AM1100 - ENGINEERING MECHANICS

ASSIGNMENT – 1

Submission: 05th February 2015.

1. In the design of the robot to insert the

small cylindrical part into a close fitting
circular hole, the robot arm must exert
a 90 N force P on the part parallel to
the axis of the hole as shown.
Determine the following
a) Components of the force which the
part exerts on the robot along axes
1) Parallel and perpendicular to
the arm AB
2) Parallel and perpendicular to
the arm BC
b) Moment about points A, B, C of the
force which the parts exerts on the 3. The spring of modulus, k = 3.5 kN/m is
robot stretched 10 mm when the center O is
in the leftmost position x = 0.
Determine the tension T required to
position the disk center at x = 150 mm.
At that position, what force N is exerted
on the horizontal slotted guide? The
mass of disk is 3 kg.

2. During a drilling operation, the small

robotic device is subjected to an 800 N
force at point C as shown. Replace this
force by an equivalent force couple
system at point O.
4. A 100 kg wheel rests on a rough
surface and bears against the roller A
when the couple is applied. If M is
equal to 60 Nm and the wheel does not
slip, compute the reaction on roller A.
 7. Each of the three uniform 1200 mm
5. Calculate the magnitude of the force
supported by the pin at C under the
action of the 900 N load applied to the
bracket. Neglect friction in the slot.
8. Three identical steel balls, each of
6. A slender rod of mass m1 is welded to
the horizontal edge of a uniform semi
cylindrical shell of mass m2. Determine
an expression for the angle θ with the
horizontal made by the diameter of the
shell through m1.
bars has mass of 20 kg. The bars are
welded together into a configuration
shown below and suspended by three
vertical wires. Bars AB and BC lie in
the horizontal x-y plane, and the third
bar lies in the plane parallel to the x-z
plane. Compute the tension in each
wire.
mass m, are placed in the cylindrical
ring which rests on a horizontal surface
and whose height is slightly greater
than the radius of the balls. The
diameter of the ring is such that the
balls are virtually touching one another.
A fourth identical ball is then placed on
top of the three balls. Determine the
force P exerted by the ring on each of
the three lower balls.