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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011.

Common to : (B.E./B.Tech. Mech, Civil, Manu, Prod, Aero, Auto, Biotech, Poly, Text
(Fash), Petrol, Plastic, Marin, Chem Engineering)
Second Semester

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113201 ENGINEERING MECHANICS

(Regulation 2010)
Time : Three hours

Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.

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PART A (10 2 = 20 marks)

State the principle of transmissibility.

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Define Parallelogram law.

3.

What are the conditions of equilibrium of a plane rigid body?

4.

Name any four types of beams.

5.

What is centre of gravity?

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State perpendicular axis theorem.

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Differentiate between kinematics and kinetics.

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Define the work-energy principle for the body under translation.

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Define coefficient of friction.

10.

Define Newtons II-law for the body rotating about fixed axis.

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Determine the tensions in various segments of the connected flexible

cables as shown in the figure 1.

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P

Q
60
300 N

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PART B (5 16 = 80 marks)

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400 N

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Fig. 1
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The guy wire of a pole is anchored by means of a bolt at a point P as

shown in Fig. 2. The force in the wire is 100 kN. Determine
the components of the force in the x-, y- and z-di-reactions and

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the direction of the force.

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Fig. 2

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A loading vehicle is at rest on a track, forming an angle of 30 with the

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vertical as shown in Fig. 3. The combined mass of the vehicle with its
load is 3500 kg and is acting at the centre of gravity G, which is located
halfway between the two axles and 500 mm from the track. Determine

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the tension in the cable and reactions at front and rear pairs of wheels.

Fig. 3

A beam of AF is shown in the figure 4. Find the reactions at A.

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Fig. 4

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Locate the centre of gravity of the area shown in the following figure 5

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with respect to the x and y axis. The dimensions shown are in cm.

Fig. 5
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Determine the moment of inertia of the given I section given in the

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(b)

figure 6 about its horizontal and vertical axis passing through the centre

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of gravity.

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Fig. 6

From the top of a 60 m tower, a bullet is fired at an angle of 60 with the

horizontal, with a velocity of 120 m/s. Calculate the maximum height

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attained by the bullet and the time of its interval.

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If a 70 kg block shown in the figure. 7 is released from rest at A,

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Determine its speed after it slides 10 m down the plane. Take the

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coefficient of friction as 0.3.

Fig. 7

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A block of weight 1290 N rests on a horizontal surface and supports

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another block of weight 570 N on top of it as shown in Fig. 8. Find the

force P applied to the lower block that will be necessary to cause motion
to impend. The coefficient of friction between blocks 1 and 2 is 0.25 and

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between block 1 and the floor is 0.40.

Fig. 8
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A cylinder of radius 1 m rolls without slipping along a horizontal plane

AB as shown in Fig. 9. Its centre has uniform velocity of 20 m/s. Find the
velocity of points D, E, and F on the circumference of the cylinder.

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Fig. 9

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