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INDEX
A
Absolute units of force, 535
Acceleration, 407, 427, 428, 431, 436
Angular, 493, 688
by differentiation, 428
by integration, 431
by preparing a table, 436
of a particle (S.H.M.), 522
Uniform, 408
Variable, 408
Addendum circle, 764
Advantages of gear drive, 763
rope drive, 756
Amplitude, 522, 526
Analytical method for balancing, 647
forces in perfect frames, 270
metacentric height, 820
reactions of a beam, 240
resultant force 15, 43
equilibrium of coplanar forces, 56
velocity of a piston of a reciprocating
pump, 501
Angle of friction, 141
projection, 464
Angular acceleration, 493, 501, 688
displacement, 493
momentum, 680
velocity, 492
Anticlockwise couple, 49
moment, 27
Application of the principle of virtual
work, 389
for beams, 389, 394
for framed structures, 402
for ladders, 397

for lifting machines, 399

of moments, 31
Applied science, 2
Archimede's principle, 817
Arm of couple, 49
Assumptions for forces in members of a
perfect frame, 270
Axis of reference, 81

B
Balancing of rotating masses, 643, 644,
645, 646
Beat, 522
Beginning and development of Engineering Mechanics, 2
Belt, Length of, 738, 740
Power transmitted by, 742
Skip of, 736
Speed for maximum power, 752
Types of, 735
Brake power, 658
Braking of a vehicle, 723
Buoyancy, 818

C
Cantilever trusses, 325
Catenary, 380
Centre of buoyancy, 818
Centre of gravity, 91
by geometrical considerations, 79
by graphical method, 93
moments, 94
of sections with cut out holes, 91
of plane figures, 81

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of solid bodies, 87
of symmetrical sections, 82
of unsymmetrical sections, 84
Centre of pressure, 797
of an inclined surface, 801
of a composite section, 811
of a vertical surface, 789
of oscillation, 600
Centrifugal force, 628, 629
tension, 748
Centripetal acceleration, 628
force, 627
governor, 630
tension, 748
Centroid, 78
C.G.S. Units, 4
Characteristics of couples, 49
force, 14
Classification of coupl, 49
parallel forces, 42
Clearance, 764
Clockwise couple, 49
moments, 27
Coefficient of friction, 141
restitution, 610
Collnear forces, 17
Composition of forces, 15
Compound epicyclic gear train, 781
levers, 39
machine, 188
pendulum, 597
train of wheels, 760
Compressive stress, 270
Concentrated load, 239
Concept of virtual work, 388
Concurrent forces, 17
Conditions of equilibrium, 72
for transmission of maximum power,
751
for reversibility of a machine, 190
for simple harmonic motion, 522
Conical bodies floating in a liquid, 830
pendulum, 603
Construction of space diagram, 241,
324

vector diagram, 241, 324

Converse of the law of polygon of forces,
71
triangle of forces, 71
Coplanar forces, 17
Couple, 48
Cross belt drive, 738

D
D' Alembert's principle, 543
Dedendum circle, 764
Deficient frame, 269
Depth of thread, 177
tooth, 764
Derived units, 4
Design of spur wheels, 772
Differential pulley block, 211
screw jack, 231
wheel and axle, 208
Direct impact of two bodies, 609
of a body on a fixed plan, 620
Disadvantages of gear drive, 763
Distance traversed, 408
travelled in nth second, 420
Divisions of Engineering Mechanics, 3
Double purchase crab winch, 221
Driving of a vehicle, 720
Dynamics, 3
friction, 140

E
Effect of a force, 14
superelevation, 631, 632
Efficiency of an engine, 658
of a machine, 189
of a screw jack, 181
Energy, 668
Law of conservation of, 673
Transformation of, 672
Units of, 668

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Engineering mechanics, 2
Epicyclic gear train, 777
with bevel wheels, 785
Equation of the path of a projectile, 468
Equilibrium of a body lying over a rough
horizontal plane, 142
inclined plane, 146, 147, 151, 157
moving on a level circular path, 636
noncoplanar forces, 81
speed for superelevation, 633
External gearing, 765

F
Face of tooth, 764
width of tooth, 764
First system of pulleys, 225
Flank of tooth, 764
Flywheel, 686
Force, 15
Characteristics of, 16
Composition of, 17
Effects of, 16
Moment of, 31
Resultant, 17
table, 271, 325
Frame with simply supported ends, 254
with one end hinged and the other
supported on rollers, 255, 257, 294,
302, 342, 247
with both ends fixed, 262, 353
Frequency, 522
Friction, Angle of, 141
Coefficient of, 141
Dynamic, 140
in a machine, 192
Ladder, 163
Laws of, 141, 142
Limiting, 140
Screw, 176
Static, 140
Wedge, 170
wheels, 762

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dynamometer, 661
Fundamental units, 4

G
Grain in no. of oscillation due to change in
length of string or acceleration due to
gravity, 593
Gain or loss in the no. of oscillations due
to change in the position of a simple
pendulum, 595
Geared pulley block, 213
General conditions of H.S.M., 522
Graphical method for balancing of several
bodies rotating in one plane, 649
resultant force, 22, 45
equilibrium force, 70
reactions of a beam, 241
velocity or piston of a reciprocating
pump, 509
Graphical representation of moment, 27
velocity, time and distance, 421
work, 656
Gravitational units of forces, 533

H
Helical springs, 581, 586
Helix of a screw, 177
Hinged beams, 248
Horizontal range of a projectile, 469

I
Ideal machine, 189
Imperfect frame, 269
Indicated power, 658
Indirect impact of two bodies, 617

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of a body, on a fixed plane, 623
Initial tension of a belt, 754
Input of a machine, 189
Instantaneous centre, 506
Intensity of pressure, 789
Internal gearing, 765
International system of units, 4

K
Kilogram, 5
Kinematics, 4
Kinetic energy, 669, 686
Kinetics, 4

L
Ladder friction, 163
Lami's theorem, 56
Law of conservation of energy, 673
collision of elastics bodies, 610
conservation of momentum, 609
machine, 195
moments, 28
triangle of forces, 24
parallelogram of forces, 18
polygon of forces, 25
simple pendulum, 591
friction, 141, 142
Laws of motion, 533
resultant force, 22
Lead of a screw, 177
Least distance between two bodies
moving along inclined directions, 455
Length of belt, 738, 740
of a string, 374, 377
Levers, 36
Lifting machines, 189
Like parallel forces, 43
Limiting friction, 140

Linear acceleration of a rotating body, 500

velocity of rotating body, 499
Loss of K.E. during impact, 614

M
Machine, 188
Magnitude of forces, 325
Mass, 532
moment of inertia, 681
Maximum acceleration of a body moving
with S.H.M., 526
efficiency of a machine, 198
efficiency of a screw jack, 182
height of a projectile, 470
length of a body floating vertically in
water, 826
mechanical advantage of machine,
198
tension in the belt, 749
transmission of power by belt, 752
velocity of a body moving with
S.H.M., 526
velocity to avoid overturning of a
vehicle, 636
velocity to avoid skidding away of a
vehicle, 637
Measurement of brake power, 658
Mechanical advantage, 189
energy, 668
Metacentre, 819
Metacentric height, 819
Analytical method, 820
Methods for balancing of rotating bodies,
643
equilibrium for coplanar forces, 56
centre of gravity, 79
forces in frames, 270, 271
magnitude and position of the resultant force, 43, 45
moment of inertia, 101
reactions of a beam, 240, 241
relative velocity, 444

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resultant forces, 15
velocity acceleration and displacement from a mathematical equation,
428
velocity of piston of a reciprocating
pum 509
Method of joints for forces in pefrect
frames, 270
of resolution for the resultant force,
18
sections for forces in perfect frames,
271
substitution for analysis of frames,
354
Metre, 5
Miscellaneous structures, 308
Moment of a couple, 49
force, 26
Law of, 32
Principle of, 32
Moment of inertia of built-up section,
118
Moment of inertia by integration, 102
by Routh's rule, 101
of circular section, 104, 105
composite section, 110
plane area, 101
rectangular section, 102,103
semicircular section, 108
triangular section, 107
Units of, 114
Momentum, 532
Law of conservation of, 609
Motion of a boat, 546
of a body rolling down without
slipping on rough place, 703, 706
of a body tied to a string passing
over a pulley, 690
of a body thrown horizontally into the
air, 464
connecting rod and piston of a
reciprocating pump, 509
lift, 540
projectile, 467
rigid link, 505

763

rolling wheel without slipping,

517, 704, 706
two bodies connected by string,
555, 560, 563, 565, 571, 574,
694
vehicle, 713, 716
on an inclined surface, 548, 663
under uniform acceleration, 408
under constant angular accelera tion,
493
under the force of gravity, 412
Multi-threaded screw, 177

N
Nature of force, 325
Neutral equilibrium, 74
Newton's Law of collision of two
bodies, 610
Laws of motion, 533, 534, 545, 680
Non-coplanar concurrent forces, 17
non-concurrent forces, 17
Normal reaction, 140
Open belt drive, 737
Oscillation, 522
Output of a machine, 189
Overhanging beams, 245

P
Parallelogram, law of forces, 15
Pascal's law, 790
Perfect frame, 269
Periodic time, 522
Phenomenon of collision, 608
Pile and Pile Hammer, 674
pitch, 177, 764
circle, 764
Point load, 239
Polygon law of forces, 25
Position of the resultant forces by
moments, 31

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Potential energy, 668
Power, 657
developed by a torque, 473
transmitted by belt, 742
transmitted by gear, 767
Units of, 657
Preparation of force table, 271, 325
Presentation of units and their values, 5
Pressure, Centre of, 797
diagrams, 806, 807, 809
head, 791
Principles of equilibrium, 56
moments, 28
physical independence of forces, 14
resolution, 17
transmissibility of forces, 14
virtual work, 388
Proney brake dyncmometer, 660
Proof of Lami's theorem, 67
Parallel axin theorem, 104
Pascal's law, 790
Perpendicular axis theorem, 117
Polygon Law of forces, 22
Principle of work, 288
Pulley, 224, 225, 226, 228

R
Rack and pinion, 765
Radius of gyration, 685
Range of a projectile, 464
on a horizontal plane, 469
on an inclined plane, 486
Ratio of tensions 744, 756
Reactions of a frame, 254
vehicle moving on a level circular
path, 634
Recoil of gun, 545
Redundant frame, 269
Relation between efficiency M.A. and
V.R. of a machine, 189
effort and weight, 178, 179
kinetics of linear motion and

kinetics of motion of rotation, 689

linear motion and angular motion,
494
mass and weight, 27
torque and angular acceleration,
688
Relative velocity of rain and man, 444
of two bodies moving along
inclined directions,
Resolution of a force, 17
Resultant force, 15
Reversibility of a machine, 190
Roller supported beams, 248
Rolling friction, 140
Rope brake dynamometer, 658
drive, 756
Rules for S.I. units, 6

S
Soalars and vectors, 11
Science, 1
Screw friction, 178
Screw jack, Differential, 231
Simple, 229
Sceond, 5
system of pulleys, 226
Self-locking machine, 191
Shape of a loaded string, 36
Sign conventions of virtual work, 389
Simple gear drive, 766
levers, 37
machine, 188
pendulum, 590
pulley, 224
train of wheels, 768
screw jack, 229
wheel and axle, 206
Simply supported beams, 242
Single purchase crab winch, 218
threaded screw, 177
S.I. Units, 4

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Slidding friction, 140
Slip of belt, 736
Slope of thread, 177
Speed, 407
Stable equilibrium, 74
Statics, 3
friction, 140
Stress, 269
Sub-divisions of Engineering Mechanics,
3
Sun and planet wheel, 781
Superelevation, 631
System of forces, 14
pulleys, 171
units, 4

T
Tangential velocity of rotating body,
499
Tensile stress, 270
Tension in a string, 366, 367, 369, 371
Theorem of parallel axis, 106
perpendicular axis, 104
Lami's 67
Third system of pulleys, 228
Time for exchange of signals of two
bodies moving along inclined directions, 458
Time of flight of a projectile, 464
on a horizontal plane, 469
on an inclined plane, 484
Torque, 679, 688
work done by, 680
Total pressure, 792
on horizontal immersed surface,
792
on inclined immersed surface, 796
on vertical immersed surface, 793
Train of wheels, 768, 774
Compound, 769
Simple, 768

765

Trigonometry, 7
Triangle law of forces, 22
Trajectory, 464
Types of balancing of rotating bodies,
644
beles, 644
belt drives, 737
end supports, 242, 254
engine powers, 567
impacts, 609
equilibrium 73
Franches,
Friction
geoms
levers, 37
lifting machines, 205
loading, 239
moments, 27

U
Uniform acceleration, 408
Uniformly distributed load, 239
varying load, 239
Units, 4
Units of moment, 27
moment of inertia, 101
power, 657
work, 656
Unlike parallel forces, 43
Unstable equilibrium, 74
Useful data, 7

V
Variable acceleration, 408
Varignon's principle of moments, 28
Vector method for the resultant force,
25
Velocity, 407, 427,428, 431, 436
Angular, 492

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by differentiation, 428
by integration, 431
velocity by preparing a table, 426
of particle moving with S.H.M.,
522, 526
of projection, 464
ratio, 189,
Velocity and direction of motion of a
projectile, after the given interval of
time from the instant of
projection, 479
at a given height from the point of
projection, 483
diagram method for velocity of
piston of a reciprocating pump, 514
Virtual work, 387
Principle of, 388
Proof of, 388

W
Watt governor, 639
Wedge friction, 170
Weight, 528
Weston's differential pulley block, 211
Wheel and axle, Differential, 208
Simple, 206
Work done by a torque, 680
Graphical representation of, 656
Units of, 656
Worm and worm wheel, 215
geared pulley block, 216
geared screw jack, 232

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