8/10/2013

PROBLEM 3.19
• The overhead electric hoist C rides along a track on
the horizontal beam AB. In addition to the 500-kN
MECH 311 vertical force carried by the hoist, the beam also
supports the three vertical forces shown.

HOMEWORK
Patricia Bianca B. Dela Cruz
3 ChE - A

PROBLEM 3.19 PROBLEM 3.19

• A. If x = 5m, determine the resultant of 300 kN 120 kN 200 kN
the four forces carried by the beam.
2m 8m 4m 3m
A B
x=5m

500 kN
Rx = ƩFx = 0 kN
Ry = ƩFy
Ry = -300 kN – 500 kN – 120 kN – 200 kN
Ry = -1120 kN
R = 1120kN 

PROBLEM 3.19 PROBLEM 3.19

300 kN 120 kN 200 kN R = 1120 kN

A
2m 8m 4m 3m
d
A B
x=5m

500 kN


+ ƩM = 300(2) + 500(5) + 120(10) + 200(14)
A 
+ ƩM = Rd 
A
+

= 7100 kN-m  7100 = 1120 x d

d = 6.34 m

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PROBLEM 3.19 PROBLEM 3.19

• FINAL ANSWER: • B. Determine the distance x for which
the resultant of the four forces
would act at the center of the span
R = 1120 kN AB.
d = 6.34 m
R = 1120 kN
A
8.5 m 8.5 m
A B
x
500 kN

PROBLEM 3.19

-fin-
R = 1120 kN
8.5 m 8.5 m
A B
x
500 kN
R = 1120 

+ ƩMA = 300(2) + 120(10) + 200(14) + 500x


+ ƩMA = 4600 + 500x


+ ƩMA = Rd 
+

4600 + 500x = 1120(8.5)

x = 9.84 m