Engineering Mechanics (KCE 301)

Unit : 1

Lecture : 5

Resultant: Method of resolution

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Resolution of forces:

Splitting of forces into their component.

‘θ’ is the acute angle made by the force with respect to ‘x’ direction.

Sign convention of forces in x

and y direction
Resultant force: The resultant of a system of forces is a single calculated force
which is capable of producing the same effect as that of system of forces on the body.
It is the vector sum of forces of the system.

Composition of forces: The technique of finding the resultant of forces is called

composition of forces.

Method of resolution:

1.Resolve all the forces along the horizontal x-axis and vertical y-axis.
Rx   Fx R y   Fy
1.Calculate the algebraic sum of all the forces in x-axis & y-axis.

2.Magnitude of the resultant (R) is calculated by: R  F    F 

x
2
y
2

tan  
F
y
3.Direction of the resultant (α) with horizontal x-axis is calculated by:
F
x

4.Resultant (R) may lie in any four quadrant depending on the sign of F &F x y
Q.1 Determine the resultant of four forces acting on a body shown in fig.
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