ES2501 Engineering Statics A 2017 Stabile

Assignment 9:

Date Assigned: Thursday, Sep/7/2017

Date Due: Monday, 9/11/2017, at the start of class

1. A rod is supported by a hinge joint at O as shown in the picture below.

a. Determine the unit vector for OA, .
b. Express F in Cartesian vector format.
c. Find the unit vector for the line u.(Cosines of coordinate direction
angles will help here)
d. Determine the component of the force F along line u.
e. Determine the component of the force F perpendicular to line u.

500 N

120 mm
120 mm
60 mm

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