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Tutorialassignment2partA
Tutorialassignment2partA
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MomentofaForceVectorFormulation
LearningGoal:
Tousethevectorcrossproducttocalculatethemomentproducedbyaforce,orforces,aboutaspecifiedpointona
member.
ThemomentofaforceF aboutthemomentaxispassingthroughOandperpendiculartotheplanecontainingOandF
canbeexpressedusingthevectorcrossproduct,M O = r F .InaproperlyconstructedCartesiancoordinate
system,thevectorcrossproductcanbecalculatedusingamatrixdeterminant:
M = rF =
rx
ry
rz
Fx
Fy
Fz
Noticethattheorderoftheelementsofthematrixdeterminantisimportantswitchingrows2and3ofthedeterminant
wouldchangethesignofthemomentfrompositivetonegative(orviceversa.)
PartAMomentduetoaforcespecifiedbymagnitudeandendpoints
Asshown,amemberisfixedattheorigin,pointO,andhasanappliedforceF ,thetensionintherope,appliedat
thefreeend,pointB.
TheforcehasmagnitudeF =180Nandis
directedasshown.Thedimensionsare
x1 =0.250m,x2 =1.70m,y =2.30m,and
1
z1
=1.10m.
Whatisthemomentabouttheoriginduetothe
appliedforceF ?
Expresstheindividualcomponentsofthe
Cartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,
separatedbycommas.
Hint1.Howtocalculatethemomentabouttheorigin
WeneedtoexpresstheforceandthepositionvectorofthefreeendofthememberasCartesianvectors
thenusethevectorcrossproducttofindthemoment.
Hint2.ExpresstheforceasaCartesianvector
TheforcehasmagnitudeF =180Nandisdirectedasshown.ExpresstheforceasaCartesianvector.
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
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F = [
99.9,135,64.6
i, j, k] N
Hint3.ExpressthepositionvectorofthememberasaCartesianvector
ThememberisanchoredatpointOandhasitsfreeendatB.ExpressthepositionvectorOB asa
Cartesianvector.
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
ANSWER:
OB = [
0.250,2.30,1.10
i, j, k] m
Hint4.Identifythedeterminantofa3by3matrix
Whichofthefollowingcorrectlyexpressesthedeterminantofthematrix?
Hint1.Expansionbyminors
Themethodofexpansionbyminorscanbeusedtocalculatedeterminantsoflargematricesby
reducingthemtoalinearcombinationofdeterminantsof2by2matrices.Forcalculatingmoments,
thebestchoiceofminorsisthetoprowbecauseithastheunitdirectionvectors.Thecomponentsare
thengivenbythedeterminantofthe2by2matrixleftafter"crossingout"therowandcolumn
containingtheminor:
Thedeterminantofa2by2matrixisgivenby
a
b
= ad cb
d
andeachterminthesumwillalsocontainaterm(1)
r+c
,wherer andcaretheindexoftherow
andcolumnoftheminor,respectively.
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ANSWER:
MO = [
0,126,263
i, j, k] N m
Correct
PartBMomentduetoaforcespecifiedasaCartesianvector
Asshown,amemberisfixedattheorigin,pointO,andhasanappliedforceF ,thetensionintherope,appliedat
thefreeend,pointB.
Theforceisgivenby
F = 120 N i 125 N j + 50 N k
.Thedimensions
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Hint1.Howtosetupandcalculatethemoment
TheforceisalreadyexpressedasaCartesianvector.Weneedtoexpressthepositionvectorofthefreeend
ofthememberasaCartesianvectorthenusethecrossproducttofindthemoment.
Hint2.ExpressthepositionvectorofBasaCartesianvector
Basedonthedimensionsgiven,expressthevectorfromOtoBasaCartesianvector.
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
ANSWER:
OB = [
1.35,1.80,1.05
i, j, k] m
ANSWER:
MO = [
221,58.5,385
i, j, k] N m
Correct
PartCMomentduetotwoforces
Asshown,amemberisfixedattheorigin,pointO,andhastwoappliedforces,F 1 andF 2 ,appliedatthefreeend,
pointB.
Theforcesaregivenby
F 1 = 105 N i 140 N j + 65 N k
andF 2 has
magnitude155Nanddirectionangles = 143.0 ,
Whatisthemomentabouttheoriginduetotheapplied
forces?
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesian
vectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
Hint1.Howtosetupandcalculatethemoment
ForceF 1 isalreadyexpressedasaCartesianvector.BecausethepositionofpointBisgivenintermsof
components,wealsohaveOB
.WeneedtoexpresstheforceF 2 as
aCartesianvector.ThenetmomentaboutOduetobothforcesisthevectorsumofthemomentsdueto
eachforce.Calculateindividualmomentsbysettingupadeterminantforeachforcethensumtheresults
componentwisetofindthenetmoment.
F2
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Hint2.ExpresstheforceF 2 asaCartesianvector
ForceF 2 hasmagnitude155Nanddirectionangles
= 143.0
= 58.0
,and
= 73.4
.Express
thisforceasaCartesianvector.
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
Hint1.Thedirectionangles
Thedirectionangleistheanglebetweenthevectorandthepositivexaxis.Thedirectionangleis
theanglebetweenthevectorandthepositiveyaxis.Thedirectionangle istheanglebetweenthe
vectorandthepositivezaxis.
ANSWER:
F2 = [
124,82.1,44.3
i, j, k] N
Hint3.CalculatethemomentduetoforceF1
WhatisthemomentabouttheoriginduetotheappliedforceF 1 ?
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
ANSWER:
(M O )
F1
= [
288,41.5,376
i, j, k] N m
Hint4.CalculatethemomentduetoforceF2
WhatisthemomentabouttheoriginduetotheappliedforceF 2 ?
ExpresstheindividualcomponentsoftheCartesianvectortothreesignificantfigures,separatedby
commas.
ANSWER:
(M O )
F2
= [
16.6,206,336
i, j, k] N m
ANSWER:
MO = [
272,165,40.5
i, j, k] N m
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Correct
Therearetwowaystoapproachthisproblem.One,themethodusedinthistutorial,istofindthenetmoment
asasumofmoments,i.e.,calculateamomentforeachappliedforcethenusevectoradditiontofindthenet
moment.Equivalently,wecouldhavefoundthevectorsumoftheforcesthencalculatedasingledeterminant
usingtheresultantnetforceandthepositionvectortofindthenetmoment.Thesetwomethodsproducethe
samenetmoment.(Youmightfinditaninterestingexercisetoconfirmthis.)
PrincipleofMoments
LearningGoal:
Toapplytheprincipleofmomentsandtheprincipleoftransmissibility.
Asshown,aropeisattachedtoal = 19.0f t highshedthatistoberelocated.Amanpullsontheendoftheropeat
pointAtheropeisattachedtotheshedatpointB.Asthe
manpullsontherope,itcreatesanangle withthe
horizontal.Theendoftheropeislocatedatx = 9.00f tfrom
theshedandy = 4.00f t offtheground.Themanpullson
theropewithaforceofmagnitudeF = 50.0lb .
PartA
WhatisM F ,thecontributiontothemomentaboutpointOmadebythexcomponentoftheforceF atpointA?
x
Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
Theprincipleofmomentssimplifiestheprocessofcalculatingamomentbyseparatingaforceintoits
components.Tocalculatethetotalmoment,addthemomentsthatresultfromtheseparatecomponents:
M O = r F = r (F 1 + F 2 ) = r F 1 + r F 2
M x
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Hint2.FindanexpressionforM F
WhatisthecontributiontothetotalmomentaboutpointOfromthexcomponentoftheforceatpointAin
termsoftheforceF ,theangle ,andthedistancesxandy?
ExpressyouranswerintermssomeorallofthevariablesF , ,x,andy.
Hint1.FindanexpressionforFx
WhatisFx ,thexcomponentoftheforce,intermsoftheforce'smagnitudeF andtheangle ?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofF and .
ANSWER:
Fx
F cos()
Hint2.FindthemomentarmofthexcomponentoftheforceF
WhatisthemomentarmforFx ,thexcomponentoftheforceF ?
ANSWER:
2
2
x + y
y
y + x tan
x
ANSWER:
MF
F cos()y
M y
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Hint3.FindanexpressionforM F
WhatisthecontributiontothetotalmomentaboutpointOfromtheycomponentoftheforceatpointAin
termsoftheforceF ,theangle ,andthedistancesxandy?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofsomeorallofthevariablesF , ,x,andy.
Hint1.FindanexpressionforFy
WhatistheycomponentoftheforceF intermsoftheforce'smagnitudeF andtheangle ?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofF and .
ANSWER:
Fy
F sin()
Hint2.FindthemomentarmoftheycomponentoftheforceF
WhatisthemomentarmforFy ,theycomponentoftheforceF ?
ANSWER:
2
2
x + y
x
y
y + x tan
ANSWER:
MF
F sin()x
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Hint4.Findsin andcos
Thevaluesofsin andcos canbecalculatedusingthegivenlengths.Whataresin andcos ?
Expressyouranswersnumericallytofoursignificantfiguresseparatedbyacomma.
Hint1.Findanexpressionforsin
Whatissin intermsoftheknownlengthsx,y,andl?
Expressyouranswerintermsofx,y,andl.
Hint1.Rightangletrigonometry
Recallthatthefunctionssine,cosine,andtangentrelatethesidesofarighttriangle.
Thereforesin
= y/h
,cos
= x/h
,tan
= y/x
,andh
= x
+y
ANSWER:
ly
sin
=
(ly)
+x
Hint2.Findanexpressionforcos
Whatiscos intermsoftheknownlengthsx,y,andl?
Expressyouranswerintermsofx,y,andl.
Hint1.Rightangletrigonometry
Recallthatthefunctionssine,cosine,andtangentrelatethesidesofarighttriangle.
Thereforesin
= y/h
,cos
= x/h
,tan
= y/x
,andh
= x
+y
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x
cos
(ly)
+x 2
ANSWER:
,
sin cos
= 0.8575,0.5145
ANSWER:
MF
,M F ,M = 103,386,489 lb f t
y
Correct
PartB
Usingtheprincipleoftransmissibility,theforceF canbeslidalongitslineofactionfrompointAtoanyotherpoint
alongitslineofaction.WhatpointsalongthelineofactionoftheforceF wouldsimplifythecalculationofM ,the
magnitudeofthetotalmomentduetotheforceF aboutpointO?
Checkallthatapply.
Hint1.Thecrossproductofcollinearvectors
Whentwovectorsarecollinear(i.e.,theanglebetweenthetwovectorsiseither0degreesor180degrees)
thecrossproductofthetwovectorsiszero.
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B
C
D
E
G
Correct
ThecalculationofthemomentM aboutpointOduetotheforceF canbesimplifiedbyslidingtheforcealong
itslineofactionanotherpoint.AlthougheitherpointBorEisavalidchoice,herethemomentM willbe
calculatedbyslidingtheforceF topointB.
PartC
Usingtheprincipleoftransmissibility,theforceF canbeslidalongitslineofactiontopointB.AtpointB,theforce
F createsanangle withtheshed.WhatisM F ,the
x
contributiontothemomentaboutpointOmadebythex
componentoftheforceF atpointB?WhatisM F ,the
y
contributiontothemomentaboutpointOmadebythey
componentoftheforceF atpointB?Whatisthetotal
momentM duetotheforceF aboutpointO?Assume
thatmomentsactingcounterclockwiseaboutpointOare
positivewhereasmomentsactingclockwisearenegative.
Expressyouranswersnumericallyinpoundfeetto
threesignificantfiguresseparatedbycommas.
Hint1.Howtoapproachtheproblem
Theprincipleoftransmissibilitycanbeusedtorelocateaforceand,therefore,simplifythemoment
calculation.Theprincipleofmomentscanthenbeusedagaintocalculatethemoment.Assumethat
momentsactingcounterclockwiseaboutpointOarepositivewhereasmomentsactingclockwiseare
negative.
Hint2.FindM F
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Expressyouranswernumericallyinpoundfeettothreesignificantfigures.
Hint1.Thecrossproductofcollinearvectors
Whentwovectorsarecollinear(i.e.,theanglebetweenthevectorsiseither0degreesor180
degrees),thecrossproductofthetwovectorsiszero.
ANSWER:
MF
= 0.000 lb f t
Hint3.FindanexpressionforM F
ExpressyouranswerintermsofF , ,andl.
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Hint1.FindanexpressionforFx
WhatisFx ,thexcomponentoftheforceF intermsoftheforce'smagnitudeF andtheangle ?
ExpressyouranswerintermsofF and .
Hint1.Rightangletrigonometry
Recallthatthefunctionssine,cosine,andtangentrelatethesidesofarighttriangle.
Thereforesin
= y/h
,cos
= x/h
,tan
= y/x
,andh
= x
+y
ANSWER:
Fx
F sin()
ANSWER:
MF
F sin()l
Hint4.Findsin
Thevalueofsin canbecalculatedusingthegivenlengths.Whatissin ?
Expressyouranswernumericallytofoursignificantfigures.
Hint1.Findanexpressionforsin
Whatissin intermsoftheknownlengthsx,y,andl?
Expressyouranswerintermsofx,y,andl.
Hint1.Rightangletrigonometry
Recallthatthefunctionssine,cosine,andtangentrelatethesidesofarighttriangle.
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Thereforesin
= y/h
,cos
= x/h
,tan
= y/x
,andh
= x
+y
ANSWER:
x
sin
x 2 +(ly)
ANSWER:
sin
= 0.5145
ANSWER:
MF
,M F ,M = 489,0,489 lb f t
y
Correct
TheapproachesusedinPartsAandCtocalculatethetotalmomentoftheforceaboutpointOyieldthesame
result.Bymovingtheforcealongitslineofaction,thecalculationcanbesimplifiedbyeliminatingone
contributiontothemomentfromacomponentoftheforce.Analternativeapproachistoslidetheforcealong
itslineofactiontotheground.ThisresultsinthexcomponentofforcecreatingazeromomentaboutpointO
andallowingthemomenttobecalculatedentirelyfromtheycomponentoftheforce.
ScoreSummary:
Yourscoreonthisassignmentis107%.
Youreceived21.4outofapossibletotalof20points.
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