ENGINEERING MECHANICS

(STATICS)
(ASTATICR)

Engr. Dean Carlo A. Lambino

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
MOMENT OF A FORCE
• Moment of a Force
• Varignon’s Theorem
• Couples and Moment of a Couple
• Resultant of non-concurrent force systems
MOMENT OF A FORCE
• Moment of a Force
• Varignon’s Theorem
• Couples and Moment of a Couple
• Resultant of non-concurrent force systems
 Moment of a Force
measure of a turning effect of a force to a system or the tendency of a
body to rotate with respect to a point/axis(Torque)

𝑴=𝑭𝑥𝒅
𝑭 = 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆
𝒅 = 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆′ 𝒔
𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝑹𝑬𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑷𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑻
/𝑨𝑿𝑰𝑺

CHARACTERISTICS OF A MOMENT
Force Magnitude
Moment Arm
Sense of Rotation (Direction of Rotation)
Reference Point/Axis
 Moment of a Force
MOMENT TYPES
Clockwise Counterclockwise

NOTE:
The sign convention for
moments shall follow
POSITIVE for Clockwise and
NEGATIVE for
Counterclockwise.

VARIGNON’S PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS (OR LAW OF MOMENTS)

If a number of coplanar forces are acting simultaneously on a particle, the algebraic sum of the
moments of all the forces about any point is equal to the moment of their resultant force about the
same point.
 Problem 1:
Determine the moment about point O in the given systems.
𝑀0 = +50 0.75 𝑀0 = +40 4 + 2 cos 300
𝑀0 = +100 2 𝑀0 = 229.2820 𝑙𝑏 − 𝑓𝑡
𝑀0 = 200 N − m 𝑀0 = 37.5 N − m

𝑀0 = −7 4 − 1
𝑀0 = −21 𝑘𝑁 − 𝑚

𝑀0 = −60 1 sin 450

𝑀0 = −42.4264 𝑙𝑏 − 𝑓𝑡
Problem 2:
Determine the moment about point O in the given systems.
Using varignon’s theorem:

3 4
𝑀0 = 500 0 − 500 (3)
5 5
𝑀0 = −1,200 𝑁 − 𝑚

4 3
𝑀0 = −500 (1) + 500 (3 − 1)
5 5
𝑀0 = 200 𝑁 − 𝑚 4 3
𝑀0 = +500 1 + 2 − 500 (1) 𝑀0 = 100 0
5 5
𝑀0 = 0 𝑁 − 𝑚
𝑀0 = 900 𝑁 − 𝑚
Problem 3:
Determine the moment about point O in the given systems.
Solving for x and y:
𝑦 𝑥
sin 45 = cos 45 =
2.5 2.5
y 𝑦 = 1.7678 𝑥 = 1.7678

x 450 Therefore:
𝑀0 = +600 1 − 500 1 + 2 + 1.7678 + 300(1.7678)

𝑀0 = −1,253.56 𝑁 − 𝑚
MOMENT OF A FORCE
• Moment of a Force
• Varignon’s Theorem
• Couples and Moment of a Couple
• Resultant of non-concurrent force systems
 Moment applied in Couples
COUPLE
forces equal in magnitude, with lines of action parallel to
each other and acting in opposite directions 𝒂 = 𝑨𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆

TYPES
Clockwise
Anticlockwise (Counterclockwise)

A couple (whether clockwise or anticlockwise) has the following characteristics :

1. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple, is zero.
2. The algebraic sum of the moments of the forces, constituting the couple, about any point is the
same, and equal to the moment of the couple itself.
3. A couple cannot be balanced by a single force. But it can be balanced only by a couple of opposite
sense.
4. Any number of coplanar couples can be reduced to a single couple, whose magnitude will be equal
to the algebraic sum of the moments of all the couples.
Problem 5:
Determine the Resultant Force R, 𝜃 and Moment at Point A and Point B.
For Ma:
1 1 2
Ma = 6 2 +6 3 +6 1 + 10 − 8
5 5 5
15 cos 600
1 1
15 sin 600 +11 2 + 11 3 − 15 cos 600 1
2 2
𝐌𝐚 = 𝟓𝟐. 𝟏𝟕𝟑𝟖 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦
8 kN-m

2 5
1 2 For Mb:
6
5
2 2 1
2 5 Mb = −6 3 −6 2 +6 1 + 10 − 8
6
1 5 5 5
11
1 1 2
2 6 5
1
5
1 1
11
2 6
1
5
−11 1 + 11 1 + 15 sin 600 3 − 15 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600 3
2 2
2
𝐌𝐛 = −𝟓. 𝟔𝟕𝟖𝟒 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦
Problem 5:
Determine the Resultant Force R, 𝜃 and Moment at Point A and Point B.
For Rx & Ry:
1 1 1
Rx = −6 −6 − 11 − 15 cos 600
5 5 2
15 cos 600
Rx = −20.6447 kN
0
15 sin 60
2 2 1
Ry = +6 +6 + 11 − 15 sin 600
5 5 2
8 kN-m Ry = +5.5209 kN

2 5 Therefore:
1 2 𝑅𝑦
6 𝜃 = tan−1
5 𝑅= 𝑅𝑥2 + 𝑅𝑦2 𝑅𝑥
2 5
1 5.5209
1 1 6 𝑅= −20.6447 2 + 5.5209 2 𝜃 = tan−1
11
2 6
2
5 20.6447
5
11
1
1 𝑅 = 21.3702 𝑘𝑁
2 6
5 𝜃 = 14.97200

𝐌𝐛 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟑𝟕𝟎𝟐 𝒌𝑵, 𝑵 𝟕𝟓. 𝟎𝟐𝟖𝟎 𝑾

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