EXERCISE PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING MECHANICS

Situation 1: A beam is loaded as shown in the figure.

10. What is the force between the drum and the bar? 2400N
1. What is the resultant of the figure shown? 90kN 11. What is the tension in the cable? 1804.34
2. What is the location of the resultant force from the left support? 5m 12. What is the reaction at A? 645.75N
3. What is the reaction at the left support? 52.50kN
Situation 5: The beam weighing 30N/m is hinged at the left end and supported
Situation 2: Three cylinders having identical dimensions and weighing 500N are by a cable at the right end.
shown in the figure. Assume all contact surface are smooth.

4. What is the reaction at A? 288.68 N

5. What is the reaction at B? 750.00 N 13. What is the tension in the cable? 588N
6. What is the reaction at C? 144.34 N 14. What is the rection at the hinge? 477.47N
15. What is the angle that the reaction at the hinge makes with the horizontal?
Situation 3: The frame in the figure is acted upon by a force F causing a
31.01º
reaction at support B of 100kN.

Situation 6: A system of force is shown in the figure.

7. What is the value of force F? 120kN

8. What is the reaction at A? 156.20kN
9. What is the angle that the reaction at A makes with the horizontal axis
measured counter clockwise? 230.190

Situation 4: A cylindrical drum 2m in radius and weighing 1200 N is held by a
rigid bar AB as shown. One end of the bar (point A) is hinged and the other end
point B is supported by a flexible cable BC. Necglect the friction on all contact
forces.
16. What is the resultant of the force system? 14.31N
17. What is the x-intercept of the resultant? 2.46m
18. What is the y-intercept of the resultant? 5.34m
Situation 7: A system of forces is shown in the figure. All lengths are in meters.

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 28. What is the x component of the resultant force? 61.50kN
29. What is the y component of the resultant force? 71.55kN
30. What is the magnitude of the resultant force? 97.03kN

Situation 11: A cable is loaded as shown in the figure.

19. What is the resultant of the force system? 77.14N

20. What is the angle that the resultant makes with the horizontal? 52.22º
21. What is the distance from the origin where the resultant force intersects
the x-axis? 6.06m

Situation 8: A plane truss is loaded as shown in the figure.

31. What is the tension at cable CD? 6.79kN
32. What is the tension at cable AB? 6.90kN
33. What is the value of h? 2.74m

Situation 12: A parabolic cable carries a horizontally distributed load of 5kN/m.

The horizontal span between supports A and B is 60m with B is higher than A by
10m. The cable sag a distance of 5m below the imaginary line joining AB at the
midspan.

22. What is the reaction at G? 811.01N

23. What is the force in member AH? 2678.47N
24. What is the force in member DJ? 640N

Situation 9: A three hinged arc is shown in the figure.

34. What is the horizontal reaction at A and B? 450kN

35. What is the total reaction at A? 406.97kN
36. What is the total reaction at B? 458.94kN

Situation 13: A cable 800m long weighing 1.5kN/m has a tension of 750kN at
each end.

37. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum sag of the cable?
200m
38. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum distance between
25. What is the reaction at the right support? 5.89kN the supports? 660m
26. What is the reaction at the left support? 16.29kN
Situation 14: If h=5m and the chain has a mass per unit length of 8kg/m,
27. What is the reaction at the internal hinge? 5.89 kN
determine the following:

Situation 10: A concurrent force system in space is composed of three forces

described as follows: P1 has a magnitude of 126kN and acts through the origin
and point x=-1 , y=5, z=-3. P2 has a magnitude of 93kN and acts through the
origin and point x=5, y=-4, z=6. P3 has a magnitude of 38kN and acts through
the origin and point x=4, y=1, z=-3, where x,y and z are in meters.
39. Maximum tension in the cable. 5.36kN
40. Length of the cable. 51.3m

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 Situation 15: The uniform 10-kg ladder in the figure rests against a smooth wall
at B, and the end A rests on a rough horizontal plane for which the coefficient of
static friction, μs = 0.3

41. Determine the angle of inclination of the ladder if it is on the verge of sliding.
59.04o
42. Determine the normal reaction at B. 29.43 N

Situation 20. A 50-kg crate is subjected to an incline force P as shown in the

figure. The coefficient of static and kinetic friction between the crate and the
ground are μs = 0.3 and μk = 0.2.

48. A cable is attached to the 20kg plate, passes over a fixed peg at C, and is
attached to block at A. Using coefficients of static friction shown, determine
the smallest mass of block A so that it will prevent the sliding motion of B
down the plane. 2.22 kg

43. Determine the frictional force developed between the crate and the ground
if P = 200 N. 120 N
44. Determine the frictional force developed between the crate and the ground
if P = 450 N. 170.1 N

45. Blocks A, B, and C have weights of 50 N, 25 N, and 15 N, respectively.

Determine the smallest horizontal force P that will cause impending motion.
The coefficient of statics friction between A and B is μs = 0.3, between B
and C is μs = 0.4, and between C and the ground D is μs = 0.35. 45 N 49. Locate the centroid of the shaded area. (-1.18,1.39)

46. Determine the smallest force P needed to lift the 3000-lb load. The
coefficient of static friction between A and C and between B and D, is μs =
0.3, and between A and B is μs = 0.4. Neglect the weight of each wedge.
4054.36 lb 50. Determine the moment of inertia about the x & y axes. 2.13 m4, 4.57 m4

47. The maximum tension that can be developed in the cord is 500 N. If the
pulley at A is free to rotate and the coefficient of static friction at the fixed
drums B and C is μs = 0.25, determine the largest mass of the cylinder that
can be lifted by the cord. 15.69 kg

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 51. Determine the moment of inertia of the composite area about the x & y 52. Determine the location 𝑦̅ of the centroid of the area from the reference axis.
axes. 548.4825 x 106 mm4, 548.4375x106 mm4 9.04 in
53. Determine the moment of inertia with respect to its centroidal x-axis.
477.29 in4
54. Determine the moment of inertia with respect to its centroidal y-axis.
90.60 in4

Situation 17: The position of a particle that moves along the x-axis is given by

𝑥 = 𝑡 3 − 3𝑡 2 − 45 𝑡 𝑖𝑛.

55. Determine the position at t = 8s. -40 in

56. Determine the velocity at t = 8s. 99 in/s
57. Determine the acceleration at t = 8s. 42 in/s2
58. Determine the acceleration at t = 8s. 310 in

Situation 18: Pin P at the end of the telescoping rod slides along the fixed
parabolic path y2= 40x, where x and y are measured in millimeters. The y
coordinate of P varies with time t (measured in seconds) according to y = 4t2+ 6t
mm. When y = 30 mm,
Situation 16: A 14x34 section is joined to a C10 x 15.3 section to form a structural
member that has the cross-section shown. The American Institute of Steel
Construction (AISC) Steel Handbook lists the following cross-sectional properties.

For W14x34: For C10 x 15.3

A = 10 in2 𝐼̅𝑦 = 340 in4 A = 4.48 in2

𝐼̅𝑥 = 340 in4 x = 0.634 in 𝐼̅𝑥 = 340 in4

𝐼̅𝑦 = 340 in4

59. Compute the velocity vector of P. 34.1 i + 22.7

60. Compute the acceleration vector of P. 37.8 i + 8 j

Situation 19: The skier glides down a slope described by y = -x3/12 800 ft, where
x is in feet. The speed of the skier at point A is vA = 20 ft/s, and the speed is
increasing at the rate of 4 ft/s2.

61. Determine the normal acceleration at point A. 6.16 ft/s2

62. Determine the total acceleration at point A. 7.34 ft/s2
63. Determine the angle of inclination of the acceleration at A. 77.55o

Situation 20: A projectile, launched at A with an initial velocity of v0 at the angle

θ, impacts the vertical wall at B. Neglecting air resistance:

64. Calculate the height h, if vo = 70 ft/s and ϴ = 65o. 62.4 ft

65. If vo = 80 ft/s, what angle ϴ will maximize the height h of the impact point?
73.20o
66. What is the maximum height from the preceding problem? 90.3 ft

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 Situation 23: An elevator is moving upward at a constant speed of 4 m/s. A man
standing 10 m above the top of the elevator throws a ball upward with a speed of
3 m/s. Determine

74. when the ball will hit the

elevator. 1.33 s

75. where the ball will hit the

elevator with respect to the location of the
man. 4.68 m below the man

Situation 20: A projectile is fired up the inclined plane with the initial velocity
shown. Neglecting air resistance.

Situation 24: As relay runner A enters the 20-m-long exchange zone with a speed
of 12.9 m/s, he begins to slow down. He hands the baton to runner B 1.82 s later
as they leave the exchange zone with the same velocity. Determine:

67. Determine horizontal distance from O to A. 14.434 ft

68. Determine vertical distance from O to A. 16.562 ft
69. Determine h. 7.17 ft

Situation 21: A girl rolls a ball up an incline and allows it to return to her. For the
angle and ball involved, the acceleration of the ball along the incline is constant at
0.25g, directed down the incline. If the ball is released with a speed of 4 m/s:
76. the uniform acceleration of runner A. -2.10 m/s2
77. the uniform acceleration of runner A. -2.06 m/s2
78. when runner B should begin to run. 2.59s after A reaches the exchange
zone.

Situation 25: Two rockets are launched at a fireworks display. Rocket A is

launched with an initial velocity v0 = 100 m/s and rocket B is launched t1 seconds
later with the same initial velocity. The two rockets are timed to explode
simultaneously at a height of 300 m as A is falling and B is rising. Determine:

70. Determine the distance s it moves up the incline before reversing its
direction. 3.26 m
71. Determine the total time t required for the ball to return to the child’s hand.
3.26 s

Situation 22: A parachutist is in free fall at a rate of 200 km/h when he opens his
parachute at an altitude of 600 m. Following a rapid and constant deceleration, he
then descends at a constant rate of 50 km/h from 586 m to 30 m, where he
maneuvers the parachute into the wind to further slow his descent. Knowing that
the parachutist lands with a negligible downward velocity, determine:

72. the time required for the parachutist to land after opening his parachute.
44.8 s
73. the initial deceleration. 103.3 m/s2 79. the time t1. 13.08 s
80. the velocity of rocket B. 64.15 m/s

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