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6m
B (0,6,6)
3m
C (3,0,2)
2m
6m MC = rCB x P
x 5m y
3m
A (5,3,0)
Exam 1 Topics
Unit Vectors
Vector Components
Direction of Vector with
Respect to Cartesian Axes
Engineering Mechanics – JA Martinez, Jan 2018
F1 800 F2 600
x1 0 x1 0
y1 10 y1 10
z1 9 z1 9
x2 5 x2 8
y1 0 y1 7
z2 4 z2 0
Posit Vctr 5 i Posit Vctr 8 i
Posit Vctr -10 j Posit Vctr -3 j
Posit Vctr -5 k Posit Vctr -9 k
ui 0.408 ui 0.653 Addition Substract
uj -0.816 uj -0.245 F1 + F2 F1 - F2
uk -0.408 uk -0.735 718 i -66 i
Fi 326 Fi 392 -800 j -506 j
Fj -653 Fj -147 -767 k 115 k
Fk -326 Fk -441 Magnitude 1321 Magnitude 523
Alpha 66 Alpha 49 Alpha 57 Alpha 97
Beta 145 Beta 104 Beta 127 Beta 165
Gamma 114 Gamma 137 Gamma 126 Gamma 77
Determine the tension force in each cable (lb)
60
35
200 lb
W = 400 lb
T1
T2
60
35
200 lb
W = 400 Lb
Moment of a Force
When o force is applied to a body it will produce a tendency for the body to rotate about
a point that is not on the line of action of the force. This tendency is sometimes called a
torque, but most often it is called the moment of a force or simply the moment.
Examples:
Distributed Loads
Determine the distributed area load (psf) on the wood pallet, the weight of
a cement bag is 94 lb.
Solution:
• w = Weight/Area
20 ft
6 ft
5 ft
8 ft
1
ENGI 2910 Engineering Mechanics – Statics & Dynamics
José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
3m
2
40
3m
800 N
2
ENGI 2910 Engineering Mechanics – Statics & Dynamics
José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
0.7 m
F = 600 N
3
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José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
900
600 N
N
4. Determine the moment (N-m) about point O
using the scalar approach4.
0.4 m
0.5 m
4
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José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
500 N
1.5 m
1.5 m
2m 2m
500 N
5
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José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
6
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José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
1m
150
200N-m
N-m
1.5 m
0.8 m
120 N
7
ENGI 2910 Engineering Mechanics – Statics & Dynamics
José Alfredo Martínez-Gámez Aug 2017
1200 N 1200 N
1m 1m