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ESO 202
Instructor: Dr. P. Chakraborty
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Classification:
Contact forces – between bodies in physical contact
Classification:
Non-contact forces – between physically separated
bodies
X 𝐹 = 𝐹𝑖
F5 F4 𝑖=1
Z
F2 F4
F3
Can also be obtained from
vector diagram F5
F1 F
Force
Components of a force in an
orthogonal axis-system
5 5 5
Magnitude of moment
𝑀 = 𝐹𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜙
Direction of
moment
Moment of a Force
Components of moment
vector in an orthogonal
coordinate system
𝐹𝑥 𝑖Ƹ + 𝐹𝑦 𝑗Ƹ
𝑀 =𝑟×𝐹
= 𝑟𝑥 𝑖Ƹ + 𝑟𝑦 𝑗Ƹ × 𝐹𝑥 𝑖Ƹ + 𝐹𝑦 𝑗Ƹ 𝑟𝑥 𝑖Ƹ + 𝑟𝑦 𝑗Ƹ
= 𝑟𝑥 𝐹𝑦 − 𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑥 𝑘
Moment of Forces
r1 r2
r5 O r3 F3
r4
F4
F5
𝑀 = 𝑟1 × 𝐹1 + 𝑟2 × 𝐹2 + 𝑟3 × 𝐹3 +𝑟4 × 𝐹4 +𝑟5 × 𝐹5
5
= 𝑟𝑖 × 𝐹𝑖
𝑖=1
Couple
A couple is a system of 2 M 𝑟1 × 𝐹1
parallel non-collinear
forces having equal 𝑟2 × 𝐹2 r1
magnitudes and opposite r2
directions F1
F2 a
𝑀 = 𝑟1 × 𝐹1 + 𝑟2 × 𝐹2 = 𝑟2 × 𝐹1 + 𝐹2 + 𝑎 × 𝐹2 = 𝑎 × 𝐹2
𝐹 = 𝐹1 + 𝐹2 + 𝐹3 + 𝐹4 + 𝐹5 = 0
F1 F2
𝑁
𝐹 = 𝐹𝑖 = 0
F3
𝑖=1
F5 F4
𝑁
Moment about any point
𝑟 × 𝐹 = 𝑟 × 𝐹𝑖 = 0
due to the resultant force 𝑖=1
Equilibrium of a Solid Body
Assumptions:
The solid body is made of large number of infinitesimal particles
The collective motion of the particles represent the overall
motion of the body
Particles exert equal and opposite forces on each other on same
line of action
𝐹𝑖𝐼1 + 𝐹 𝐸1 = 0
𝑖=1
𝐹𝐸𝑗 = 0
𝑗=1
F
F
Equal and opposite internal
forces for every particle pair
𝑟1 𝑟2 Net moment about O is zero
𝑀 𝑁𝑗
𝐼𝑗
O 𝑟𝑗 × 𝐹𝑖 =0
𝑗=1 𝑖=1
The conditions
𝑀 𝑀
𝐹𝐸𝑗 = 0 𝑟𝑗 × 𝐹𝐸𝑗 = 0
𝑗=1 𝑗=1
RH
P RH
RV
RV
Reactive forces on
Idealization the block
Free Body Diagram
RH P RH
W W
RV RV