ME101: Engineering Mechanics (3 1 0 8)

2016-2017 (II Semester); Division IV

Budhaditya Hazra
Room N-307
Department of Civil Engineering
budhaditya.hazra@iitg.ernet.in
Phone: 258 3334/5334
Web: www.iitg.ernet.in/budhaditya.hazra
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Equivalent Systems: Resultants

Vector Approach: Principle of Transmissibility can be used

Magnitude and direction of the resultant force R is obtained by

forming the force polygon where the forces are added head to
tail in any sequence

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Equivalent Force and Couple

Two dimensional plane

Three dimensional space

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Resultant of Concurrent Forces

Two dimensional plane

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Resultant of Two Couples

M = M1 + M2
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Resultant of Force System:: 3D

Three dimensional space

Equivalent
force-couple
systems for
each force
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Resultant
equivalent
force-couple
system
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Wrench Action
Coincidence of resultant R and M axes

Positive Wrench
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Negative Wrench
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Wrench Action
Wrench action or Screw Driver action

Positive Wrench

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Replacement of force system by wrench

Resolve M into components

Resolve M2 into a couple

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Resultant Wrench
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Example on Equivalent System

Solution:
a) Compute the resultant force for
the forces shown and the
resultant couple for the moments
of the forces about A.
For the beam, reduce the
system of forces shown to
(a) an equivalent forcecouple system at A,
(b) an equivalent force
couple system at B, and

(c) a single force or resultant

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b) Find an equivalent force-couple

system at B based on the
force-couple system at A.
c) Determine the point of
application for the resultant
force such that its moment
about A is equal to the
resultant couple at A.
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Example on Equivalent System

SOLUTION:
a) Compute the resultant force and the
resultant couple at A.

R F

150 N j 600 N j 100 N j 250 N j

R 600 N j
R

M A r F

1.6 i 600 j 2.8 i 100 j

4.8 i 250 j

R
M A 1880 N mk

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Example on Equivalent System

b) Find an equivalent force-couple system at
B based on the force-couple system at A.
The force is unchanged by the movement
of the force-couple system from A to B.

R 600 N j

The couple at B is equal to the moment

about B of the force-couple system found
at A.
R R

M B M A rB A R

1880 N m k 4.8 m i 600 N j

1880 N m k 2880 N m k

R
M B 1000 N mk
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Example on Equivalent System

R
d

c)
FR = F1 + F2 + F3 + F4

R = 150-600+100-250 = -650 N

FRd = F1d1 + F2d2 + F3d3 + F4d4

d = 3.13 m
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Example on resultant of a force system

Determine the resultant of the system of parallel forces
acting on the plate. Solve with a vector approach.

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Example on resultant of a force system

Solution

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Example on resultant of a force system

Solution

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Example on Wrench
Replace the two forces by an equivalent wrench, and
determine ( a ) the magnitude and direction of the resultant
force R , ( b ) the pitch of the wrench, ( c ) the point where the
axis of the wrench intersects the yz plane.

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Example on Wrench
Step-1) Equivalent Force-Couple System at O
Determine the equivalent force-couple system at O .
The position vectors of the points of application of the two given
forces are

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Example on Wrench
Resultant force

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Example on Wrench
Resultant force

Pitch of wrench

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Example on Wrench
Axis of wrench

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Example on Wrench

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