ASSIGNMENT 1 MECH 1141

Fall 2009

Due date: November 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM.

Late submittals will NOT be accepted.

Location: Instructor’s box, (SW9 ground floor underneath the staircase)

Note: Hand in on a separate answer sheet(s) and provide your name, set and
student number.
Show all calculation steps and all free body diagrams.
Marks will only be awarded for answers presented correctly to at least
three significant figures and supported by correct intermediate steps.
Assignments must be done on an individual basis.

1. Determine the reaction forces at the supports A and B.

2. The truss shown is pin joined at

C and roller supported at E. It
has already been established
that the vertical component of
the reaction force at C is 7000
lb downward; the horizontal
component of the reaction force
at C is zero; the reaction force
at E is 10 000 lb upward;
member AB is under a 1500 lb
tension, and; member BC is
under a 5250 lb tension.

Determine the forces in

members BD and BE of the
truss by using the method of
joints and state whether each of
the members BD and BE are
under tension or compression.

Johan Fourie/Cyrus Raoufi BCIT

3. Determine the force in member BC of the truss shown by using the method of
sections. Indicate whether the member is in tension or compression.

4. A hoist supports a 125 kg engine

as shown. Determine the forces
in all the members of the frame.

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Answers

1
FAx = 6000 lb (6.0 kips), FAy = 5920 lb (5.92 kips), FB = 3580 lb (3.58 kips)

2. BD : 2500.0 lb Tension, BE : 3750.0 lb Compressio n

3. BC : 13.75 kN Tension

Johan Fourie/Cyrus Raoufi BCIT