CHE213 - Lecture Notes PDF
CHE213 - Lecture Notes PDF
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Graphical
o Triangle Law
o Parallelogram Law
Analytical
o Component Method: X,Y, and Z
Components ( )
Angles
)
Examples:
Ratio of Sides
Coordinates
Example:
o Sine Law
83°
38°
B A
25 m.
6. Three vectors are oriented as shown in
Fig 1.10, where |A|= 20.0 units, |B|= 12. Find angle A.
40.0 units, and |C|= 30.0 units. Find C
the magnitude and direction of the 7 yd. 28 yd.
resultant vector. 75°
B A
28° 21 mi.
B A
32 mi.
C B
7. A car moves 150.0 m at 63° N of E. It 19 ft.
stays at rest for a while then moves 300
m at 34° S of W. Find the total
15. Find AB.
displacement of the car. A
27 m.
80°
C B
19 m.
16. Find AB.
A B
REVIEW: A surveyor sights a target at C from
13 in points A and B. Determine the magnitudes of the
93° position vectors A and B.
20 in
C
17. Find AC.
A
14 in 117°
B C
8 in
RECTANGULAR COMPONENTS
14 in 6 in
B C
9 in
16 mi
117°
C A
28 mi
a. Determine the
position vector AB.
CONCURRENT FORCES:
same point of application
PROBLEM SET NO.2
Vector Product:
2. The tension in the wire is 2500 N. Determine:
1. Calculate the when
a. The components and
acting on bolt A.
VECTOR PRODUCTS:
Dot Product:
5. Show that a is perpendicular to be when
and
o To determine the angle between
two vectors
o To determine the projection of a 6. Show that a is perpendicular to be when
vector in a specified direction and
PRACTICE:
Slide the F
c. What is vector 2 – vector 3? (2 pts.) along the
same line of
action to
become
Problem No. 2:
perpendicular
A 15-ft bar AB has a
Principle of Transmissibility:
fixed end at A. Steel
cable is stretched from B
to C. If the tension is 570
lb,
Any force that
a. What is the unit vector has the same
BC? (3 pts) magnitude and
direction as F is
equivalent if it
also has the
b. What are the rectangular components of same line of
tension BC in vector form? (6 pts) action and
therefore,
produces the
same moment.
Lesson V: Moments in 3D
From
point to line of action
; If
perpendicular
; If line of
action passes the
AXIS or PARALLEL
From
AXIS to line of
action