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    This document contains practice problems for a statics of rigid bodies exam. It is divided into four parts that cover general principles, force vectors, equilibrium of particles, and force system resultants. The problems involve calculating densities, forces, tensions, moments, and replacing systems of forces with equivalent force and couple systems. Sample problems are provided for each concept along with the answers.

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    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    Part I – General Principles

    1. Water has a density of 1.94 slugs/ft3. What is the density expressed in SI units? Express the answer to three
    significant figures. Answer: 1.00 Mg/m3
    2. A concrete column has a diameter of 350 mm and a length of 2 m. If the density (mass/volume) of concrete
    is 2.45 Mg/m3, determine the weight of the column in pounds. Answer: 1.04 kips
    3. Two particles have a mass of 8 kg and 12 kg, respectively. If they are 800 mm apart, determine the force of
    gravity acting between them. Compare this result with the weight of each particle. Answers: F = 10.0 nN, W1
    = 78.5 N, W2 =118 N.
    4. The density of aluminum is 5.26 slugs/ft3. Determine its density in SI units. Use an appropriate prefix.
    Answer: 2.71 Mg/m3
    5. Determine to three significant figures the gravitational force acting between two spheres that are touching
    each other. The mass of each sphere is 20 kg and the radius is 300 mm. Answer: 7.41 uN

    Part II – Force Vectors

    1. Two forces P and Q are applied to the lid of a storage bin as shown. Knowing that P = 48 N and Q = 60 N,
    determine by trigonometry the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the two forces. Answer: 104.4 N,
    93.295°.

    2. Member BD exerts on member ABC a force P directed along line BD. Knowing that P must have a P must have
    a 240-lb vertical component, determine (a) the magnitude of the force P, (b) its horizontal component.
    Answers: (a) 373 lb, (b) 286 lb
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    3. A gun is aimed at a point A located 35° east of north. Knowing that the barrel of the gun forms an angle of 40°
    with the horizontal and that the maximum recoil force is 400 N, determine (a) the x, y, and z components of
    that force, (b) the values of the angles ϑx, ϑy, and ϑz defining the direction of the recoil force. Answers: (a) Fx
    = -175.8 N, Fy = -257 N, Fz = 251 N (b) ϑx = 116.1°, ϑy = 130°, ϑz = 51.1°
    4. In order to move a wrecked truck, two cables are attached at A and pulled by winches B and C as shown.
    Knowing that the tension in cable AC is 1.5 kips, determine the components of the force exerted at A by the
    cable. Answers: TACx = -0.820 kips, TAcy = 0.978 kips, TACz = -0.789 kips

    5. A container is supported by three cables that are attached to a ceiling as shown. Determine the weight W of
    the container, knowing that the tension in cable AB is 6 kN. Answer: 13.98 kN
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    Part III – Equilibrium of a Particle

    1. A mechanic uses a piece of pipe AB as a lever when tightening an alternator belt. When he pushes down at
    A, a force of 485 N is exerted on the alternator at B. Determine the moment of that force about bolt C if its
    line of action passes through O. Answer: M = 72.5 N-m

    2. If each cord can sustain a maximum tension of 50 N before it fails, determine the greatest weight of the
    flowerpot the cords can support. Answer: 55.8 N
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    3. The tower crane is used to hoist the 2-Mg load upward at constant velocity. The 1.5-Mg jib BD, 0.5-Mg jib BC,
    and 6-Mg counterweight C have centers of mass at G1, G2, and G3, respectively. Determine the resultant
    moment produced by the load and the weights of the tower crane jibs about point A and about point B.
    Answer: 76 kN-m (Counterclockwise)

    4. The force F = [400i – 100j – 700k] lb acts at the end of the beam. Determine the moment of this force about
    point A. Answer: [-175i + 5600j – 900k] lb-ft
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    5. The triangular plate ABC is supported by ball-and-socket joints at B and D and is held in the position shown
    by cables AE and CF. If the force exerted by cable CF at C is 33 N, determine the moment of that force about
    the line joining points D and B. Answer: -9.50 N-m.

    Part IV – Force System Resultants

    1. A clockwise couple M = 5 N-m is resisted by the shaft of the electric motor. Determine the magnitude of the
    reactive forces -R and R which act at supports A and B so that the resultant of the two couples is zero.
    Answer: 28.9 N
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    2. Determine the magnitude of the couple force F so that the resultant couple moment on the crank is zero.
    Answer: 194 lb

    3. Express the moment of the couple acting on the pipe assembly in Cartesian vector form. What is the
    magnitude of the couple moment? Answer: [-50i + 60j] lb-ft, 78.1 lb-ft
    ENS161 – Statics of Rigid Bodies Prelims Practice Problems

    4. The forces F1 = [-4i + 2j – 3k] kN and F2 = [3i – 4j – 2k] kN act on the end of the beam. Replace these forces by
    an equivalent force and couple moment acting at point O. Answer: [0.65i + 19.75j – 9.05k] kN-m

    5. Replace the forces of F = 80 N acting on the pipe assembly by an equivalent resultant force and couple
    moment at point A. Answer: F = [44.5i + 53.1j – 40k]N, M = [-5.39i + 13.1j + 11.4k] N-m

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