MAE Statics and Strengths of Materials. Problems CHEAT SHEET. (All Calculations)

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Problem 1 (10 points). Which of the following two truss designs (A or B) should a designer choose? Please explain by discussing forces in one or two members at

Problem 3 (10 points). In the champagne bottle incident discussed in the class, explain why one could conclude that the intent of the person being charged with the serious crime was not to kill the victim that is, he did not raise the bottle over the victim’s head and slam it on his head? Recall that the bottle fractured but the X-rays for the skull of the victim were found to be negative for any fractures.

Additionally, the thickness of the skull and the bottle were practically the same and so were the compressive strengths of the glass and the bettle. Explain using a - sketched free - body “diagram. skuW . neatly

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Problem 4 (35 points). A flat triangular granite slab of weight W and uniform thickness is mounted on three identical vertical springs each with stiffness K that rest on a flat, horizontal floor. Each of the springs will support one comer of the slab (A, B, and C in the sketch shown below in Figure A). a) What are the reactions in each of the springs if the slab remains horizontal at equilibrium? b) Write the moments of all the three spring forces about the center of gravity of the slab by assuming the y-axis to be aligned with the side AB and the xaxis to align with the edge BC. c) Find the sum of the moments at the C.G. and explain the significance of the value you obtained.

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Problem 5 (35 points). A packing case containing a machine tool and weighing a

hat is the direction of the internal force in the member BE in the frame shown in Figure below. That is. if you were to cut this member, what angle, if any, this internal force will make with respect to the ayis of the member? Explain your

total of 1.7 kN is being maneuvered with the aid of a light crowbar as shown.

Assume that the packaging case at point A rotates freely without slipping, that is, it acts like a pin joint, and the crowbar provides support at point B that is frictionless. The distribution of mass within the case is such that its center of gravity is at the center point. Assume the weight of the packaging case to be acting at its center of gravity. The crowbar rests on frictionless rollers at C, so there is no resistance as C slides along the horizontal direction over the floor. Find the magnitude and direction of the force which must be applied to end D of the crowbar to hold the packing case in equilibrium. Use SI units.

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Assume that friction is negligible at contact points A and B. (25 points)

। ; ar of mass mis attached to the spring AB and can move along the rad 9 e"n The constant of the spring is 1.5kNm and the spring is umstrclchcd when • knowing that the coefficient of static friction between the collar and the rod is 0.40, determine (he range of valucs of m for which equilibrium can be

maintained when 0=30 degrees.

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Problem 4: A straight bar of radius r is bent at B to form an L-shaped member ABC so as to form two straight legs AB and BC. It is built-in at A and lies in a horizontal plane when it is unloaded. Find all reactions at A that are necessary for the structure to be in equilibrium for any given value of the applied load P in the vertically downward direction (that is, -y direction). (30

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Problem 9 (20 points). What is the maximum force F which can be placed on the structure in the upward direction, as shown in the figure, assuming that the supports have unlimited strength in tension and only 140 kN under compression. Which joint will fail at the maximum load?

SO Problem 7 (25 points). Find ALL the reactions that the FIXED SUPPORT will impose onto the beam at point A. Write them using the vector notation. Show the reactions on a neatly sketched free body diagram. The load 2P is acting along the axis.

Problem 4 (5 points). Two circular cylinders are compressed together through an axial force F as shown. The cross-sectional area of cylinder A is twice the cross-sectional area of cylinder B. Cylinder B rests on a smooth surface. Neglect the weights of both cylinders. Determine (1) the magnitude and direction of the reaction imposed on cylinder A by cylinder B, and (2) what is the magnitude and direction of the force imposed by the cylinder B onto the smooth surface.