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Group No: Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Group member: Mechanical Engineering Department


……………………………………………………………………… Autumn 2014-15

……………………………………………………………………… ME 14.101 Applied Mechanics

……………………………………………………………………… Mody University QLM

Group Assignment 1
This assignment is designed to assess your critical thinking, problem solving, and communication
skills. You have to apply the knowledge of principles and laws of mechanic used in system of forces,
moments, couples and equilibrium of bodies to the following set of problems. Your answer will be
judged for its clarity, relevance, coherence, logic, depth, and fairness.

Students have to follow below problem-solving methodology which helps you to develop your
problem-solving skill.

Road map: provides some of the general objectives of the problem and develops a strategy for how
the solution will be developed.

Modeling: a real-life problem is idealized by a model i.e. the selection of the laws/ principles
needed to solve the problem
Equations: writing all the equations needed to solve the problem.
Computation: solve the equations.

Discussion: the solution is interrogated to ensure that it is meaningful and accurate.

Problem 1: While emptying a wheelbarrow, a


gardener exerts on each handle AB a force P
directed along line CD. Knowing that P must have a
30 N horizontal component, determine (a) the
magnitude of the force P, (b) its vertical component.
Problem 2: Two boys push on
the gate as shown. If the boy
at B exerts a force of FB = 30
lb , determine the magnitude
of the force FA the boy at A
must exert in order to prevent
the gate from turning.
Neglect the thickness of the
gate.

Problem 3: Two equivalent


systems of forces and
moments act on the L-
shaped bar. Determine the
forces FA and FB and the
couple M.

Problem 4: Three uniform books, each having a weight W and length a, are stacked as
shown. Determine the maximum distance d that the top book can extend out from the
bottom one so the stack does not topple over.

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