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APL104 F23 Tutorial 1

This document provides 11 tutorials on calculating forces in various mechanical systems. The tutorials cover calculating forces in links of ladders and davits, stresses in spot welds and aircraft engine mounts, reactions on landing gear of a jet, forces in trusses and cables, and resultant internal forces on cross-sections of bones, arches, shafts, and other structures. The goal is to help students learn to analyze forces in solid mechanics problems.

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APL104 F23 Tutorial 1

This document provides 11 tutorials on calculating forces in various mechanical systems. The tutorials cover calculating forces in links of ladders and davits, stresses in spot welds and aircraft engine mounts, reactions on landing gear of a jet, forces in trusses and cables, and resultant internal forces on cross-sections of bones, arches, shafts, and other structures. The goal is to help students learn to analyze forces in solid mechanics problems.

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Tutorial 1: Study of forces

APL 104 - 2023 (Solid Mechanics)

1. A light stepladder is resting on the floor as shown below. Calculate the forces in the
link AB when a person of weight 800 N stands on top of the ladder. Assume the bars
to be weightless, the pins to be frictionless and the surface to be smooth.
Also, repeat the analysis when the surface has a coefficient of friction of 0.2.

2. Estimate the force in link AB when the weight of the boat supported by the davit is
7 kN.

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3. A spot weld which holds the bracket to the plate at point A, as shown in the fig-
ure below, can withstand a maximum bending in the plane of the plate of 100 Nm.
Determine the allowable maximum load W .

4. An airplane engine pod is suspended from the wing by the strut AG shown. The
propeller turns clockwise when viewed from behind. The weight of the engine is 11 kN
and may be assumed to act at G. Find the force and moment exerted by the strut onto
the wing at A when the engine is delivering 17.5 kN thrust and 20 kNm of torque.

5. A four-engine jet transport, which weighs 1000 kN fully loaded, has its center of gravity
at the location shown in the sketch. Before taking off, the pilot must test the engines
by operating them, one at a time, at a thrust of about 40 kN. As he checks the left
outboard engine, the other three engines idle at negligible thrust. The rear-wheel
brakes are locked during the test, but the nose wheel has no brakes. In addition, the
nose wheel is mounted on a caster, so it cannot resist a sidewise force.

(a) What forces does the ground exert on the landing wheels during the test?
(b) What must the coefficient of friction between the ground and wheels be to prevent
the rear wheels from slipping?

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6. Determine the forces in the six members of the truss shown.

7. The mast AD is acted on by a 1.6 kN force and supported by cables CE and DF as


shown. Find the reaction force exerted on the mast by the frictionless ball-and-socket
joint at A and also the tensions in the cables CE and DF.

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8. The shaft is supported by a smooth thrust bearing at A and a smooth journal bearing
at B. Determine the resultant internal loading acting on the cross-section at C.

9. The forearm and biceps support the 2-kg load at A. If C can be assumed as a pin
support, determine the resultant internal loadings acting on the cross-section of the
bone of the forearm at E. The biceps pulls on the bone along BD.

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10. Determine the resultant internal loadings acting on the cross-section of the semicircular
arch at C.

11. The shaft is supported at its ends by two bearings A and B and is subjected to
the forces applied to the pulleys fixed to the shaft. Determine the resultant internal
loadings acting on the cross-section located at point C. The 300 N forces act in the
z-direction and the 500 N forces act in the +x direction. The journal bearings at A
and B exert only x and z components of force on the shaft.

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