Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
SUBJECT: A.C.B.E
TOPIC: MOMENT AND FORCES
NAME
Gandhi Harsh
Tushar Gondaliya
Khunt Jatin
Mukesh Gupta
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Equivalent Forces
We defined equivalent forces as
being forces with the same
magnitude acting in the same
direction and acting along the same
line of action (this is through the
Principle of Transmissibility), but why
do the forces need to act along the
same line?
The moment, M, of a force about a point provides a measure of the tendency for
rotation (sometimes called a torque).
M=F*d
Units of a Moment
The units of a Moment are:
Nm in the SI system
ftlbs or inlbs in the US Customary
system
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
Properties of a Moment
Moments not only
have a magnitude,
they also have a sense
to them.
The sense of a
moment is clockwise
or counter-clockwise
depending on which
way it will tend to
make the object rotate
Properties of a Moment
The sense of a Moment is defined by
the direction it is acting on the Axis
and can be found using Right Hand
Rule.
Varignons Theorem
The moment of a Force about any
axis is equal to the sum of the
moments of its components about
that axis
This means that resolving or
replacing forces with their resultant
force will not affect the moment on
the object being analyzed
READING QUIZ
F = 12 N
B) 36 Nm
E) 7 Nm
C) 12 Nm
A
d=3m
O
d
Fy
Fx
O
Then MO = (FY a) (FX b). Note the different signs on the terms! The typical
sign convention for a moment in 2-D is that counter-clockwise is considered
positive. We can determine the direction of rotation by imagining the body
pinned at O and deciding which way the body would rotate because of the
force.
Solution:
+ Fy = 20 sin 30 lb
+ Fx = 20 cos 30 lb
Moments in 3D
4.5 Moment of a Force about a
Specific Axis
In 2D bodies the moment is due to a
force contained in the plane of action
perpendicular to the axis it is acting
around. This makes the analysis very
easy.
In 3D situations, this is very seldom
found to be the case.
Moments in 3D
The moment about an axis is still
calculated the same way (by a force in
the plane perpendicular to the axis) but
most forces are acting in abstract angles.
By resolving the abstract force into its
rectangular components (or into its
components perpendicular to the axis of
concern) the moment about the axis can
then be found the same way it was found
in 2D M = Fd (where d is the distance
between the force and the axis of
concern)
Moment of a Couple
Two couples will have equal moments if
F1d1 F2 d 2
the two couples lie in parallel planes, and
the two couples have the same sense or
the tendency to cause rotation in the same
direction.