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Acitivity #2
Acitivity #2
OBJECTIVE
DISCUSSION
MATERIALS
GROUP 2
ACTIVITY #2: EQUILIBRIUM
ILLUSTRATION
PROCEDURE
Mount the force table. Place a pulley on the 0 mark of the force table.
Tie a string to the ring at the center of the force table and pass the free
end of the string over the pulley, then hang a weight at this end. Mount
a second pulley on the force table and hang a weight at the free end of
the string which passes over the pulley. Get the included angle
between the two forces and determine the resultant using the cosine
law.
Mount the third pulley on the force table. Pass the string over this
pulley and hang a weight at the free end of the string. Adjust the
position of the third pulley by moving it left or right until the three
forces are at the equilibrium. They are at equilibrium if by moving the
pin at the center of the force table; the circular ring will stay in its
position.
Determine the angle that the third force makes with the two forces by
reading the position of the third pulley on the force table. This third
force is in fact the resultant and the equilibrant of the first two forces.
Determine the difference and the percentage difference.
Determine the resultant of the three forces; F 1, F2 and F3 graphically
using the polygon method and analytically using the component
method.
TABLE
COMPUTATION/SOLUTION
OBSERVATION & CONCLUSION