Programme Bachelor of Technology Semester - I

Name
Course Code SE0001
Course Title Applied Mechanics Date -
Tutorial 1

Sr.No Problems
1 Two forces of 100 N and 150 N are acting simultaneously at a point. What is the resultant of these
two forces, if the angle between them is 45?
2 Two forces act at an angle of 120. The bigger force is of 40 N and the resultant is perpendicular to
the smaller one. Find the smaller force
3 Find the magnitude of the two forces, such that if they act at right angles, their resultant is 10 N . But
if they Act at 60, their resultant is 13 N.
4 The forces 20 N, 30 N, 40 N, 50 N and 60 N are acting at one of the angular points of a regular
hexagon, towards the other five angular points, taken in order. Find the magnitude and direction of
the resultant force.

5 The following forces act at a point:

(i) 20 N inclined at 30 towards North of East,
(ii) 25 N towards North,
(iii) 30 N towards North West, and
(iv) 35 N inclined at 40 towards South of West.
Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.

6 A force of 15 N is applied perpendicular to the edge of a door 0.8 m wide as shown in figure(a). Find
the moment of the force about the hinge. If this force is applied at an angle of 60 to the edge of the
same door, as shown in figure(b), find the moment of this force.
7 Two halves of a round homogeneous cylinder are held together by a thread wrapped round the
cylinder with two weights each equal to P attached to its ends as shown in figure. The complete
cylinder weighs W newton. The plane of contact, of both of its halves, is vertical. Determine the
minimum value of P, for which both halves of the cylinder will be in equilibrium on a horizontal plane

8 Two like parallel forces of 50 N and 100 N act at the ends of a rod 360 mm long. Find the magnitude
of the resultant force and the point where it acts.

9 A square ABCD has forces acting along its sides as shown in figure. Find the values of P and Q, if the
system reduces to a couple. Also find magnitude of the couple, if the side of the square is 1 m.

10 A machine component of length 2.5 metres and height 1 metre is carried upstairs by two men, who
hold it by the front and back edges of its lower face. If the machine component is inclined at 30 to the
horizontal and weighs 100 N, find how much of the weight each man supports?