MECHANICS the rod and the incline.

1. The 2225-N block shown in Fig. P-507 is in contact

with 45° incline. The coefficient of static friction is 0.25.
Compute the value of the horizontal force P necessary to
(a) just start the block up the incline or (b) just prevent
motion down the incline. (c) If P = 1780 N, what is the
amount and direction of the friction force?
 

5. A 300-lb box is held at rest on a smooth plane by a

force P inclined at an angle θ with the plane as shown in
Fig. P-310. If θ = 45°, determine the value of P and the
normal pressure N exerted by the plane.
 

2. The 200-lb block shown in Fig. P-508 has impending

motion up the plane caused by the horizontal force of
400 lb. Determine the coefficient of static friction
between the contact surfaces.
 

6. If the value of P in Fig. P-310 is 180 lb, determine the

angle θ at which it must be inclined with the smooth
plane to hold 300-lb box in equilibrium.
3. The cable and boom shown in Fig. P-308 support a
load of 600 lb. Determine the tensile force T in the cable 7. Determine the magnitude of P and F necessary to
keep the concurrent force system in Fig. P-312 in
and the compressive for C in the boom.
equilibrium.
   

8. Figure P-313 represents the concurrent force system

4. A cylinder weighing 400 lb is held against a smooth acting at a joint of a bridge truss. Determine the value of
incline by means of the weightless rod AB in Fig. P-309. P and E to maintain equilibrium of the forces.
Determine the forces P and N exerted on the cylinder by  
9. The five forces shown in Fig. P-314 are in
equilibrium. Compute the values of P and F.
 

13. Three bars, hinged at A and D and pinned

at B and C as shown in Fig. P-318, form a four-link
mechanism. Determine the value of P that will prevent
motion.

10. The 300-lb force and the 400-lb force shown in Fig.
P-315 are to be held in equilibrium by a third force F
acting at an unknown angle θ with the horizontal.
Determine the values of F and θ.
 

14. Cords are loop around a small spacer separating two

cylinders each weighing 400 lb and pass, as shown in
Fig. P-319 over a frictionless pulleys to weights of 200
lb and 400 lb .
 

11. Determine the values of α and θ so that the forces

shown in Fig. P-316 will be in equilibrium.
 

Determine the angle θ and the normal pressure N

between the cylinders and the smooth horizontal surface.
15. A wheel of 10-in radius carries a load of 1000 lb, as
12. The system of knotted cords shown in Fig. P-317 shown in Fig. P-324.
support the indicated weights. Compute the tensile force
in each cord.
(a) Determine the horizontal force P applied at the center
which is necessary to start the wheel over a 5-in. block.
Also find the reaction at the block.

16. Determine the amount and direction of the smallest

force P required to start the wheel in Fig. P-325 over the
block. What is the reaction at the block?
 
19. Two weightless bars pinned together as shown in
Fig. P-328 support a load of 35 kN.
 

17. The cylinders in Fig. P-326 have the indicated

weights and dimensions. Assuming smooth contact
surfaces, determine the reactions at A, B, C, and D on
the cylinders.
 

 
Determine the forces P and F acting respectively along
bars AB and AC that maintain equilibrium of pin A.

20. The dimensions of the T-section of a cast-iron beam

18. Forces P and F acting along the bars shown in Fig. are shown in Fig. P-714. How far is the centroid of the
P-327 maintain equilibrium of pin A. Determine the area above the base?
values of P and F.  
 
 24. Determine the x-coordinate.

21. Determine the coordinates of the centroid of the area

shown in Fig. P-715 with respect to the given axes.
 

25. Determine the moment of inertia and radius of

gyration with respect to a polar centroidal axis of the
cross section of a hollow tube whose outside diameter is
6 in. and inside diameter is 4 in.

22. The centroid of the sahded area in Fig. P-720 is

required to lie on the y-axis. Determine the distance b
that will fulfill this requirement.
 
26. Determine the moment of inertia of the area
shown in Fig. P-819 with respect to its centroidal
axes.
 

23. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the shaded

area shown in Fig. P-724.
 
27. Find the moment of inertia about the indicated 35. A stone is thrown vertically up from the ground
with a velocity of 300 ft per sec (91.44 m/s). How
x-axis for the shaded area shown in Fig. P-821.
long must one wait before dropping a second stone
  from the top of a 600-ft (182.88-m) tower if the
two stones are to pass each other 200 ft (60.96 m)
from the top of the tower?

36. A ship being launched slides down the ways

with constant acceleration. She takes 8 sec to slide
(the first foot | 0.3048 meter). How long will she
take to slide down the ways if their length is (625 ft
| 190.5 m)?

37. A train moving with constant acceleration

travels 24 ft (7.32 m) during the 10th sec of its
motion and 18 ft (5.49 m) during the 12th sec of its
motion. Find its initial velocity and its constant
acceleration.
28. On a certain stretch of track, trains run at 60
mph (96.56 kph). How far back of a stopped train 38. The motion of a particle is given by the equation
should be a warning torpedo be placed to signal an s=2t4−16t3+2t2 where s is in meter and t in seconds.
oncoming train? Assume that the brakes are Compute the values of v and a when t=2 sec.
applied at once and retard the train at the uniform
rate of 2 ft/sec2 (0.61 m/s2). 39. A projectile is fired up the inclined plane at an
initial velocity of 15 m/s. The plane is making an
29. A stone is thrown vertically upward and return angle of 30° from the horizontal. If the projectile
to earth in 10 sec. What was its initial velocity and was fired at 30° from the incline, compute the
how high did it go? maximum height z measured perpendicular to the
incline that is reached by the projectile. Neglect air
30. A ball is dropped from the top of a tower 80 ft resistance.
(24.38 m) high at the same instant that a second
ball is thrown upward from the ground with an 40. A bullet is fired at an initial velocity of 150 m/s
initial velocity of 40 ft/sec (12.19 m/s). When and and an angle of 56° at the top of a 120 m tall
where do they pass, and with what relative velocity? building. Neglecting air resistance, determine the
following:
31. A stone is dropped down a well and 5 sec later, A. The maximum height above the level ground
the sounds of the splash is heard. If the velocity of that can be reached by the bullet.
sound is 1120 ft/sec (341.376 m/s), what is the B. The time for the bullet to hit the ground.
depth of the well? C. The velocity with which the bullet will hit the
ground.
32. A stone is dropped from a captive balloon at an
elevation of 1000 ft (304.8 m). Two seconds later 41. Determine the magnitude of the resultant, its
another stone is thrown vertically upward from the pointing, and its direction cosines for the following
ground with a velocity of 248 ft/s (75.6 m/s). If g = system of non-coplanar concurrent forces. 100 lb
32 ft/s2 (9.75 m/s2), when and where the stones (2, 3, 4); 300 lb (–3, –4, 5); 200 lb, (0, 0, 4).
pass each other?
42. Determine the magnitude of the resultant, its
33. A stone is thrown vertically upward from the pointing, and its direction cosines for the following
ground with a velocity of 48.3 ft per sec (14.72 m system of non-coplanar concurrent forces. 200 lb
per sec). One second later another stone is thrown (4, 5, –3); 400 lb (–6, 4, –5); 300 lb, (4, –2, –3).
vertically upward with a velocity of 96.6 ft per sec
(29.44 m per sec). How far above the ground will
the stones be at the same level?

34. A ball is shot vertically into the air at a velocity

of 193.2 ft per sec (58.9 m per sec). After 4 sec,
another ball is shot vertically into the air. What
initial velocity must the second ball have in order to
meet the first ball 386.4 ft (117.8 m) from the
ground?