F-53981 ten Register No. BE Degree Examination November 2016 Third Semester ‘Mechanical Engineering 14METS1 - ENGINEERING MECHANICS (Regulations 2014) Common to Mechatronics and Automobile Engineering For the students admitted during the academic year 2015-16 ‘Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks “s Agrly 1. Recnemoe? 3 needs < Remenver 4. Als 5 Resnenn'o04 8: RecnemveF- 8. Aroayze Berry % Recneminet?- Answer all Questions Part—A (10x 2= 20 marks) ‘The magnitude of the resultant of two forces 4kN and SKN is 4.3kN. Find the angle between the forces and the direction of the resultant. C0 ) State the conditions of equilibrium of a particle applied with a system containing concurrent, non—coplanar forces. §=§ CO) A franie ABC is pin joint at B and external force 1000N is applied horizontally as shown. ‘Determine'the force exterted in bar AB and BC. Cor Cor State Varignon’s theorem. A semi — circular are having radius 100mm is located in the xy plane such that its diametral edge coincides with the y-axis. Determine the x co-ordinate of its centroid, : cos Define the term Radius of Gyration. Co Define'the term angle of repose. ¢ 01 A motorist is travelling at 90kmph when he observes a traffic light 250m ahead of him turns red. The traffic light is timed to stay red for 12sec. If the motorist wishes to pass the light without stopping just as it tums green. Determine ..., i) The required uniform deceleration of the vehicle ii) The speed of the motorist as it passes the traffic light A rotor of turbine has an initial angular velocity of 1800rpm. Accelerating uniformly, it doubled its velocity in 12 sec. Find the revolutions performed by it in this interval. Co~ State D’Alemberts principle. Co»Part—B (6x 13=65 marks) A system of four forces acting on resultant force and its direction. data) a body is shown in figure. Determine the (7) Agely a 8) "Find the equivalent force and couple at point A of the given force system, © 08 Aiey \wpn sox ogy ” 70N sen ody (on) ». Knowing that the tension in AC is Tag =20kN,, determine the required values of (18) tension Tap and Tap so that the resultant of the three forces applied at A is ENalvo%® vertical and caleulate resultant. ed co) 12, a. Find analytically the support redotion at B and the load P, for the given beam, if (13) the reaction of support A is zero [V, =0]. Coe Aralyze 2 F-53981(OR) b. Find the forces in the members DF, DE, CE and EF in the given truss. (13) 40kN 30kN 201 Cox Evaluate e @ be 18. a. Locate the centroid for the shaded area shown in figure, as) Analyze. wetel < dom, 10cm 4 fon b. For the given section, determine the moment of inertia about the centroidal axis (19) oo Fo Co3 Evaluate 10) lo Ey 7, 20 S70 All dimensions are in mm. 14. a. A 4m long uniform ladder weighing 200N is placed against a wall making an (13) angle of 55° with the floor. The co-efficient of friction (1) between the wall and the ladder is 0.26 and that between the floor and the ladder is 0.36. The ladder in Cou Poalyze addition to its own weight has to support a man of 900N at its top end. Calculate - the horizontal force F applied to the ladder at the floor level to prevent slipping. If force F is not applied, what will be the minimum inclination of the ladder so that it does not slip when the man is at its top end. (OR) b. i) Acstone is thrown vertically upwards at the bank of a water tank, which is (7) Pasa located 50m above the water level. If it strikes the water after 5 sec, pe. determine Coy 1) The speed at which the stone is thrown up and 2) The speed at which the stone strikes the water ii) A boy thrown a ball so that it may just clear a wall 3.6m high, The boy is at (6) a distance of 4.8m from the wall. The ball was found to hit the ground at a Pyoa\jze distance of 8.6m on the other side ofthe wall. Find the lost velocity with C°% which the ball can be thrown. ; 3 F-63981