𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
B273: STATICS ON RIGID BODIES
𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
MIDTERMDO NOT EXAM
SOLUTION
REPRODUCE
Three spheres are placed in a trench as shown. Treating all contact surfaces as smooth, determine the reactions developed at A, B,
C, D and between spheres. Use 2 decimal places. Strictly provide FBD and detailed solution. The governing direction of a force
𝒚
should be written next to it. (35 pts, 4 pts consideration) 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐁𝐃

𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟏

𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍
𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟏

𝑹𝑨
𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍

𝒙
𝟓 𝐏𝐓𝐒
(given only when problem was computed correctly)
𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟑
𝒚

𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝑨 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟑 𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔°
𝟒𝟓°
𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒° 𝑹𝟏
𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦
𝒚 𝒙
𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐍 𝑫 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒°
𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐍
𝑩
𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒° 𝑹𝟐
𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒°
𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝑫

DO NOT 𝑹𝟐 𝟒𝟓°
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦 200 𝒚
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 =
𝑪 1000 𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔°
𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦 𝟑𝟑. 𝟒𝟔°
𝑹𝑩 𝒙
𝒙
𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒°
𝟒𝟓° 𝟒𝟓° 𝑹𝑪

REPRODUCE 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦
𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔°

= 𝟔𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
200
1000
𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔°
𝒚

𝟒𝟓°
78.46° − 45° =

𝟑𝟑. 𝟒𝟔°
𝒙

𝟒𝟓°
𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟏 𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐
(+) 𝒚
𝒚
෍ 𝐹𝑦 = 0

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐍
5 pts
𝑅1 𝑐𝑜𝑠11.54 − 200 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝟏 = 𝟐𝟎𝟒. 𝟏𝟑 𝑵 ↖ 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒°
𝑹𝟏 = 𝟐𝟎𝟒. 𝟏𝟑 𝑵 𝑹𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒. 𝟑𝟒 𝑵
𝑹𝑨 𝒙
(+) 𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔°
𝟑𝟑. 𝟒𝟔°
𝟕𝟖. 𝟒𝟔° ෍ 𝐹𝑥 = 0 𝑹𝑩 𝒙

𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒°

𝐈𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟑

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝑹𝟏 𝑅𝐴 − 𝑅1 𝑠𝑖𝑛11.54 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝑨 = 𝟒𝟎. 𝟖𝟒 𝑵 → 5 pts
(+)
𝟒𝟓°
𝑹𝑪

(+)

DO NOT
𝒚 ෍ 𝐹𝑦 = 0
෍ 𝐹𝑥′ = 0
𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐍 𝑅𝐶 𝑐𝑜𝑠45 − 400 − 𝑅1 𝑠𝑖𝑛11.54 − 𝑅2 𝑠𝑖𝑛33.46 = 0

5 pts 5 pts
𝑅2 𝑐𝑜𝑠11.54 − 200𝑠𝑖𝑛45 = 0
𝟒𝟓° ∴ 𝑹𝑪 = 𝟗𝟔𝟏. 𝟎𝟖 𝑵 ↖
∴ 𝑹𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒. 𝟑𝟒 𝑵 ↗

𝒙 (+)
𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒° (+)

𝑹𝟐
REPRODUCE
𝟒𝟓° 𝑹𝑫
෍ 𝐹𝑦′ = 0
𝑅𝐵 − 200𝑐𝑜𝑠45 − 𝑅2 𝑠𝑖𝑛11.54 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝑫 = 𝟏𝟕𝟎. 𝟑𝟎 𝑵 ↖ 5 pts
෍ 𝐹𝑥 = 0

𝑅𝐵 − 𝑅𝐶 𝑠𝑖𝑛45 + 𝑅1 𝑠𝑖𝑛11.54 − 𝑅2 𝑐𝑜𝑠33.46 = 0

∴ 𝑹𝑩 = 𝟕𝟓𝟗. 𝟏𝟕 𝑵 → 5 pts
Compute the total reactions at A and B. Use 2 decimal places. Strictly provide FBD and detailed solution. The governing
direction of a force should be written next to it. (15 pts, 2 pts consideration)

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔

𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝟒𝒎
𝟑𝒎 𝟑𝒎
𝑨
DO NOT
𝟐𝒎
𝟐𝒎

𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎
𝟐𝒎

𝟐𝒎
𝑩

REPRODUCE 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔

 𝟏𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐁𝐃

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟓 𝐏𝐓𝐒
(given only when problem was computed correctly)

𝟑𝒎 𝟒𝒎 𝟑𝒎

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎
𝑨𝑯 = 𝟎 𝑨 𝑩
𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎

(+)
𝑨𝑽 𝑹𝑩
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔

DO NOT
Σ𝐹𝑥 = 0
(+)
Σ𝑀𝐴 = 0
𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 ∴ 𝑨𝑯 = 𝟎
−𝑅𝐵 12 + 50 2 + 100 4 + 100 6 + 100 8 + 50 10 + 50 4
+20(8) = 0
5 pts
REPRODUCE
∴ 𝑹𝑩 = 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
(+) 𝐴𝑉 12 − 50 10 − 100 8 − 100 6 − 100 4 − 50 2 − 50 8
Σ𝑀𝐵 = 0 −20(4) = 0
∴ 𝑨𝑽 = 𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 = 𝑹𝑨 5 pts
 𝟐𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐁𝐃

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟓 𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑻, 𝑹 = ෍ 𝑭
(given only when problem was computed correctly)

𝑹𝑻𝑶𝑷
𝟒𝒎 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
𝟑𝒎 𝟑𝒎

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎
𝑨𝑯 = 𝟎 𝑨 𝑩
𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎 𝟐𝒎

𝑨𝑽 𝑹𝑩
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔

DO NOT
(+)

Σ𝐹𝑥 = 0
𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒
∴ 𝑨𝑯 = 𝟎

(+) −𝑅𝐵 12 + 400 6 + 50 4 + 20(8) = 0

REPRODUCE
Σ𝑀𝐴 = 0

(+)
∴ 𝑹𝑩 = 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔
5 pts
𝐴𝑉 12 − 400 6 − 50 8 − 20(4) = 0
Σ𝑀𝐵 = 0 ∴ 𝑨𝑽 = 𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝒊𝒑𝒔 = 𝑹𝑨 5 pts
A bar AB of weight 100 N is hinged at A and is pulled by a cable attached at B by a force F. Find the force F and the magnitude and
direction of the reaction at A if the bar is in equilibrium position as shown in the figure. Use 2 decimal places. Strictly provide FBD
and detailed solution. The governing direction of a force should be written next to it. (15 pts, 2 pts consideration)

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝐁 𝐿
(+)
−𝐹𝑐𝑜𝑠15 𝐿𝑠𝑖𝑛45 + 𝐹𝑠𝑖𝑛15 𝐿𝑐𝑜𝑠45 + 𝑊 𝑐𝑜𝑠45 = 0
෍ 𝑀𝐴 = 0; 2
1
𝟑𝟎° −𝐹𝑐𝑜𝑠15 𝐿𝑠𝑖𝑛45 + 𝐹𝑠𝑖𝑛15 𝐿𝑐𝑜𝑠45 = −100 𝑐𝑜𝑠45
2
∴ 𝑭 = 𝟕𝟎. 𝟕𝟏 𝑵 ↙
5 pts
𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝑭𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟏𝟓
𝐀
𝟒𝟓°

𝐁
(+)
෍ 𝐹𝑥 = 0

(+)
𝐴ℎ − 𝐹𝑐𝑜𝑠15 = 0
∴ 𝑨𝒉 = 𝟔𝟖. 𝟑𝟎 𝑵 →

𝐴𝑣 − 100 − 𝐹𝑠𝑖𝑛15 = 0
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝟏𝟓° ෍ 𝐹𝑦 = 0

DO NOT
∴ 𝑨𝒗 = 𝟏𝟏𝟖. 𝟑𝟎 𝑵 ↑
𝑭𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟏𝟓
𝟓 𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝟑𝟎°
(given only when problem 𝑭 𝒄𝒈
was computed correctly) 𝐴𝑣
𝑅𝐴 = 𝐴ℎ 2 + 𝐴𝑣 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 =
𝐴ℎ
𝑳
𝟒𝟓°
𝑨𝑯 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑵 ∴ 𝑹𝑨 = 𝟏𝟑𝟔. 𝟔𝟎 𝑵 ↗ ∴ 𝜽 = 𝟔𝟎°

REPRODUCE𝐀

𝑨𝑽
𝑳
5 pts
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓°
𝟐
Three cylinders are piled in a rectangular ditch as shown. Treating all contact surfaces as smooth, determine the reactions
developed at A, B, C, D and between cylinders. Use 2 decimal places. Strictly provide FBD and detailed solution. The
governing direction of a force should be written next to it. (35 pts, 4 pts consideration)

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝒚

𝟓 𝟕 𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐁𝐃
𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐍 𝟓 𝐏𝐓𝐒
(given only when problem
𝟓
𝑹𝑫
𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝒙 was computed correctly)
𝟓𝟎. 𝟒𝟖°
𝑫 𝟔
𝟒𝟎 𝐤𝐍 𝟑𝟗. 𝟓𝟐° 𝑭𝟏 𝒚

𝟑𝟗. 𝟓𝟐° 𝟒𝟎 𝐤𝐍
𝑭𝟏
𝟑𝟗. 𝟓𝟐°

DO NOT
𝟓𝟎. 𝟒𝟖°
𝟏𝟓 𝐤𝐍 𝑪 𝒚 𝟓𝟎. 𝟒𝟖° 𝑹𝑪
𝟑𝟔. 𝟖𝟕° 𝒙
𝟏𝟓 𝐤𝐍 𝟑𝟔. 𝟖𝟕°
𝟓𝟑. 𝟏𝟑°
𝑩
𝟓𝟑. 𝟏𝟑° 𝑭𝟐 𝑭𝟐 𝟓𝟑. 𝟏𝟑°
𝟔

REPRODUCE
𝟑𝟔. 𝟖𝟕°
𝟒 𝑹𝑩 𝒙

𝑨
𝟏𝟖 𝐦
𝟒 𝟖 𝟔
𝑹𝑨
𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟏 𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐 𝒚
𝒚 (+)
෍ 𝐹𝑦 = 0 𝟏𝟓 𝐤𝐍

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
𝟐𝟎 𝐤𝐍
𝐹1 𝑠𝑖𝑛50.48 − 20 = 0
𝑭𝟐
∴ 𝑭𝟏 = 𝟐𝟓. 𝟗𝟑 𝒌𝑵 ↖ 5 pts
𝟑𝟔. 𝟖𝟕°
𝑹𝑫 𝒙 𝑹𝑩 𝒙
(+)
𝟓𝟎. 𝟒𝟖°
෍ 𝐹𝑥 = 0

𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒
𝑭𝟏 𝑅𝐷 − 𝐹1 𝑐𝑜𝑠50.48 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝑫 = 𝟏𝟔. 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵 → 5 pts 𝑹𝑨

(+)
𝐈𝐈. 𝐅𝐁𝐃 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟑
(+)

𝑭𝟏
𝒚

𝟒𝟎 𝐤𝐍 DO NOT ෍ 𝐹𝑦′ = 0
−𝐹1 𝑠𝑖𝑛50.48 − 40 + 𝐹2 𝑠𝑖𝑛36.87 = 0
∴ 𝑭𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝑵 ↗
5 pts
෍ 𝐹𝑦 = 0
−𝐹2 𝑠𝑖𝑛36.87 − 15 + 𝑅𝐴 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝑨 = 𝟕𝟓 𝒌𝑵 ↑ 5 pts
(+)
𝑹𝑪
REPRODUCE
𝟓𝟎. 𝟒𝟖° ෍ 𝐹𝑥 = 0
𝒙 (+)
𝟑𝟔. 𝟖𝟕°
5 pts
෍ 𝐹𝑥′ = 0 −𝐹2 𝑐𝑜𝑠36.87 + 𝑅𝐵 = 0
𝑭𝟐 −𝑅𝐶 + 𝐹1 𝑐𝑜𝑠50.48 + 𝐹2 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑠36.87 = 0
∴ 𝑹𝑩 = 𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 →

∴ 𝑹𝑪 = 𝟗𝟔. 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵 ←
5 pts