LAB 3 Triangle of Forces

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BFF 2821 Mechanics Lab

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Muhammad Zakuan Bin Abdul 2. Objective
Rahman FA14040
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muhd95zakuan@gmail.com
e,periment are to (erifA the law of
triangle of forces bA using force

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board& -ther than that! to show that
Abstract the three non.parallel forces in
This paper documents the e"uilibrium can be represented bA a
experiments work carried out to study of triangle of forces /pro(ided that the
Triangle of Forces by using some direction of forces is known&

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apparatus in the lab. In this activityA
participants will be explained about the 3. Apparatus
three non!parallel forces in e"uilibrium
that represented by a triangle of forcesA
using a simple experiment.

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Introduction

Law of triangle of forces states

that if three forces acting at a point can
be represented in magnitude and
direction bA the sides of a triangle in the
same order! then these three forces will
be in e"uilibrium#1$#%$&

'on(erselA! the law of

e"uilibrium can be stated that if three

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forces acting at a point are in
e"uilibrium! then theA can be
represented in magnitude and direction
bA three sides of a triangle in the same
order#)$&

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4. Procedure

*he diagram board was positioned and

secured with screws and nuts through holes
on the mounting panel&

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A&*est 1

*he three pulleAs are positioned

and secured with nuts as shown in Figure 1&
A sheet of paper is clipped to the diagram
board& *wo of the ring cord is passed o(er
the upper pulleAs and the weight hooks are
attached to the end of them& Another weight
hook is attached to the third cord& 6eights is
added to the cords to achie(e %&78! )&%8 and
%&%8 respecti(elA& *he ring is released and
the weights settled freelA& *he position of the
three cords is marked with pencil dots on the
paper& *he paper is remo(ed! the lines is
draw representing the three cords! and the
weight supported bA each cord is wrote& Force 9iagram

B& *est %

A new sheet of paper is clipped

@est 2 &
to the diagram board&*he weights is kept
the same as in *est 1& *he ring is let to
Free BodA 9iagram
be balanced at the center of paper& After
that! the center weight cord is passed
o(er the lower pulleA as shown in Figure
%& *he new position of three cords is
marked and the line is draw representing
the cords as in *est 1& *he weight
supported bA each cord is recorded&

Force 9iagram

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@est 1 &

Free BodA 9iagram

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#1$ R&<& Bansal /%00=>& ?A *e,tbook of
Based on Aour results obtained! Qngineering Mechanics?& La,mi
write Aour answers for the following Uublications&
"uestionsR
1& From Aour force diagram drawn! #%$ @errA b cinsberg/1CC=>& DAd(anced
state how to find the magnitude of engineering dAnamicsE #% ed&$&
two component forces when the third 'ambridge 5ni(ersitA Uress&
one is known&
#)$ craham <ellA/%00g>& DAd(anced
. -ne method of determining the Gibration AnalAsisE& 'R' Uress
(ector sum of these three forces is to
emploA the method of head.to.tail
addition& 2n this method! an accuratelA
drawn scaled diagram is used and
each indi(idual (ector is drawn to
scale& 6here the head of one (ector
ends! the tail of the ne,t (ector
begi ns& -nce all (ectors are added!
the resultant can be determined bA
drawing a (ector from the tail of the
first (ector to the head of the last
(ector& *his procedure is shown in the
result of test 1 and %& *he three
(ectors are added using the head.to.
tail method&
%& 6hat does the triangle of forces
shows in addition to the magnitude of
forces:
. 2f ) forces acting at a point can be
represented in si;e or direction bA the
sides of a closed triangle! then the
forces are in e"uilibrium! pro(ided
their directions can form a closed
triangle&*his means that the forces
can follow each other round a
triangle&

). *onc"usion
. *he triangle of force can be applA on
three on.parallel forces e"uilibrium& 2t
can be concluded that! from this triangle!
the magnitude of the resultant force can
be determined using the law of cosines
and its direction is determined from the
law of sines& *he magnitude of two
forces components are determined from
the law of sines& *hus! it is pro(en&

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