CO 1 Illustrate the vector and scalar representation of forces and moments
CO 2 Analyse the rigid body in equilibrium
CO 3 Evaluate the properties of distributed forces
CO 4 Determine the friction and the effects by the laws of friction
CO 5 Calculate dynamic forces exerted in rigid body
K1- Remembering K3- Applying K5- Evaluating
K2- Understanding K4- Analyzing K6- Creating
Answer ALL questions
PART - A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
CO- BLOOM'S
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MAPPING TAXONOMY
1 Distinguish the following type of forces with suitable sketch (a) K1
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collinear and (b) coplanar.
2 State the principle of transmissibility. 2 CO1 K1
3 State and prove Varignon’s theorem. 2 CO2 K2
4 What is a couple? what is a moment of a couple? 2 CO2 K1
5 What is radius of gyration? 2 CO3 K2
6 State and prove parallel axis theorem. 2 CO3 K1
7 Write down the equations of motion. 2 CO4 K1
8 State the laws of dry friction. 2 CO4 K2
9 Explain Work energy Principle 2 CO5 K1
10 What is general plane motion? 2 CO5 K1
PART – B — ( 5×13 = 65 Marks)
11 (a)Determine the resultant of the concurrent force system shown in
a. fig.1
(b)Figure.2 shows a 10 kg lamp supported by two cables AB and AC.
Find the tension in each cable.
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11 In the figure.3 shown, three wires are joined at D. Two ends A and B
b. are on the wall and the other end C i s on the ground. The wire CD is
vertical. A force of 60 kN i s applied at 'D' and it passes through a point
E on the ground as shown in ¯gure. Find the forces in all the three
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wires.
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12 Four tugboats are used to bring an ocean large ship to its pier. Each
a. tugboat exerts a 22.5 kN force in the direction as shown in the figure 4.
(i) Determine the equivalent force- couple system at O. (ii) Determine
a single equivalent force and its location along the longitudinal axis of
the ship.
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12 Find the reactions at the supports of the beam shown in Fig
b.
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13 Calculate the moment of inertia and radius of gyration about the
a. Centroidal axes for the section shown in Fig.6.
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13 Calculate the principal moment of inertia for the section shown in Fig.7 K1,K2
b.
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14 (i) A ladder of weight 1000 N and length 4 m rests as shown in figure 13 CO4 K1,K2
a. 9. If a 750 N weight is applied at a distance of 3 m from the top of
ladder, it is at the point of sliding. Determine the coefficient of friction
between ladder and the floor.
(ii) A rope is wrapped three times around a rod as shown in figure 10.
Determine the force required on the free end of the rope, to support a
load of W = 20 kN. Take µ as 0.30.
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14b. Block A weighing 1000 N rests on a rough inclined plane whose
inclination to the horizontal is 45°. It is connected to another block B,
weighing 3000 N rests on a rough horizontal plane by a weightless
rigid bar inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal as shown in fig
11. Find the horizontal force required to be applied to the block B just
to move the block A in upward direction. Assume angle of friction as
15° at all surfaces where there is sliding.
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15a. A block and pulley system is shown in Fig.8. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and the plane is 0.25. The pulley is
frictionless. Find the acceleration of the blocks and the tension in the
string when the system is just released. Also find the time required for
200 kg block to come down by 2 m.
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15b. Two blocks of mass 20 kg and 40 kg are connected by a rope passing
over a frictionless pulley as shown in fig.12. Assuming coefficient of
friction as 0.3 for all contact surfaces, find the tension in the string,
acceleration of the system. Also compute the velocity of the system
after 4 seconds starting from rest.
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PART – C — ( 1 × 15 = 15 Marks)
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16 Two blocks A and B of masses mA= 280 kg and mB= 420 kg are
a. joined by an inextensible cable as shown in fig. Assume that the pulley
is frictionless and µ=0.30 between block A and the surface. The
System is initially at rest. Determine (i) acceleration of block A (ii)
velocity after it has moved 3.5 m and (iii) velocity after 1.5 sec.
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16 Determine the smallest force P required to move the block B if (a) block
b. A is restrained by cable CD as shown in fig. (b) Cable CD removed. Take
the coefficients of frictions as μs = 0.3 and μk = 0.25 between all the
surfaces of contact.
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