Name: _______________________________________ BES 025: Statics of Rigid Bodies
Date: ____________________ Section: ____________________
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PROBLEMS
PROBLEM SET 1: Resultant of Concurrent Force System, Moment and Couple Forces
Instructions
• Print this page. Write only your final answer in the space provided.
• Show your complete solution, including the free-body diagram, on a separate sheet of paper.
• No erasures are allowed on this page.
• Use this problem set to enhance your knowledge. Remember that we have only a “3-strike
rule.”
Situation 1-2: Resolve the horizontal 600-lb force in Figure into components acting along
the u and v axes.
2. Determine the magnitude of the v-component
Situation 3-4: Refer to the figure given. Assume that the resultant is directed along the
positve y axis.
3. Determine the magnitude of the
component force F.
4. Determine the magnitude of the
resultant force.
Situation 5-6: Two tow cables are attached to the front of a car and meet at point O.
Cable A makes an angle θ above the horizontal, while cable B makes a 30° angle below
directions to pull the car forward. If 𝐹𝐴=750𝑁 and 𝜃=45°
the horizontal and carries a force of 800 N. The forces in the cables act along their
5. Determine the magnitude of force resulant force.
6. Determine the direction of the resultant force measured counterclockwise from the
positive x axis.
Situation 7-8: Refer to the figure shown
7. Determine the magnitude of the resultant force
acting on the plate.
8. Determine the direction measured
counterclockwise from the positive x-axis.
Situation 9-10: If F1 = 300 N and 𝜃 = 10, determine
the following:
[Link] of the resultant force
[Link], measured counterclockwise from the
positive x’ axis
Situation 11-13: Determine the moment of the force about point O.
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14. If 𝐹𝐵 = 30 𝑙𝑏 and 𝐹𝐶 = 45 𝑙𝑏,
determine the resultant moment about the
bolt located at A.
15. If the man at B exerts a force of P = 30
lb on his rope, determine the magnitude of the
force F the man at C must exert to prevent the
pole from rotating, i.e., so the resultant
moment about A of both forces is zero.
16. Determine the magnitude and
direction/rotation of the couple moment acting
on the gear.
17. Determine the couple moment acting on the
pipe shown in Figure. Segment AB is directed 30°
below the x–y plane.
18. Determine the resultant couple moment
acting on the beam.
19-20: Determine the resultant
moment about point O of the force
system shown.