Assignment#5

ENGR141

Due:Thursday,April5th,2012at4:30PM

Assignment#5
Note: The questions listed below are from Statistics & Dynamics 12th Edition. The problem
valuesmaydifferfortheMasteringEngineeringonlineportionoftheassignment.

MASTERINGENGINEERINGPROBLEMS
Problem7.85
ThebeamwillfailwhenthemaximumbendingmomentisMmax=30kip*ftorthemaximum
internalshearisVmax=8kip.Determinethelargestintensitywofthedistributedloadthebeam
willsupport.

Problem8.28
DeterminetheminimumforcePneededtopushthetwo75kgcylindersuptheincline.The
forceactsparalleltotheplaneandthecoefficientsofstaticfrictionofthecontactingsurfaces
areA=0.3,B=0.25andC=0.4.Eachcylinderhasaradiusof150mm.

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Problem8.44

The3MgrearwheeldriveskidloaderhasacenterofmassatG.Determinethelargestnumber
ofcratesthatcanbepushedbytheloaderifeachcratehasamassof500kg.Thecoefficientof
staticfrictionbetweenthecrateandthegroundiss =0.3,andthecoefficientofstaticfriction
betweentherearwheelsoftheloaderandthegroundisus=0.5.Thefrontwheelsarefreeto
roll. Assume that the engine of the loader is powerful enough to generate a torque that will
causetherearwheelstoslip.

Problem8.58

Ifeachboxweighs150lbs,determinetheleasthorizontalforcePthatthepersonmustexerton
the top box in order to cause motion. The coefficient of static friction between the boxes is
S=0.65,andthecoefficientofstaticfrictionbetweentheboxandthefloorisS=0.35.

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Problem8.79

The jacking mechanism consists of a link that has a squarethreaded screw with a mean
diameter of 0.5 in. and a lead of 0.20 in., and the coefficient of static friction is S =0.4.
Determine the torque M that should be applied to the screw to start lifting the 6000 lb load
actingattheendofmemberABC.

Problem8.83

If the clamping force on the pipe is 900 N, determine the horizontal force that must be applied
perpendiculartothehandleinordertoloosenthescrew.Thesinglesquarethreadedscrewhasamean
diameterof25mmandaleadof5mm.ThecoefficientofstaticfrictionisS=0.4.Note:Thescrewis

a2forcemembersinceitiscontainedwithinpinnedcollarsatAandB.

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Problem9.72

Locatethecenterofmass( x,y,z )ofthehomogeneousblockassembly.

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HANDWRITTENPROBLEMS
Problem7.86

Drawtheshearandmomentdiagramsforthecompoundbeam..

Problem9.31
Locatethecentroidofthearea.Hint:Chooseelementsofthicknessdyandlength[(2y)y2].

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TBAProblem1:RotationMatrices
(ReferringtotheartworkfromP5.76shownbelow)ThedisplacementvectorfrompointCtoEisgiven

by rCE 3i 6 j 2k ft ,wheretheunitvectors i , j and k areassociatedwiththexyzCartesian

reference frame shown. A second Cartesian frame with axes xyz and an origin at point B is to be

addedtotheproblemdiagramandtheunitvectorsassociatedwiththenewframeare i , j and k .

The i directionisparalleltothecableBCandpointstowardsC.The j directionisperpendicularto

theplaneformedbythe i and k directions,and j i 0 .

a) CalculatethexyzCartesiancoordinatesforthe i , j and k directions.

b) Givetheentriesofarotationmatrix R thattransformsavectorsrepresentationinxyzCartesian
coordinatestoxyzCartesiancoordinatesfollowing:

rx
rx


ry R ry


rz
rz

c) IfthepositionofapointQrelativetopointEisgivenby rEQ 12i 3 j 4k ft ,calculatethe

relativepositionofpointQwithrespecttopointC,denotedby rCQ ,intermsofxyzCartesian

coordinates.

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TBAProblem2:RotationMatrices
(Referringtotheproblemartworkshownbelow)InadditiontothexyzCartesianframethatisshown,

a second xyz reference frame is to be added to the problem description. The i direction is to

paralleltheedgeABandpointtowardsB.The j directionistoparalleltheedgeADandpointtowards
D.Dothefollowing:
a)Givetheentriesofarotationmatrix R thattransformsavectorsrepresentationinxyzCartesian
coordinatestoxyzCartesiancoordinatesfollowing:

rx
rx


ry R ry


rz
rz

b)Transformtheunitevector uCE intoxyzrepresentation.

c) TransformtheforceappliedatpointDintoxyzrepresentation.
d)DrawaFBDofthedoorusingonlythexyzframe.
e)SolveforthexyzCartesiancomponentsofthetensioninthecableCE.
f) SolveforthexyzCartesiancomponentsreactionforceandmomentdevelopedatpointA.

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