177 results authored by William Haynes - search across all users.
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Question in Engineering Statics
A hand truck on wheels. Easiest to solve by rotating coordinate system.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Two forces act on a bell crank. This problem has two unknown magnitudes and an unknown direction which makes it tricky to solve by the equilibrium equation method.
The solution is much simpler if three force body principle is used.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Find the reactions of a rigid body (a triangular plate) at a pin and roller, using the three-force body principle.
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Question in Learning, Debugging, Testing etc.
Shows how to switch to the 3D graphics view of a geogebra applet using an extension function.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Two known forces, and a third with known magnitude act on a rigid body. Apply $\Sigma M = 0$ about a pin restraint to determine the direction of the third force. The problem has two valid answers.
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Question in Learning, Debugging, Testing etc.
This demonstrates how to set xmin, ymin, xmax and ymax for an embedded geogebra diagram.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Given three vectors, arrange them in a tip to tail arrangement using geogebra, then estimate the magnitude and direction of their resultant.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Add three vectors by determining their scalar components, summing them and then resolving the rectangular components to find the magnitude and direction of the resultant
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Question in Engineering Statics
Two dimensional particle equilibrium problem. Advice shows how to use how to use slope triangles to find sines and cosines, rather than finding the angle and using that.
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Question in Learning, Debugging, Testing etc.
Shows different ways to load a geogebra applet.
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Exam (1 question) in Learning, Debugging, Testing etc.
Different methods of loading a geogebra applet.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Replace two forces with a equivalent force-couple system at a specified point.
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Question in Engineering Statics
3D equilibrium of a particle problem. Rectangular steel plate supported by three cables, dimensions and density given.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Student is given two points defined symbolically, and must find the equation of the line they define, then use integration to find an equation for the area under the line, bounded by the x-axis and vertical lines through the two points.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Find the reactions of a rigid body (a truss) at a pin and roller. All loads are either horizontal or vertical.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Replace two parallel forces with an equivalent single force
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Question in Engineering Statics
Find the reactions of a rigid body (a triangular plate) at a pin and roller. The load is at an angle.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Find the tensions is a system of cables supporting two loads.
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Question in Engineering Statics
An A-frame structure supporting a load at the top. Simple because both legs are two force bodies.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Derive the expressions for the shear and bending moment as functions of $x$ for a cantilever beam with a uniformly varying (triangular) load.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Determine the single force which is equivalent to a force and a couple.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Solve for an angle which will result in equilibrium for a triangle subjected to three couples. A trial and error solution is recommended.
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Question in Engineering StaticsSimple geometry to introduce the three-force-body procedure.
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Question in Engineering StaticsIdentify errors in student-drawn free body diagrams of a rigid body.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Given the moment of inertia of an area about an arbitrary axis, find the centroidal moment of inertia and the moment of inertia about a second axis.
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Question in Engineering Statics
Find an interior angle and length of a diagonal of a random parallelogram.
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Question in Learning, Debugging, Testing etc.
This question demonstrates sending commands to geogebra and getting geogebra values and using them as part of a marking algorithm.