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Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10  2 = 20 marks)

Answer any TEN questions.

1. Define force.
Âø\ – Áøμ¯Ö :
2. State triangle law of forces.
Âø\PÐUPõÚ •U÷Põn Âvø¯U TÖP.
3. Define cone of friction.
Eμõ´Ä T®ø£ Áøμ¯Ö.
4. State the static laws of friction.
Eμõ´Âß {ø»ø© ÂvPøÍ GÊx.
5. Forces 2 i ,i ,i act at the points
(0,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) respectively. Show that they
can be reduced to a couple and find its moment.
2 i ,i ,i GßÓ Âø\PÒ •øÓ÷¯
(0,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1) GßÓ ¦ÒÎPÎÀ C¯[SQßÓÚ.
AøÁPøÍ J¸ _Ǽøn¯õP SøÓUP •i²ö©ÚU
PõmkP ©ØÖ® Auß v¸¨¦vÓøÚU PõsP.
6. Two forces F1 and F2 act at a point A. P is a
moving point such that the moments of F1 and
F2 about P are equal. Find the locus of P.
F1 , F2 GßÓ Âø\PÒ GßÓ ¦ÒΰÀ
ö\¯À£kQßÓÚ. P GßÓ J¸ |P¸®¦ÒίõÚx
F1 ©ØÖ® F2 ß v¸¨¦z vÓßPÒ PI ö£õ¸zx,
\©©õP EÒÍÁõÖ |Pº¢uõÀ P–ß Áøμø¯U PõsP.
7. Define a copule.
_ǼøÚø¯ Áøμ¯Ö .
8. Define centre of gravity.
¦ÂDº¨¦ ø©¯® Áøμ¯Ö.
9. Where will be the centre of gravity of a triangular
lamina?
•U÷Põn uPmiß ¦ÂDº¨¦ ø©¯® G[S Aø©²®?
10. Define arm and axis.
¦¯® ©ØÖ® Aa_ Áøμ¯Ö.
11. Define a catenary.
\[Q¼¯® Áøμ¯Ö.
12. Find the cartesian form of catenary whose
parametric equations are given by
x  c log(sec  tan ), y  c sec
x  c log(sec  tan ), y  c sec GßÓ xøn
A»S \©ß£õkPøͲøh¯ \[Q¼¯zvß
Põºmj]¯ß \©ß£õmøhU PõsP.
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 PART B — (5  5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

13. State and Prove     theorem.
    ÷uØÓzøu GÊv {ÖÄP.
14. State and Prove Lami's theorem.
»õªì ÷uØÓzøu GÊv {ÖÄP.
15. Two parallel forces P and Q act at points A and B
and their resultant acts through C. If the
resultant of forces Q and S acting at A and B
passes through C, show that P,Q,S are in
geometric progression.
P,Q GßÓ CønÂø\PÒ A,B GßÓ ¦ÒΰÀ
uõUSQßÓÚ. CÁØÔß ÂøÍÄ C GßÓ ¦ÒΰÀ
uõUSQÓx. A,B ¦ÒÎPÎhzx ö\¯À£k® Q,S GßÓ
Âø\PÎß ÂøÍÄ Âø\ C ÁÈ÷¯ ö\¯À£mhõÀ
P,Q ©ØÖ® S BÚx ö£¸USz öuõh›À Aø©²®
GÚU Põmk.
16. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. Show that the
forces AC , CE , EA acting respectively at A, C, E
are equivalent to a couple whose moment equals
the area of the hexagon.
ABCDEF Gߣx J¸ JÊ[S AÖ÷Põn®. A, C, E
GßÓ ¦ÒÎPÎhzx •øÓ÷¯, C¯[S® Âø\PÒ
AC , CE , EA Gß£Ú AÖ÷Põnzvß £μ¨£ÍÄUSa
\©©õÚ v¸¨¦vÓß öPõsh _ǼøÚUSa \©® GÚU
Põmk.

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17. A rod rests wholly within a smooth hemispherical
bowl of radius r, its centre of gravity dividing the
rod into two portions a and b. If  is the angle of
inclination of the rod with the horizontal in the
position of equilibrium, show that
b  a
tan     tan  , where 2 is the angle
b  a 
subtended by the rod at the centre of the bowl.
r A»S Bμ•ÒÍ AøμU÷PõÍ ÁiÁ•ÒÍ
Eμõ´ÁØÓ QsnzvÀ J¸ ÷PõÀ Aø©¢xÒÍx.
Auß ¦ÂDº¨¦ ø©¯® ÷Põø» a, b ÂQuzvÀ
¤›UQÓx. ÷PõÀ Qøh°À K´Ä {ø»¯À
C¸US®÷£õx  GÝ® ÷Põnzøu ÷©ØöPõÒQÓx
b  a
GÛÀ tan     tan  GÚU Põmk. C[S
b  a 
2 Gߣx Qsnzvß ø©¯zvÀ ÷PõÀ
÷©ØöPõÒЮ ÷Põn©õS®.
18. Find the centre of gravity of rods forming a
triangle.
•U÷Põn©õP Aø©²® ÷PõÀPÎß ¦ÂDº¨¦
ø©¯zøu PõsP.
19. Derive the equation of catenary.
J¸ \[Q¼¯zvß \©ß£õmøh u¸Â.
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 PART C — (3  10 = 30 marks)
Answer any THREE questions.
20. S is the circumcentre of a triangle ABC. Forces of
magnitudes P,Q,R acting along SA, SB, SC
respectively, are in equilibrium. Show that P,Q,R
are in the ratio.
(a) Sin(2 A ) : Sin(2 B ) : Sin(2C )

(b)   
a 2 b2  c2  a 2 : b2 c2  a 2  b2 ;
c a
2 2
b 2
c 
2

(c) BSC : CSA : ASB

ABC GßÝ® •U÷PõnzvÀ S Gߣx _ØÖ Ámh
ø©¯©õS®. P,Q,R GßÓ Âø\PÒ SA, SB, SC
ÁȯõP C¯[Q \©{ø»°À EÒÍÚ GÛÀ
P,Q,R BQ¯ÁØÔß ÂQu®.
(A) Sin(2 A ) : Sin(2 B ) : Sin(2C )

(B) a 2 b2  c2  a 2  : b2 c2  a 2  b2 ;


c 2 a 2  b2  c 2 
(C) BSC : CSA : ASB GÚU PõmkP.
21. State and Prove Varignon's theorem.
öÁ›UÚõß ÷uØÓzøu GÊv {ÖÄP.

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22. Forces P,Q,R act along the sides BC, AC, BA
respectively of an equilateral triangle. If their
resultant is a force parallel to BC through the
centroid of the triangle prove that Q  R  P / 2 .

\©£UP •U÷Põnzvß £UP[PÒ BC, AC, BA

ÁȯõP •øÓ÷¯ P,Q,R GßÓ Âø\PÒ
ö\¯À£kQßÓÚ. AÁØÔß ÂøÍÄ Âø\¯õÚx
•U÷Põnzvß ¦Â±º¨¦ ø©¯® ÁȯõPÄ® BC
÷PõmkUS Cøn¯õPÄ® C¸¨¤ß
Q  R  P / 2 GÚ {¹¤.

23. Find the centre of gravity of a hollow hemisphere.

EÒÏhØÓ AøμU÷PõÍzvß ¦ÂDº¨¦ ø©¯zøu

PõsP.

24. A string of length '2l' hangs over two small smooth

pegs in the same horizontal level. Show that, if h
is the sag in the middle, the length of either part
of the string that hangs vertically is h  l  2hl .
2l }Í©õÚ P°Ö JßÖ ÷|º÷PõmiÀ Aø©¢u ]Ô¯
P¨¤PÎß ÁÈ÷¯ öuõ[PÂh¨£mkÒÍx. h Gߣx
P°ØÔß ø©¯zvÀ öuõ´Ä GÛÀ C¸¦Ó•®
öuõ[PÂh¨£mkÒÍ }Ízvß AÍÄ h  l  2hl
BP C¸US® GÚ {ÖÄP.
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