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    This document discusses simplifying systems of forces and couples to an equivalent single resultant force and couple. It provides the following key points: 1. A system of forces and couples can be replaced by an equivalent single resultant force and couple moment acting at any specified point. 2. When moving a single force, a couple moment must be added to account for the change in the body's tendency to rotate. 3. Procedures for analyzing the simplified system include establishing coordinate axes, resolving forces, using the cross product to determine couple moments, and summing the forces and moments. 4. Special cases like concurrent, coplanar, and parallel force systems can be further simplified, such as representing a

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    This document discusses simplifying systems of forces and couples to an equivalent single resultant force and couple. It provides the following key points: 1. A system of forces and couples can be replaced by an equivalent single resultant force and couple moment acting at any specified point. 2. When moving a single force, a couple moment must be added to account for the change in the body's tendency to rotate. 3. Procedures for analyzing the simplified system include establishing coordinate axes, resolving forces, using the cross product to determine couple moments, and summing the forces and moments. 4. Special cases like concurrent, coplanar, and parallel force systems can be further simplified, such as representing a

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    This document discusses simplifying systems of forces and couples to an equivalent single resultant force and couple. It provides the following key points: 1. A system of forces and couples can be replaced by an equivalent single resultant force and couple moment acting at any specified point. 2. When moving a single force, a couple moment must be added to account for the change in the body's tendency to rotate. 3. Procedures for analyzing the simplified system include establishing coordinate axes, resolving forces, using the cross product to determine couple moments, and summing the forces and moments. 4. Special cases like concurrent, coplanar, and parallel force systems can be further simplified, such as representing a

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    4.

    7 Simplification of a Force and Couple System

    A force has the effect of both translating and rotating about a body.

    Remember the principle of transmissibility, which states that a force acting on a body is a sliding vector
    since it can be applied at any point along its line of action. Also, moments are free vectors and may
    affect at any point on the body.

    A system of forces and couple moments may be replaced with an equivalent single resultant force and
    couple moments acting at a specified point O anywhere on the body.

    Equivalent means same external effects of translation and rotation.

    First scenario: a single force is applied at one point A and an equivalent system where the force is
    applied at another point O is desired. Note there are no couple moments.

    1. Point 0 is on the line of action of a single force therefore moving F from point A to point O does
    not alter the body's tendency to rotate
    2. Point O is not on the line of action of F. Therefore moving F from point A to point O changes the
    body's tendency to rotate. We must account for this change by adding in a couple moment.

    Moving a single force F. from point A to point O.

    1. draw in F at point O
    a. this changes the resultant force on the body because there is no double the force acting
    in the same direction
    2. add in negative F at point O to cancel out extra positive F force
    3. account for change in tendency to rotate resulting from force acting at a different point on body
    by adding in a couple moment
    a. M=r X F
    b. couple moment can be positioned anywhere because it is a free vector
    c. often times will place it at point 0 because that is where the resultant force is located

    Moving multiple forces to point O.

    F R =∑ Fi M R =∑ M O
    O i

    F R =F1 + F 2 M R =M 1 + M 2
    O

    M R =r O ¿ A ¿× F1 +r O ¿ B ¿ × F 2
    O

    If there is an existing couple moment

    F R =∑ Fi M R =∑ M O
    O i

    F R =F1 + F 2 M R =M C + M C + r O ¿ A ¿ × F1 +r O ¿ B ¿ × F 2
    O 1 2
    Procedure for Analysis when simplifying a force and couple moment system to an equivalent resultant
    force and couple system.

     Establish the coordinate axes with the origin located at point 0 and the axess having a selected
    orientation.

    Force summation

     In two dimensions, resolve each force into the X. and Y. components


     In three dimensions, represent each force as a Cartesian vector before summing the forces

    Moment summation

     In two dimensions, use principle of moments i.e. determine the moments of the components of
    each force rather than the moment of the force itself.
     In three dimensions, use the vector Cross product to determine the moment of each force about
    point O.
    o Here the position vectors extend from O to any point on the line of action of each force.

    4.8 Further Simplification of a Force and Couple System

    Special cases: concurrent, coplanar, and parallel force systems can be further simplified.

    Concurrent force system.

    A concurrent force system is one in which the lines of action of all the forces intersect at a common
    point, thus causing no moment about this point.

    As a result the equivalent system can be represented by a single resultant force equal to the sum of the
    forces acting at that point.

    F R =∑ Fi
    Coplanar force system

    In a coplanar force system, the lines of action of all the forces lie in the same plane. Additionally, the
    moment that each of the forces about any point is directed perpendicular to this plane. Thus, the
    resultant moment and resultant force will be mutually perpendicular. The resultant moment can be
    replaced by moving the resultant force a perpendicular or moment arm distance D. away from point O
    such that the resultant force produces the same moment about point O.

    F R =∑ Fi M R =F R d∨d=M R /F R
    O O

    Parallel force system

    F R =∑ Fi M R =F R d∨d=∑ M R / F R
    O O

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