KE26303 APPLIED MECHANICS - TUTORIAL 2

MOMENT & COUPLE

1. Determine the magnitude and directional sense of the

moment of the force at A about point O and then about
point P.
Ans: MO = 2880Nm (CCW)
MP = 3147Nm (CCW)

2. The railway crossing gate consists of the 100kg gate arm

having a center of mass at Ga and the 2150kg
counterweight having a center mass at GW. Determine
the magnitude and directional sense of the resultant
moment produced by the weights about point A and
then about point B.
Ans: MRA = 2084.6Nm (CCW)
MRB = 1226.3Nm (CCW)

3. The force F = {600i + 300j – 600k} acts at the end of the

beam. Determine the moment of the force about point
A.
Ans: MO = {–720i +120j -660k}Nm

4. Determine the moments produced by forces FB and FC

about point O. Next find the resultant moment.
Ans: MO_FB = –1.8i kNm
MO_FC = 1080i + 720j Nm
MO_R = –720i + 720j Nm
5. A twist of 4Nm is applied to the handle of the
screwdriver. Resolve this couple moment into a pair of
couple forces F exerted on the handle and P exerted on
the blade.
Ans: F = 133N
P = 800N

6. Two couples act on the cantilever beam. If F = 6kN,

determine the resultant couple moment.
Ans: M = 5.2kN (CW)

7. Determine the resultant couple moment of the two

couples that act on the pipe assembly. The distance from
A to B is d = 400mm. Express the result as a Cartesian
vector.
Ans: MR = {–12.1i – 10j – 17.3k}Nm

8. Replace the force and couple system by an equivalent

force and couple moment at point O.
Ans: FR = 2.1 kN,  = 81.6o
MO =10.6 kNm (CW)

9. Replace the two forces acting on the post by a resultant

force and couple moment at point O. Epress the results
in Cartesian vector form.
Ans: FR = {2i – 10k}kN, MO = {–6i +12j}kNm
10. Replace the distributed loading by an equivalent
resultant force and specify its location.
Ans: FR = 6.75kN, x = 2.5m

11. Replace the distributed loading with an equivalent

resultant force, and specify its location on the beam
measured from point A.
Ans: FR = 36kN, x = 2.17m