DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

End-Semester Examination, Autumn 2020-21
CE 1000: Engineering Mechanics
Class: Undergraduate Duration: 2 hrs Max. Marks: 50

Instructions: (1) Answer question no 1 and any four from the rest.
(3) Assume any missing data after stating it clearly.
(4) Provide neat sketches wherever necessary

1. Choose the correct options for the following statements. [1x10=10 Marks]

i) A single force and a couple acting in the same plane upon a rigid body
(A) Balance each other
(B) Cannot balance each other
(C) Produce moment of a couple
(D) Are equivalent

ii). If a body is acted upon by a number of coplanar non-concurrent forces, it may

(A) Rotate about itself without moving
(B) Move in any one direction rotating about itself
(C) Be completely at rest
(D) All of these

iii). On the ladder resting on the ground and leaning against a smooth vertical wall, the force
of friction will be
(A) Downwards at its upper end
(B) Upwards at its upper end
(C) Perpendicular to the wall at its upper end
(D) Zero at its upper end

iv). The ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction is known as

(A) Coefficient of friction
(B) Angle of friction
(C) Angle of repose
(D) Sliding friction

v). The moment of inertia of a thin spherical shell of mass m and radius r, about its diameter is

(A) mr2/3
(B) 2mr2/3
(C) 2mr2/5
(D) 3mr2/5

vi). If tension in the cable supporting a lift moving downwards is half the tension when it is
moving upwards, the acceleration of the lift is
(A) g/2
(B) g/3
(C) g/4

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 (D) None of these

vii). Which of the following is represented by the area under force-displacement diagram?
a. Impulse
b. Momentum
c. Power
d. Work done

viii). Static friction is always __________ dynamic friction.

(A) Equal to
(B) Less than
(C) Greater than
(D) None of these

ix). The moment of inertia of a square of side a about its diagonal

(A) a2/8
(B) a3/12
(C) a4/12
(D) a4/16

x). Two forces are acting at an angle of 120. The bigger force is 40N and the resultant is
perpendicular to the smaller one. The smaller force is
(A) 20N
(B) 40N
(C) 120N
(D) None of these

2. Reduce the system of forces acting on beam AB to an equivalent force-couple system: (i) at A,
and (ii) at B. [10 Marks]
200 N 100 N
400 N. m
A 45o B

1m 2m 2m 1m

3. Find the second moment of the shaded area shown in fig. about its centroidal X-axis. [10 Marks]

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4. Determine the force in members CD, CF, and CG and state if these members are in tension or
compression. [10 Marks]

5. Determine the reaction forces of the simply supported beam AB as shown in Figure by using the
principle of virtual work. [10 Marks]

6. Calculate the value of W required in Figure shown below, i) To cause the body to move in
upward direction, ii) To cause the body to move in downward direction. Take coefficient of
friction as 0.3. [10 Marks]

7. Find reactions at A, B, C and D shown in the fig. using equilibrium conditions. [10 Marks]

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