HARARE POLYTECHNIC | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT APPLIED MECHANICS NDI ‘Assignment 1 2023 [Production, Plant, DDT} INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer all questions Each question carries 20 marks DUE DATE: 31 JULY 2023 QUESTION 1 P and P respectively act on @ 2N the direction of the resultant [10 marks} (a) The angle between the two forces of magnitude 2 particle: ifthe first be doubled, and the second increased by 1 is unaltered, find the value of P, (b) A particle is acted upon by three forces, equal to SN, 10n and 13N along three sides of an equilibrium triangle, taken in order. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force {10 marks} QUESTION 2 A uniform ladder AB whose weight is 200N and length 6m rests against a smooth vertical wall making with it an angle of 30 degrees. The other end rests on the ground surface. Find the reactions given the ladder to the wall and the floor and their inclination to the vertical, when a man weighing 700N climbs the ladder by a distance 1.5m along the length of the ladder. (20 marks | QUESTION 3 ‘A car starts from rest with a uniform acceleration of 0.6 m/s2. A second car B starts from the 1.4 seconds later and follows the same path with an acceleration of 0.9m/s2. same poi How far will the cars have travelled when B passes A? {20 marks |PAPE 7 PAPER NO: $39/15/S07 ~ APPLIED MECHANICS UESTION Draw the SF and BM diagrams for the beam loaded as shown in Fig, QN 1 (20 marks) Question aS G00N GO0N “ ca Ree BOON Fig. QN 2(a) a) By method of sections, determine the forces in the member: tions, s DF, Di the truss shown in Fig. QN 2(a) above. The truss is supported at ee “ (B marks) 20