Engineering Mechanics (EM) - May 2014

First Year Engineering (Semester 2)

TOTAL MARKS: 50
TOTAL TIME: 2 HOURS (1) Solve Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6, Q.7 or Q.8
(2) Assume suitable data, if necessary.

Solve any qustion from Q1 & Q2

1 (a) The angle between the two concurrent forces is 90° and their resultant is 2500 N. The resultant makes an angle of 46° with one of the force, determine the magnitude of each force.(4 marks) 1 (b) A paricle moves along a straight line with an acceleration a=(4t²-2); where a is in m/s² and t is in s. When t=0, the particle is at 2 m to the left of origin and when t=2 s the particle is at 20 m to left of origin. Determine the position of particles at t=4s.(4 marks) 1 (c) A cricket ball shot by a batsman from a height of 1.8 m at an angle of 30° with the horizontal with a velocity of 18 m/s is caught by a fielder at a height of 0.6 m from the ground. Determine the distance between the batsman and fielder.(4 marks) 1 (d) A block weighing 200 N is pulled up a 30° plane by a force P producing a velocity of 5 m/s in 5 s. If the coefficient of friction is 0.2, determine the magnitude of force P using impulse momentum principle.(4 marks) 2 (a) A thin rod is bend into a shape OABCD as shown in Fig 2 a. Determine the centroid of the bent rod with respect to origin O.
  (4 marks) 2 (b) wo trains P and Q are 190 m and 160 m long moving in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The velocity of the shorter train is three times that of larger one. If the trains take 5 s to pass each other, determine the velocity of each train.(4 marks) 2 (c) Two blocks shown in Fig. 2 c have weight 90 N and 45 N. The coefficient of friction between the block A and the horizontal plane is 0.25. If the system is released from rest and the block B moves through a vertical distance of 0.6 m, determine the velocity of the blocks neglecting the friction in the pulley.

2 (d) Determine the work done by all forces acting on the block of 18 kg as shown in Fig. 2 d as it moves 12 m upwards along the plane. Take coefficient of kineticfriction as 0.2

 

(4 marks)

3 (a) Find the angle of tilt ? with the horizontal so that the contact force at B will be one-half that at A for thesmooth cylinder. Refer Fig. 3 a.
  (6 marks)

3 (b) A 10 kN platform is supported vertically at A, B and C as shown in Fig. 3 b. If it carries a load of 6 kN, Determine the reaction at each support.
  (6 marks)

3 (c) Determine the support reaction for the beam loaded and supported as shown in Fig. 3 c. 50 kN force is inclined at 30° to horizontal.
  (5 marks)

4 (a) Three cables are joined at the junction C as shown inFig. 4 a. Determine the tension in cable AC and BC caused by the weight of the 30 kg cylinder.
  (5 marks)