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Candidates Are Required To Give Their Answers in Their Own Words As Far As Practicable. The Figures in The Margin Indicate Full Marks

The document is an exam for a course in applied mechanics. It contains 7 questions testing concepts like vector operations, moments of forces, equilibrium, centroids, and friction. Students are asked to show their work and attempt all questions. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and takes place during the fall semester of 2003 for BE (Holders) students at Pokhara University.

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Candidates Are Required To Give Their Answers in Their Own Words As Far As Practicable. The Figures in The Margin Indicate Full Marks

The document is an exam for a course in applied mechanics. It contains 7 questions testing concepts like vector operations, moments of forces, equilibrium, centroids, and friction. Students are asked to show their work and attempt all questions. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and takes place during the fall semester of 2003 for BE (Holders) students at Pokhara University.

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POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester – Fall Year : 2003


Programme: BE (Holders) Full Marks: 100
Course: Applied Mechanics Time : 3hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. a) Given the vectors 8


     
A  16 i  3 j , B  10 k  6 i , C  4 j compute
   
(i) C ( A . C )  B
  
(ii) A .( B  C )
   
b) Given a force F  (10 i  5 j  A K ) N . If this force is to have a
rectangular component of 8N along a line having a unit vector
7
^ = 0. 6 i  0.8 k , what should A be?
 

e
   
A force F  (10 i  6 j  6 k ) N acts at position (10,3,4)m relative to a 15
2.
coordinate system. What is the moment of the force about the origin.
What is the moment of the force about an axis passing through origin and
point (1,1,1)m.
OR
A parallel system force is such that: a 20 N force acts at position
(10,3,0)m; a 30 N force acts at position (5,-3,0)m; a 50 N force acts at
position (-2,5,0)m. If all the force point in negative Z direction, give the
simplest resultant force and it's line of action.
   
A force F 1  (10 i  6 j  3 k ) N acts at position (3,0,2) m. At point (0,2,- 15
3.

3)m, an equal but opposite force  F 1 acts . What is the couple moment?
What are the direction cosines of the normal to the plane of the couple?

4. Assuming all surfaces to be smooth, determine the reactions at points A, 15


B, and C on the spheres exerted by the container.
5. By direct integration determine the centroid of isosceles triangle of height 15
h and base b.
OR
Compute the moment of inertia of composite shaded plane figure with
respect to X and Y axis.

6. Determine the minimum value of P required to move the block up to the 15


plane. Take  s  0.3 and  k  0.25.

7. Write short notes (Any Two). 25


a) Moment of a force about a point
b) Equilibrium in two dimension
c) Parallel axis theorem
d) Angle of friction

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