Date: 8.08.

2017

Tutorial 2: Engineering Mechanics, Session 2017-18 (Monsoon), Sec. B

Equilibrium of rigid bodies

Instruction: Figure numbers correspond to the problem numbers.

1. A 1.2x2.4-m sheet of plywood having a mass of 18 kg has been temporarily propped against column
CD. It rests at A and B on small wooden blocks and against protruding nails. Neglecting friction at all
surfaces of contact, determine the reactions at A, B, and C.
2. A stack of several sheets of drywall of mass 170 kg rests on three wooden blocks placed under the
edges of the stack. Determine the force exerted on each block.
3. Two steel pipes AB and BC each having a weight per unit length of 30 N/m are welded together at B
and are supported by three wires. Knowing that a = 0.4 m, determine the tension in each wire.
4. A uniform brass rod of weight W and length 3L is bent into an equilateral triangle and then is hung
from three wires as shown. A small collar of weight W is placed on side BD of the triangle and is
positioned so that the tensions in the wires at A and B are equal. Determine (a) the tensions in the
wires, (b) the position of the collar.
5. The lever AB is welded to the bent rod BCD which is supported by bearings at E and F and by cable
DG. Knowing that the bearing at E does not exert any axial thrust, determine (a) the tension in cable
DG, (b) the reactions at E and F.
6. The tensioning mechanism of a belt drive consists of frictionless pulley A, mounting plate B, and
spring C. Attached below the mounting plate is slider block D which is free to move in the
frictionless slot of bracket E. Knowing that the pulley and the belt lie in a horizontal plane, with
portion F of the belt parallel to the x axis and portion G forming an angle of 30 with the x axis,
determine (a) the force in the spring, (b) the reaction at D.
7. The bearing of lever ABD is free to slide along and to rotate about the horizontal pin at B. Knowing
that the 24-N force lies in a plane parallel to the xy plane and that the bearing can exert couples about
the y and z axes, determine (a) the forces in the stretched springs CF and DE, (b) the reaction at B.

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