulsive motion.
10) What is impulse- Momentum principle?
11) What is coefficient of restitution?
12) Explain DAlemberts principle.
13) How would you find out if a particular body is at rest or in motion?
14) Distinguish between speed and velocity.
15) What is acceleration?
16) State newtons law of motion.
17) How would you distinguish between the motions, when it is subjected to (a) constant
acceleration (b) variable acceleration?
18) Define positive acceleration and negative acceleration.
19) What is the difference between average velocity and uniform velocity?
20) What is curvilinear motion?

PART B
1) A car starting from rest is accelerated at the ratio of 0.4 m/Sec 2. Find the distance covered by the car
in 20 Seconds.
2) The velocities of two collars before impact are as shown, if after impact the velocity of the collar B is
9m/Sec to the right; determine the coefficient of resolution between two collars.

3) A vehicle covers a distance of 300 m in 25 seconds with a constant acceleration of 0.5 m/Sec 2,
determine (a) its initial velocity (b) final velocity (c) the distance travelled during the first 8 seconds.
4) A scooter starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 1.2 m/sec 2. Determine its
velocity after it has travelled for 60 meters.
5) A body is released from great height falls freely towards earth. Another body is released from the
same height exactly one second later. Find the separation between both the bodies after two
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6) A particle starts from rest. Find the ratio of distances covered by it in the 3 rd and 5th seconds of its
motion.
7) A particle starting from rest moves in a straight line whose equation of motion is given by S=t 3-2t2+3,
find the velocity and acceleration of the particle after 5 seconds.
8) A ball of mass 1Kg moving with a velocity of 2 m/sec impinges directly on a ball of mass of 2Kg at
rest. The first ball after impinging comes to rest. Find the velocity of the second ball after the impact
and the coefficient of restitution.
9) Prove equations of uniform accelerated motions.
i) V= U+at
ii) S=Ut+1/2 at2
iii) V2= u2+2as
10) A ball is thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 6 seconds. Find
i) The velocity with which it was thrown.
ii) Its height
iii) The position after 4 seconds.
11) On turning a corner a motorist rushing at 20 m/sec. finds a child on the road 50 m ahead. He
instantly stops the engine and applies breaks so as to stop the car within 10 m of the child. Calculate
(i) the retardation ii) time required to stop the car.
12) A buglers car had a start with an acceleration of 2 m/sec. A police car vigilant party came after 5
seconds and continue to chase the buglers car with the uniform velocity of 20 m/sec. Find the time
taken in which the police van will overtake the buglers car.
13) A body falling freely under the action of gravity passes two points 10 m apart, vertically in 0.2
seconds. From what height above the higher point did it start to fall?
14) Two bodies of 8 Kg and 6 Kg respectively move with velocity as shown in figure. Determine the
velocity of each body directly after impact. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.6.

15) A ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of 4 m/sec impinges directly on a ball of mass 2 Kg at rest.
The first ball after impinging comes to rest. Find the velocity of the second ball after the impact and
the coefficient of resolution.

PART C

1) The motion of a particle is given by the relation S=3t 3-12t2+7.5t+22.5, wheret is seconds, S is
meters. Determine the position, velocity, acceleration when t=4 sec. Also find the net displacement
of the particle during the interval form t=1sec to t=4sec.

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2) A car movies along a straight line whose equation of motion is given by

S= 12t+3t2-2t3,where S is meter and t is time.
i) Velocity & acceleration at rest.
ii) Acceleration when velocity is zero.
3) A body moves along a straight line and its acceleration varies with time t is given by a=2-3t
After 5 seconds from start of operation, its velocity is observed to be 20 m/sec. After 10 seconds
from start of operation the body was at 8.5 meters from the origin. Determine
i) The velocity acceleration at the time of start.
ii) Distance from the origin at the start of observation.
iii) The time after start of operation in which the velocity becomes zero.
4) A passenger train 250 m long moving with a velocity of 72 Km/hr over takes a goods train moving on
a parallel path in the same direction completely in 45 seconds. If the length of the goods train is 300
m determine the speed of the goods train.
5) A passenger train is 240 m long and is moving with a constant velocity of 72 Km/hr. At a particular
time its engine approached last compartment of goods train moving on a parallel path in the same
direction.25 seconds later the passenger train engine starts overtaking the engine of the goods train.
It took 30 seconds more to completely overtake the goods train. Determine the length and speed of
the goods train.
6) Two ships move from port at the same time, ship A has velocity of 30 km/hr and is moving in N30 W
while ship B is moving in South-West direction with a velocity of 40 km/hr. Determine the relative
velocity of A with reference to B and the distance between them after half an hour.

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