98 results.
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Question in Engineering StaticsGiven a loaded truss, identify any zero force members by inspection.
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Question in Engineering StaticsFind the mechanical advantage of a pair of 'vice-grip' pliers.
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Question in Engineering StaticsIdentify errors in student-drawn free body diagrams of a frame.
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Calculate reactions and shear and bending moment at a point for an overhanging beam with a constant or uniformly varying distributed load.
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Determine the forces in the pistons of a hydraulicly operated excavator.
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Determine expressions for internal shear and bending moment as a function of $x$ for a beam with two vertical loads.
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Find the area, first moment of area, and coordinates of a general spandrel. The area may be above or below the function.
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Find the centroid of a shape made up of a rectangle and two triangles.
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Find the centroid of a shape made from a rectangle, triangle, and circle.
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Equilibrium of a rigid body. Find tension to raise a pole.
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Determine the reactions supporting a cantilever beam carrying concentrated forces and moments.
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Replace three tangential forces with an equivalent force-couple system acting at the center of a circle.
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Find the tension required to hold a pole at a specified angle.
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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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Calculate the moment of a force about three points using Verignon' theorem. All forces and points are in the same plane.
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Find the sum of two couples in a plane.
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Find the moment of a couple formed by two equal and opposite forces.
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Equilibrium of two interacting particles.
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Solve a random oblique triangle for sides and angles.
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Rigid body equilibrium problem. Easiest to solve by replacing forces on the perimiter of the pulley with equivalent forces at the axle.
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Find the tension in a rope necessary to prevent a bracket from rotating by applying $\Sigma M = 0$.
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Find the force required to balance a see-saw.
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Determine the moment of a force about a point by using $M= F d_\perp$ or $M = F_\perp d$.
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Calculate the moment of a force. Must calculate perpendicular distance based on simple geometry, and recognize direction.
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Pulley supported by a cable, so the tension in the rope is constant. Advice is a youtube video showing how to solve the problem.
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Find the tensions in two ropes supporting a weight.
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Three random forces act on a particle. Determine the force required for equilibirum.
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Find forces required to hold a particle in equilibrium when subjected to a downward load. Directions of the reactions are given.
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Determine the resultant of three random 2-D vectors.
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Use the parallelogram rule to solve a force triangle.