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General Instructions:
Read and understand each statement carefully.
Avoid unnecessary erasures. If you want to change your answer, enclose it in a parenthesis and
write your final answer on the space provided before each number.
Use black or blue pen only. Pencils are not allowed.
If you have questions, raise your hand and the exam proctor will attend to you.
PROBLEM SOLVING (4 Items x 20 Points Each)
Solve the following problem and provide the correct solution.
1. At a forward speed of 30ft/s, the truck brakes were applied, causing the wheels to stop rotating. It was observed
that the truck to skid to stop in 20ft. Determine the magnitude of the normal reaction and the friction force at each
wheels as the truck skidded to a stop.
Solution:

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2. A portion AOB of the mechanism is actuated by gear D and at the instant shown has a clockwise angular velocity
0f 8 rad/s and a counter clockwise angular acceleration of 40 rad/s2. Determine: a. Tangential force exerted by
gear D and b. Components of the reaction at shaft O.

Solution:
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3. The system is at rest when a moment of M = 6Nm is applied to gear B. Neglecting friction, a) determine the
number of revolutions of gear B before its angular velocity reaches 600rpm, and b) tangential force exerted by
gear B on gear A.

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Solution:

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4.

The system is at rest when a moment of M = 6Nm is applied to gear B. Neglecting friction, a) Apply the method
of impulse, b) Solve the angular momentum equation simultaneously for the unknown time and tangential force.

Solution:

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TRUE OR FALSE (10 Items x 2 Points Each)

Write TRUE if the statement is correct, if the statement is incorrect, underline the word that made the statement
incorrect then writes the correct replacement on the space provided before each number.

1. Motion of a rigid body in a plane motion is completely defined by the resultant and moment resultant
about G of the external forces. True
2. The external forces and the collective effective forces of the slab particles are not equivalent.
Equivalent
3. In d Alembert principle, the internal forces acting on a rigid body are equivalent to the effective
forces of the various particles forming the body. External
4. The most general motion of a rigid body that is symmetrical with respect to the reference plane can
be replaced by the sum of translation and centrifugal rotation. Centroidal
5. Most engineering applications involved liquid bodies which are moving under given constraints.
Rigid

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6. Unconstrained plane motion is a motion with definite relations between the components of
acceleration of the mass center and the angular acceleration of the body. Constrained Plane Motion
7. Forces acting on rigid bodies which do not work is a forces applied to fixed points. True
8. In general, small displacements of the particles A and B are not equal but the components of the
displacements along A and B are equal. True
9. Internal forces between particles A and B are equal and opposite which has net work equivalent of
one. Zero
10.For problems involving systems consisting of several rigid bodies, the principle of work and energy
can be applied to each body. True

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