St Joseph’s College of Engineering

GE 8292 Engineering Mechanics

Unit II Revision Questions (25.04.20) Submission Date: 30.04.2020
1.Define Moment
2. What are the types of Moments
3. State Varigon’s Theorem
4. Define Couple
5. Define Arm of the couple
6. Define moment of Couple
7. List the characteristic of couple
8. Define the types of Load
9. What are different types of End supports
10. Couple acting at the mid-point of a simply supported bean has some horizontal and
vertical component
a. agree b. Disagree
11. Distinguish between couple and moment?
12. When is moment of force zero about a point?
13. When is moment of force maximum about a point?
14.When is moment of force zero about a line?
15.Explain free body diagram with one example?
16. State the necessary and sufficient conditions for equilibrium of rigid bodies in two
dimensions?
17. Write the equation of equilibrium of a rigid body?
18. What are the reactions at a fixed support of a plane beam that are possible?
19. Why the couple moment is said to be a free vector?
20. What is meant by force-couple system?
Part B
1. A 300 N vertical force is applied at the end of a lever which is attached to shaft at O.
Determine (a) the moment of the 300 N force about O. (b) the magnitude of the horizontal
force applied at A which creates the same moment about O (c) the smallest force applied at
A which creates the same moment about O.
2. Find the reactions at the supports of the overhanging beam shown in Fig

3. Two beams AB and CD are shown in Fig.(a) A and D are hinged supports. B and C are
roller supports. (i) Sketch the free body diagram of the beam AB and determine the reactions
at the supports A and B. (ii) Sketch the free body diagram of the beam CD and determine the
reactions at the supports C and D.

4. Find the reactions at the supports of the L bend shown in Fig