VR20 Rego: (TT TTT TTT ‘\WELAGAPUDI RAMAKRISHNA SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) VIV B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JULY, 2021 First Semester 2 NGINEERIN [ANICS- (ME Branch) Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 70 Part-A is compulsory Answer One Question from each Unit of Part-B Answer to any single question or its part shail be written at one place only rem PART-A 10x 1=10M State the parallelogram law. ‘What are the conditions of equilibrium for concurrent forces in plane? Distinguish between centre of gravity and centroid. What are the characteristics of a couple? Whatiis the distance of centroid of right angled triangle of base “b” and height ‘h’, from its base? What is angle of friction? State the parallel axis theorem. Define moment of inertia of a body. Define radius of gyration. Express the force of 100N passing through the origin and a point (5, 4, 3) in space. Page Lof 720ES1104C VR20 20ES1104C PART-B 4x15 = 60M UNITE a, Anelectric light fixture weighing 15N hangs from a point C, by ‘two strings AC and BC. AC is inclined at 60° to the horizontal and BC at 45° to the vertical as shown in fig.(1). Determine the forces in the strings AC and BC. oM ° FJ GE fig.) b Twosmooth spheres each of radius of 100mm and weighing 100N rest in a horizontal channel having vertical walls, the distance between which is 360mm. Find the reactions at the points A, B,C and D shown in fig.(2). Page 2 of 7 Page 7 of 720ES1104C UNITIV A vertical load of 50 kg is supported by three rods positioned as shown in fig.(9). Determine the forces in each rod 15M (@) Determine the resultant of the tension forces acting at point A of the transmission tower as shown in fig. (10). The magnitudes of tensions along cables AB, AC and AD are respectively 1000N, 2000N and 1800N, 15M Page6of 7 VR20 20ES1104C (on)\ 3. a. The resultant of three forces is 60 N as shown in fig.(3). Two of the three forces are also shown as 20 N and 40 N. Determine the third force. ™ fig.) b. The forces on the gusset plate of a joint in a bridge truss act as shown in fig.(4). Determine the magnitudes of the two forces P and F to maintain equilibrium of the joint. 8M < So00w Page3of 720ES1104C UNITAL Determine and locate the resultant R of the forces and one couple acting on the beam as shown in fig.(5). 15M. (or) A rectangular hole is made in a triangular section as shown in fig (6). Determine the moment of inertia of the section about X-X axis passing through its centre of gravity and thebase BC. ISM. é fam be—~ 100 mm ——>] fiz ©) Page 4 of 7 VR20 20ES1104C UNIT-I 6 Determine the forces in all the members of a truss shown in fig.(7) using method of joints. 15M ‘S30kN 5OkKN (or) a Block A of weight 520N rest on the horizontal top of block B having weight 700N as shown in fig.(8). Block Ais tied to a support by a cable at 30° to the horizontal. Coefficient of friction is, 0.4 for all contact surfaces. Determine the minimum value of the horizontal force P just to move the block B. Find also the tension in the cable. 15M fig (8) PageS of 7