National University Of Sciences & Technology Pakistan

Assignment 1 – Engineering Mechanics

School: SEECS Date: 25th March, 2021
Section: BEE 12B Semester: 2nd

S.No Name CMS ID

1 Talha Israr 333633

2 Rakhmeen Gul 344190

3 Yusra Ahmed 341836

4 Muhammad Hamza Javaid 338928

5 Ayesha Binte Safiullah 343856

 Question 11
Problem 2.29 How to calculate Resultant P by knowing one
component Px = 720 N as shown in figure(write MATLAB code only)?
Code:
>> %First we identify the given components
>> Px = 720;
>> %We also have a reference triangle given
with components
>> Dx = 12;
>> Dy = -35;
>> D = 37;
>> %We calculate the cosine component from
the reference triangle
>> cos = Dx / D;
>> %We use this to find the value of P
>> P = Px / cos;
>> %We also find the Py component by
>> Py = P * (Dy / D);
>> %we use this to find the angle
>> theta = radtodeg(atan(Py / Px));
>> P
P=
2220
>> theta
theta =
-71.0754
>> %Thus Resultant force is 2220N at 71.0754
degrees below x-axis
 Question 12
How to calculate Resultant P by knowing all the components of the
applied forces as shown in figure and tension in rope as 365N(write
MATLAB code only)?
Code:
>> %First we define the forces with C reference
>> F1 = 500;
>> F2 = 200;
>> T3 = 365;
>> %Then we declare the reference triangles
>> D1 = 25;
>> D1x = 24;
>> D1y = 7;
>> D2 = 5;
>> D2x = 4;
>> D2y = -3;
>> %We can also find the sin and cos values of
the tension using the dimensions given
>> D3 = 1460;
>> D3x = -960;
>> D3y = -1100;
>> %These values are negative because C is
reference
>> %Now we can find the components of all
forces
>> F1x = F1 * (D1x / D1);
>> F1y = F1 * (D1y / D1);
>> F2x = F2 * (D2x / D2);
>> F2y = F2 * (D2y / D2);
>> T3x = T3 * (D3x / D3);
>> T3y = T3 * (D3y / D3);
>> %We use this to find the x and y
components of resultant P
>> Px = F1x + F2x + T3x;
>> Py = F1y + F2y + T3y;
>> %We can now find the magnitude and angle
>> P = sqrt((Px*Px)+(Py*Py));
>> angle = radtodeg(atan(Py/Px));
>> P
P=
474.3680
>> angle
angle =
-32.5175
>> %Thus the resultant force acting on point C
due to force F1 and F2 and tension T3 is
474.3680N at an angle of 32.5175 degree
below x-axis.