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The bridge deck Calculate the forces in each member of the truss,
supports a and select a proper circular hollow section,
twoway traffic! max tension 0.85 Y , max compression 0.75 Y .
Justify the choice of your sections.
Parallelogram Law, Law of cosine & Law of sine Example 1.1 The screw eye in Fig. 1.1a is subjected to two forces
F1 and F2 . Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant
A force has both magnitude & direction, making it a vector quantity. force.
Addition of forces obeys the parallelogram law of vector addition.
Vector
F1 or F1
Scalar
F1
F1 F FR Fig. 1.1a
2
sin 1 sin 2 sin R
Solution: Parallelogram law. The parallelogram is formed by Trigonometry. From the parallelogram, the vector triangle is
drawing a line from the head of F1 that is parallel to F2 and another constructed as shown in Fig. 1.1c. Using the law of cosines
line from the head of F2 that is parallel to F1 . The resultant force FR
extends to where these lines intersect at point A (Fig. 1.1b). The two FR (100) 2 (150) 2 2(100)(150) cos115o
unknowns are the magnitude of FR and the angle . 10000 22500 (30000)( 0.4226) 212.6 N
39.8o
The direction of FR measured from the
horizontal is
Fig. 1.1b Fig. 1.1c 39.8o 15o 54.8o
EG1109M (Part 1) Chap 1 - 49 EG1109M (Part 1) Chap 1 - 50
Example 1.2 A barge is pulled by two tugboats (Fig. 1.2a). If the Solution: (a) Parallelogram law. With the magnitude and direction
resultant of the forces exerted by the tugboats is a 5-kN force of the resultant known and the directions of the other two sides
directed along the axis of the barge, (a) determine the tension in each parallel to the ropes given, apply the law of sines to find the rope
of the ropes for = 45o; (b) At what value of would the tension in tensions.
rope 2 be a minimum? T1 T2 5
5 kN sin 45 sin30 sin105
F Fx i Fy j or F Fxi ( Fy ) j
Break the three vectors into components, then add them.
The x and y axis are always perpendicular
to each other. Together, they can be directed FR F1 F2 F3
at any inclination. F1 x i F1 y j F2 x i F2 y j F3 x i F3 y j
( F1 x F2 x F3 x )i ( F1 y F2 y F3 y ) j
F F F
The Principle of B FRx i FRy j
A C
Transmissibility FRy
F F F F F F F F arctan , FR FRx2 FRy2
FRx
EG1109FC (Part 2) Chap 1 - 53 EG1109FC (Part 2) Chap 1 - 54
Fig. 1.3a
Solutions II: Vector notation. Example 1.4 Four forces act on bolt A as shown in Fig. 1.4a.
From Fig. 1.3b, each force is first expressed as Cartesian vector. Determine the resultant of the forces on the bolt.
F1 {600 cos 30o i 600 sin 30o j}N Solutions:
F2 {400 sin 45o i 400 cos 45o j}N
Resolve each force into
Then, FR F1 F2 (600 cos 30o 400 sin 45o )i rectangular components.
(600 sin 30o 400 cos 45o ) j Determine the components of
{236.8i 582.8 j} N the resultant by adding the
The magnitude and direction of resultant corresponding force
force are components in the x and y
directions.
FR ( 236.8) 2 (582.8) 2 629 N
Fig. 1.4a Calculate the magnitude and
arctan( 582.8 / 236.8) 67.9o
direction of the resultant.
Note: Comparing two methods, the use of scalar
notation is more efficient since the components
can be found directly. However, Cartesian vector
Fig. 1.3b
analysis is very beneficial for solving 3D problems.
EG1109M (Part 1) Chap 1 - 57 EG1109M (Part 1) Chap 1 - 58
Addition of Cartesian Vectors in 3D Example 1.5 Determine the resultant force acting on the hook as
Once individual vectors are written in Cartesian form, it is easy to add shown in Fig. 1.5a.
or subtract them. The process is essentially the same as when 2-D
vectors are added. For example, if
A Ax i Ay j Az k and
B Bx i B y j Bz k then
A B ( Ax Bx )i ( Ay B y ) j ( Az Bz )k
or
A B ( Ax Bx )i ( Ay B y ) j ( Az Bz )k
For a system of several concurrent forces,
the force resultant is the vector of sum of
all forces and can be written as Fig. 1.5a
FR F Fx i Fy j Fz k
Position Vector & Force Vector Directed Along a Line in 3D Example 1.6 The guy wires are used to support the telephone pole
The position vector directed from A to B, rAB , is defined as as shown in Fig. 1.6. Represent the force in each wire in Cartesian
rAB {( xB x A )i ( y B y A ) j ( zB z A )k} m vector form. Neglect the diameter of the pole.
Note that B is the ending point and A is the starting point. ALWAYS subtract the
tail coordinates from the tip coordinates!
If a force is directed along a line, then we can represent the force vector in
Cartesian coordinates by using a unit vector and the forces magnitude. So
we need to: a) Find the position vector, rAB , along two points on that line; b) Fig. 1.6
Find the unit vector describing the lines direction, uAB = (rAB/rAB); c)
Multiply the unit vector by the magnitude of the force, F = F uAB .