Register No.

B.E. DEGREE MODEL EXAMINATION, MAY 2013

Date : 22.05.2013
Second Semester
Mechanical Engineeing
ME 2151 ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Time: Three hours

Maximum: 100 marks

Answer all questions
Part A

(10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1.

Distinguish between particle and rigid body.

2.

What is resultant force of more than three non-coplanar concurrent forces?

3.

State the principle of transmissibility of a rigid body.

4.

A force F=6 N i - 4 N j - 5 N k is acting at a point P whose position vector from the origin O
is 8 mm i + 6 mm j 4 mm k. Find the Moment of this force about origin.

5.

Determine second moment of inertia of a circle with respect to the diameter axes.

6.

What is principal moment of inertia?

7.

Define and draw the curvilinear motion of a particle.

8.

What is momentum and write the equation for angular momentum?

9.

State Coulomb law of friction.

10.

State the condition for the dynamic equilibrium of a body under translation.
Part B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11.a) force F1 = 400 N is acting along the line joining the two points of co-ordinates (0,0,0) and
(x1,y1,z1) is equal to (4, -1 , 5) units. F 2 = 300 N is acting along a line joining the two points
(0,0,0) and (x2,y2,z2) is equal to (5, -3, -8) units. F 3 = 500 N is acting along the line joining
(0,0,0) and (x3,y3,z3) is equal to (-6, -6, -5) units. Find the resultant and direction.

(16)

(OR)
11.b) Set of coplanar system of forces acting on a flat plat as shown in Figure 11.b). Determine
(i) the resultant force and
(ii) x direction and y direction intercepts of the resultant on axes.

(11)
(5)

12.a)(i) A beam AB 6 m long is loaded as shown in Figure 12.a . Determine the reactions at A
and B.

(7)

12.a) (ii) A loading car is at rest on a track forming an angle of 60 degree with the vertical. The
combined mass of the car with its load is 3500 kg and is acting at the centre of gravity
which is located half way between the two axles and 720 mm from the track. A cable
parallel to the track, which is at

600 mm holds the car. Distance between two axles is

equal to 1.2 m. Determine the tension in the cable and reactions at front and rear pair of
wheels.

(9)
(OR)

12.b)

A load of 4.5 k N acts on the boom held by a cable PQ as shown in Figure 12.b). The
weight of the boom can be neglected. Draw the free body diagram of the boom and find
the tension in the cable PQ. Also find the reactions at R.

13.a)(i) What is Parallel axis theorem and Perpendicular axis theorem?

(16)
(6)

(ii) Determine the moment of Inertia of the shaded area with respect to x axis as shown in
Figure 13.a

(10)
(OR)

13.b) (i) Write the equation for the radius of gyration of a rigid body with respect to three axes.

(6)

(ii) A square block of side 0.1 m and mass 2.0 kg sits on the side of a triangular wedge of mass 6.0 kg
as shown in Figure 13 b . Locate the centre of mass of the combined system.

14.a)

(10)

The motion of a particle is given in the form of an equation s=t 3 2 t2+ 8 t +3 where s is the
distance in m. and t , time in seconds. Determine (i) the velocity and acceleration when the motion
starts. (ii) the time at which the velocity of the particle is maximum and (iii) the value of maximum
velocity.

(16)
(OR)

14.b)

Three spheres A,B and C of masses 3 kg, 9 kg and 18 kg respectively move with velocities 12 m/s,
4 m/s and 2 m/s respectively in a straight line in the same direction. Determine the velocities of the
spheres A , B and also Velocity of sphere C. Assume the coefficient of restitution as 1.0.

15.a)

(16)

Determine the horizontal force P required for the wedge B to raise the block A of weight 4000N
as shown in Figure 15.a. Assume the co-efficient of friction on all surfaces is equal to 0.3.

(16)

(OR)
15.b)

The end P of a rod of length 2 m slides along a vertical surface and the end Q slides along a
horizontal surface as shown in Figure 15.b. The end Q moves with a constant velocity of 4 m/s.
Determine the angular velocity of the rod PQ and the velocity of the end P. Also find the velocity of
the mid point R of PQ when the rod is inclined at 30 degree to the horizontal.

(16)

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20 k N

50 kN/m
A

B
C
3m

D
3m

E
3m

Figure 12.a
Figure 11.b

Figure 12.b.

Figure 13.a

Figure 15.a

Figure 13.b.

Figure 15.b

3m