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CVEN 2121 – Analytical Mechanics I-Statics

Homework #2. Assigned – 2 February 2007, Due 9 February , 2007 (at 17:00)

Problem #1: The force P is applied to the lever Problem #2: Before a telephone cable is strung,
which controls the auger of a snowblower. rope BAC is tied to a stake B and is passed over a
Determine the magnitude and the direction of the pulley at A. Knowing that portion AC of the rope
smallest force P which has a 2.20-Nm lies in a plane parallel to the xy plane and that the
counterclockwise moment about A. magnitude of the tension T in the rope is 124 N,
determine the moment about O of the resultant
force exerted on the pulley by the rope.

Problem #3: A rectangular tetrahedron has six


edges of length a. A force P is directed as shown
along edge BC. Determine the moment of P
about edge OA.

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