STATICS

Teaching
Demo
Topic: Force
Systems
BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

A
force
system
is
a
collection of forces acting at
specified locations (may also
include couples). Thus the set of
forces shown on any free body
diagram make up a force
system. Force systemis simply
a term used to describe a group
of forces.
BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

Force Systems on a Plane

(Coplanar Forces)
1. Concurrent forces
2. Parallel forces
3. Non-Concurrent, Non-Parallel
Forces
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Concurrent Forces:
Example 1: Two tension wires are
supported by a concrete block attached to
an anchor ring as shown in the figure.
3.50 kN

7.00 kN
30

15

W
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1. What is the resultant force in the

anchor ring?
2. What is the angle that the resultant
force makes with the horizontal?
3. What is the minimum weight of the
concrete block with a factor of safety of
1.25 to prevent uplift?

BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

Parallel Forces:
Example 1: A beam is loaded as shown in
the figure.
40 kN

1.50 m

60 kN 100 kN

2.50 m

2.00 m

60 kN 50 kN

4.50 m

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1.50 m

1. What is the resultant load?

2. Where is the location of the
resultant load from the left support?
3. What is the reaction at the left
support?

BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

Non-Concurrent, Non-Parallel
Forces:
y

20 kN
Example 1: A system
of forces is shown in
the figure.6
5

12

5
4
3

80 kN

2
4

1
0

3
1

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1. What is the value of P?

2. What is the value of Q?
3. What is the value of C?

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Force Systems on Space

(Non-Coplanar Forces)
1. Concurrent forces
2. Parallel forces

BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

Concurrent Forces:
Example 1: A concurrent force system in
space is composed of three forces
described as follows: P1 has a magnitude
of 126 kN and acts through the origin and
point x = -1, y = 5, z = -3. P2 has a
magnitude of 93 kN and acts through the
origin and point x = 5, y = -4, z = 6. P3
has a magnitude of 38 kN and acts
through the origin and point x = 4, y = 1,
z = -3, where x, y, and z are in meters.
BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

1. What is the x-component of the

resultant force?
2. What is the y-component of the
resultant force?
3. What is the magnitude of the resultant
force?
BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON

Concurrent Forces:
Example 2: A crane is supporting a 2000
N crate through three cables, AB, AC and
AD as shown in the figure.
A

3m
C
x

1.6m
D

B
0.1m
3m

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2m

1. What is the force transmitted by

cable AB?
2. What is the force transmitted by
cable AC?
3. What is the force transmitted by
cable AD?
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END OF
DEMO
BY: ENGR. RONWELL G. DE LEON