Coplanar and 3 D Cartesian Vectors
Coplanar and 3 D Cartesian Vectors
Coplanar and 3 D Cartesian Vectors
Force Vectors
section 2.4 & 2.5
Professor Riaz Ahmad
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Section 2.4
• Addition of system of Coplanar Forces
(Resolving these into rectangular components)
– Scalar Notation
– Cartesian Vector notation
– Coplanar resultants
When the Resultant of more than two forces has to be obtained, it is easier to find the
components of each force along a specified axes, add these components algebraically,
and then form the resultant, rather than form the resultant of the forces by successive
application of parallelogram law.
Rectangular
components, lie along x
and y axes. The two axes
are mutually
perpendicular to each
other.
X and y axes have
designated positive and
negative directions.
Engineering Statics
You can also represent a 2-D vector with a magnitude and
angle
582.8
𝐹 𝑦
𝜃= 𝑇𝑎𝑛 − 1
582.8 )2 𝐹 𝑥
582.8
𝜃= 𝑇𝑎𝑛 − 1
236.8
𝜃= 67.890
a) Resolve the forces in their x-y components.
b) Add the respective components to get the resultant vector.
c) Find magnitude and angle from the resultant components.
Ans:
F1= {-100i +173j} N
F2= {240i – 100j} N
F1 = { -4 sin 30 i - 4 cos 30 j }k N
= { -2 i - 3.464 j } kN
F2 = { F2 cos i + F2 s j } kN
F3 = { 5(4/5)i - 5(3/5)j } kN
{ 4i - 3 j } kN
FR = { FRx) i + FRy) j } kN
= 6 cos30 i – 6 sin30 j
= 5.196 i – 3 j
FR = F1 + F2 + F3
• Where, Magnitude of
For example, if
A = AX i + AY j + AZ k and
B = BX i + BY j + BZ k , then
Now using the coordinate direction angles, we can get UG, and
determine G = 80 UG N.
G = {80 ( cos (111°) i + cos (69.3°) j + cos (30.22°) k )} N
G = {- 28.67 i + 28.28 j + 69.13 k } N
Now, R = F + G
R = {6.69 i – 7.08 j + 156 k} N
Problem Example-6
• Determine the magnitude and coordinate
direction angles of F3 so that the resultant
of the three forces is zero.
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Example 7 Contd
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Example 2-11: Two forces act on the hook as
shown in Fig. Specify the magnitude of F 2 and
its coordinate direction angles of F2 that the
resultant force FR acts along the positive y axis
and has a magnitude of 800 N.
The resultant force FR and its two
Components.F1 and F2 will each be ex-pressed
in Cartesian vector form. Then
= 800N
y
Example 2.8: (11th Ed) Express the force F shown as a Cartesian vector.
Indeed the
magnitude
of F = 200N