Department of Mechanical Engineering (NITC)

S1ME ZZ1001D ENGINEERING MECHANICS Tutorial Test 1-Set2

Time: One Hour Answer Key Maximum Marks: 20

1. A simple slingshot (see Fig. 1) is about to be "fired." If the entire rubber band requires 3
lb per inch of elongation, what force does the hand exert on the hand'! The total
unstretched length of the rubber band is 5 in.

Figure 1

Solution:
 2. Find the dot product of the vectors represented by the diagonals from A to F and from D
to G (Fig. 2). What is the angle between them?

Figure 2
Solution:

3. Making use of the cross product, give the unit vector n normal to the inclined surface
ABC (Fig. 3).

Figure 3
4. If the coordinates of vertex E of the inclined pyramid are (5, 50, 80) m, what is the angle
between outward normal to faces ADE and BCE (Fig. 4)?

Figure 4
Solution: