Practice Exam 2 ES2501 Stabile Name_______________________________ 1

1. The pipe structure in the figure below has two forces applied
at point C. The direction cosine angles for 2 are:
2 = 110, 2 = 40, 2 = .
a. Determine the resultant force at C.
b. Determine the magnitude of the component of the resultant
force along and perpendicular to BC.

9m

24 m
18 m
12 m
1 =200 N
6m
2 =300 N
Practice Exam 2 ES2501 Stabile Name_______________________________ 2

2. One of the balls of a ball bearing is subjected to a contact force

at C of 275 N and is in static equilibrium.
a. Draw a free body diagram of the ball including all three
forces. Include all three forces and a labeled coordinate
system in your sketch.
b. Determine the contact forces at A and B.

NC=275 N

NA

Study Guide: Section 2.5-2.9; 3.1 -3.3 Hibbeler