PROBLEM SET

(P3 QUIZ #2)

DIRECTION: Read and understand the following problems. You may use an A4
bond paper for your solutions. Don’t forget to box your final answer and
avoid erasures. You may use 4 decimal places.

SITUATION #1: Refer to the figure

below

SITUATION #4: Determine the

distance of the resultant of forces
acting on the beam from A?
1. Determine the angle Ѳ in such
a way that the resultant Force
of the two forces is directed
horizontally to the right.
2. The corresponding magnitude
of the resultant.

SITUATION #2: Compute the

magnitude and position of the
SITUATION #5: Determine the
resultant moment produced by the
forces about point O.

resultant of the four concurrent

forces shown in the figure.
1. Solve for the magnitude SITUATION #6: A vertical shaft AB
2. Solve for the position of is 5m long and is bolted to the
the resultant. rigid support at its lower end A.
SITUATION #3: Two forces are At its upper end B is attached a
applied at point B of beam AB. horizontal bar BC which is 2m
Determine graphically the magnitude long. At the end of C is applied
and direction of their resultant a force P= 180 N. Force P is
using the parallelogram law. perpendicular to the plane
containing points A, B, C.
Determine the bending effect at
point A.
 1. Determine the horizontal
SITUATION #7: Refer to the figure
force acting at hinge B, in
shown.
KN.
2. Determine the resultant
reaction at A, in kN.
3. Determine the resultant
reaction at C, in kN.

SITUATION #10: Refer to the

figure below. Diagonals BG, CF,
CH, and DG are flexible cables
1. Determine the reaction of
which can brace the truss in
the roller support.
tension only.
2. Determine the reaction of
the hinged support. P1 = 0
P2 = 3 kN
SITUATION #8: Refer to the figure P3 = 3 kN
shown. P4 = 1.5 kN

1. Determine the reaction of

Point A, in kN.
2. Determine the reaction of 1. What is the resultant
Point B, in kN. reaction(N) of point E?
2. What is the force(N) in
SITUATION #9: A three-hinge arc
member BF?
frame is hinged supported at A
3. What is the force(N) in
and C. AB and BC are hinged
member CF?
connected at B. The arc is loaded
4. What is the force(N) in
as shown in the figure.
member DH?
SITUATION #11: Using the method SITUATION #14: A ladder 6 m long
of joints, indicate all the has a mass of 18 kg and its
members of the truss shown that center of gravity is 2.4 m from
have zero force. the bottom. The ladder is placed
against a vertical wall so that
it makes an angle of 60° with the
ground. The angle of friction at
all contact surfaces is 15°
1. How far up the ladder can a
72-kg man climb before the
ladder is on the verge of
slipping?
2. Determine the coefficient of
SITUATION #12: For the given friction
frame shown, determine the
following: SITUATION #15: The composite
figure has the dimension shown.
1. Horizontal reaction at A. Dimensions are in millimeter.
2. Horizontal reaction at C.
3. Vertical reaction at C.

1. Calculate the moment of

inertia with respect to its
centroidal x-axis.
SITUATION #13: A 400 lb block is 2. Calculate the moment of
resting on a rough horizontal inertia with respect to its
surface for which the coefficient centroidal y-axis.
of friction is 0.40.
1. Determine the force P SITUATION #16: Use the method of
required to cause motion to
composite areas to calculate the
impend if applied to the
block horizontally. centroidal coordinates of the
2. Determine the force P plane region shown with respect to
required to cause motion to the origin.
impend if applied to the
block downward at 30
degrees.
 SITUATION #19: The cable is
1. Centroidal x coordinate (𝑥) subjected to a uniform loading of
2. Centroidal y coordinate (𝑦) w = 250 N/m.

SITUATION #17: Using the method

of composite curves, locate the
centroid of the plane curves
shown with respect to the origin.
1. Centroid with respect to y-
axis (𝑥) 1. Determine the maximum
2. Centroid with respect to x- tension in the cable.
axis (𝑦)
2. Determine the total length
of the cable.
SITUATION #20: A 900-kN load is
supported by cables AB, AC, and
AD.

SITUATION #18: From the given

figure of a cable connection
shown
1. Determine the tension
developed in cable AB.
2. Determine the tension
developed in cable AC.
3. Determine the tension
developed in cable AD.
SITUATION #21: A semicircular
area is removed from a trapezium
as shown in the figure below.
(dimensions in mm). Determine the
centroid of the remaining area.

1. Determine the tension in

segment CD.
2. Determine the value of angle
ß.
3. Determine the tension of the
segment AB
SITUATION #22: An I-section has SITUATION #24: In the figure
the following dimensions in mm below shows the cross-section of
units: a cast iron beam. Determine the
Bottom flange = 300x100 moments of inertia of the section
Top flange = 150x50 about horizontal and vertical
Web = 300x50 axes passing through the centroid
Determine mathematically the of the section.
position od center of gravity of
the section.

SITUATION #25: A Compound section

is built-up by welding two plates
200 mm x 15 mm on two steel beams
SITUATION #23: A semicircle of 90 ISJB 200 placed symmetrically
mm radius is cut out from a side by side as shown in the
trapezium as shown in the figure. figure. What is the moment of
Determine the position of the inertia of the compound section
center of gravity of the figure. about an axis passing through its
center of gravity and parallel to
X-X axis? Take Ixx for the ISJB
section as 7.807 x 106 mm4