Engineering Mechanics (10B11CE211)

Assignment-II

Q.1. Two cables are tied together at A and loaded as shown. Draw the free body diagram needed to
determine the tension in each cable.

Q.2. A crate of mass 80 kg is held in the position shown. Determine (a) the moment produced by the
weight W of the crate about E, (b) the smallest force applied at A that creates a moment of equal
magnitude and opposite sense about E, (c) the magnitude, sense, and point of application on the bottom of
the crate of the smallest vertical force that creates a moment of equal magnitude and opposite sense about
E.

Q.3. A 3-m-long beam is subjected to a variety of loadings. (a) Replace each loading with an equivalent
force-couple system at end A of the beam. (b) Which of the loadings are equivalent?

Q.4. Calculate the support reactions for the simply supported beam loaded as shown in the Figure below.

Beam-1 Beam-2
Q.5. Calculate reactions at A and B for the simply supported beam shown in Figure above.