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Chapter 2: Concurrent force systems Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Objectives To understand the basic characteristics of forces To understand the classification of force systems To understand some force principles To know how to obtain the resultant of forces in 2D and 3D systems To know how to obtain the components of forces in 2D and 3D systems Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Characteristics of forces Force: Vector with magnitude and direction Magnitude – a positive numerical value representing the size or amount of the force Directions – the slope and the sense of a line segment used to represent the force – Described by angles or dimensions – A negative sign usually represents opposite direction Point of application – A point where the force is applied – A line of action = a straight line extending through the point of application in the direction of the force The force is a physical quantity that needs to be represented using a mathematical quantity Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example direction j i 1000 N α magnitude Point of application Line of action Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vector to represent Force A vector is the mathematical representation that best describes a force A vector is characterized by its magnitude and direction/sense Math operations and manipulations of vectors can be used in the force analysis Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Free, sliding, and fixed vectors Vectors have magnitudes, slopes, and senses, and lines of applications A free vector – The application line does not pass a certain point in space A sliding vector – The application line passes a certain point in space A fixed vector – The application line passes a certain point in space – The application point of the vector is fixed Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vector/force notation The symbol representing the force bold face or underlined letters The magnitude of the force lightface (in the text book, + italic) = A = A or A A Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Classification of forces Based on the characteristic of the interacting bodies: – Contacting vs. Non-contacting forces Surface force (contacting force) – Examples: » Pushing/pulling force » Frictions Body force (non-contacting force) – Examples: » Gravitational force » Electromagnetic force Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Classification of forces Based on the area (or volume) over which the force is acting – Distributed vs. Concentrated forces Distributed force – The application area is relatively large compare to the whole loaded body – Uniform vs. Non-uniform Concentrated force – The application area is relatively small compare to the whole loaded body Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
What is a force system? A number of forces (in 2D or 3D system) that is treated as a group: A concurrent force system – All of the action lines intersect at a common point A coplanar force system – All of the forces lie in the same plane A parallel force system – All of the action lines are parallel A collinear force system – All of the forces share a common line of action Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
The external and internal effects A force exerted on the body has two effects: – External effects » Change of motion » Resisting forces (reactions) – Internal effects » The tendency of the body to deform develop strain, stresses – If the force system does not produce change of motion » The forces are said to be in balance » The body is said to be in (mechanical) equilibrium Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
External and internal effects Example 1: The body changes in motion a F Not fixed, no (horizontal) support Example 2: The body deforms and produces (support) reactions The forces must be in balance F Fixed support Support Reactions Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Principle for force systems Two or more force systems are equivalent when their applications to a body produce the same external effect Transmissibility Reduction = – A process to create a simpler equivalent system – to reduce the number of forces by obtaining the “resultant” of the forces Resolution = – The opposite of reduction – to find “the components” of a force vector “breaking up” the resultant forces Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Principle of Transmissibility Many times, the rigid body assumption is taken only the external effects are the interest The external effect of a force on a rigid body is the same for all points of application of the force along its line of action Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultant of Forces – Review on vector addition Vector addition R = B + = + A B B A R A Triangle method (head-to-tail method) – Note: the tail of the first vector and the head of the last vector become the tail and head of the resultant principle of the force polygon/triangle Parallelogram method – Note: the resultant is the diagonal of the parallelogram formed by the vectors being summed A R B Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultant of Forces – Review on geometric laws Law of Sines A α c Laws of Cosines b γ = + − γ 2 2 2 cos 2 c a b ab β C = + − β 2 2 2 2 cos ac b a c a B = + − α 2 2 2 2 cos a b c ac Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultant of two concurrent forces Pay attention to the angle and the sign of the last term !!! The magnitude of the resultant (R) is given by 2 1 F R = = + − γ 2 2 2 cos R F F F F 2 1 2 + + φ 2 2 2 2 cos F F F 1 2 1 2 The direction (relative to the direction of F1) can be given by the law of sines F β sin = φ sin 2 R Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultant of three concurrent forces and more Basically it is a repetition of finding resultant of two forces The sequence of the addition process is arbitrary The “force polygons” may be different The final resultant has to be the same Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultant of more than two forces The polygon method becomes tedious when dealing with three and more forces It’s getting worse when we deal with 3D cases It is preferable to use “rectangular-component” method Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-1 Determine: – The resultant force (R) – The angle θ between the R and the x-axis Answer: – The magnitude of R is given by R 1413 3 . 1413 ≈ = = + + 2 2 2 0 900 600 ( 2 900 )( 600 ) cos 40 R lb – The angle α between the R and the 900-lb force is given by 180 sin( 600 = α α − 0 0 sin 40 ) = 1413 3 . o 15 . 836 – The angle θ therefore is θ = + = 0 0 0 15 . 836 35 50 8 . Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-2 Determine – The resultant R – The angle between the R and the x-axis Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Another example If the resultant of the force system is zero, determine – The force FB – The angle between the FB and the x-axis Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Resolution of a force into components The components of a resultant force are not unique !! G B A R + = + = = + = + + I H ( ) C D E F The direction of the components must be fixed (given) Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
How to obtain the components of a force (arbitrary component directions)? Parallel to u Steps: – Draw lines parallel to u and v crossing the tip of the R – Together with the original u and v lines, these two lines produce the parallelogram – The sides of the parallelogram represent the components of R – Use law of sines to determine the magnitudes of the components Parallel to v 900 F F = = u 45 v o o o sin sin 25 sin 110 o 900 sin 45 0 = = 677 F N u sin 110 0 900 sin 25 = = 405 F N v o sin 110 Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-5 Determine the components of F = 100 kN along the bars AB and AC Hints: – Construct the force triangle/parallelogram – Determine the angles α, β, γ – Utilize the law of sines Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Another example Determine the magnitude of the components of R in the directions along u and v, when R = 1500 N Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rectangular components of a force What and Why rectangular components? – Rectangular components all of the components are perpendicular to each other (mutually perpendicular) – Why? One of the angle is 90o==> simple Utilization of unit vectors Rectangular components in 2D and 3D Utilization of the Cartesian c.s. Arbitrary rectangular Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Cartesian coordinate system The Cartesian coordinate axes are arranged following the right-hand system (shown on the right) The setting of the system is arbitrary, but the results of the analysis must be independent of the chosen system z y x Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Unit vectors A dimensionless vector of unit magnitude The very basic coordinate system used to specify coordinates in the space is the Cartesian c.s. The unit vectors along the Cartesian coordinate axis x, y and z are i, j, k, respectively The symbol enwill be used to indicate a unit vector in some n- direction (not x, y, nor z) Any vector can be represented as a multiplication of a magnitude and a unit vector Ae e A A = = direction along n A is in the positive A A = = en n n A A = − = − B B e Be B is in the negative direction along n n n Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
The rectangular components of a force in 2D system While the components must be perpendicular to each other, the directions do not have to be parallel or perpendicular to the horizontal or vertical directions = + = F + F F F i j F x y x y = θ cos F F x y = θ sin F F F y Fy= Fyj 2 2 = + F F F x y F − y θ = 1 tan j F θ Fx= Fxi x x i Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
The rectangular components in 3D systems z en k = + + Fz= Fzk F = F F F x + y z k + i j F = F F x y z F e F F n + + i j k F F F F θz x y z = = e n F F θ = θy cos θx F F x x Fy= Fyj θ = Fx= Fxi cos F F y y y j θ = cos F F z z i 2 2 = + + 2 = θ + θ + θ F F F F e i j k cos cos cos x x y z n x y z F F F − − − y θ = θ = θ = 1 1 1 cos cos cos x z x y z F F F Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dot Products of two vectors • = • = θ = θ A B B A A B cos cos AB A It’s a scalar !!! Special cosines: θ Cos 0o= 1 Cos 30o= ½ √3 Cos 45o= ½ √2 Cos 60o= 0.5 Cos 90o= 0 B Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dot products and rectangular components The dot product can be used to obtain the rectangular components of a force (a vector in general) cosθ = • = A e A A A (magnitude) n n n = e A (the vectorial component in the n direction) n n n = • A A e e ( ) n n n The component along en = − A A A t n The component along et Remember, enand etare perpendicular Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cartesian rectangular components The dot product is particularly useful when the unit vectors are of the Cartesian system (the i, j, k) θ 90 = • = F i cos F F y x F θ = • = − F j cos( ) F F y Fy= Fyj θ = sin F 90-θ j Also, in 3D, θ Fx= Fxi x = • F k F i z = + = + = • + • F F F i j F i i F j j ( ) ( ) F F x y x y Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
More usage of dot products … Dot products of two vectors written in Cartesian system B A + = •B A + A B A B x x y y z z The magnitude of a vector (could be a force vector), here A is the vector magnitude • = = = + + 2 2 A A cos 0 A A A A A A A A x x y y z z The angle between two vectors (say between vectors A and B) + + A B A B A B − x x y y z z θ = 1 cos AB Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
The rectangular components of arbitrary direction z k Fz= Fzk en = + + F F F F x + y z k F = F + Ft i j F = F F e θzn x y + z Fn e F F Fy= Fyj Fx= Fxi n n t t θyn θxn = • F e F = n n y j + e + • i j k e ( ) F F F j x i y + z • n F i = • + • e k e F F + x Can you show the following? x n θ y n z n = θ + θ cos cos cos F F F = θ + θ + θ e i j k cos cos cos x xn y yn z zn n xn yn zn Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Summarizing …. The components of a force resultant are not unique Graphical methods (triangular or parallelogram methods) combined with law of sinus and law of cosines can be used to obtain components in arbitrary direction Rectangular components are components of a force (vector) that perpendicular to each other The dot product can be used to – obtain rectangular components of a force vector – obtain the magnitude of a force vector (by performing self- dot-product) – Obtain the angle between two (force) vectors Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-6 Find the x and y scalar components of the force Find the x’ and y’ scalar components of the force Express the force F in Cartesian vector form for the xy- and x’y’- axes Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-6 = = β θ − θ cos cos( 90 ) F F F F x y β = = − cos cos( 90 ) F F F F ' ' x y θ = − = o 90 28 62 β β = − = o 62 = 30 32 = 450 cos 62 211 F N x θ = = 450 sin 62 397 = F N y = 450 cos 32 382 F N ' x = = 450 sin 32 238 F N Writing the F in Cartesian vector form: y = + = + F i j e e ( 211 397 ) 382 ( 238 ) N N ' x y ' Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-8 B Find the angles θx, θy, and θz (θxis the angle between OB and x axis and so on ..) The x, y, and x scalar components of the force. The rectangular component Fnof the force along line OA The rectangular component of the force perpendicular to line OA (say Ft) Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-8 B To find the angles: – Find the length of the diagonal OB, say d – d = 5.831 m – Use cosines to get the angles 3 − θ = = 1 o cos 59 0 . x . 5 831 4 − θ = = 1 o cos 46 7 . y . 5 831 3 − θ = = 1 o cos 59 0 . z . 5 831 θ = = cos 12 . 862 F F kN The scalar components in the x, y, and z directions: x x θ = = cos 17 . 150 F F kN y y θ = = cos 12 . 862 F F kN z z = + + F i j k 12 ( . 862 17 . 150 12 . 862 ) kN Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 2-8 To find the rectangular component Fn of the force along line OA: – Needs the unit vector along OA – Method 1 : Follow the method described in the book – Method 2: utilize the vector position of A (basically vector OA) = = A OA + + r i j 1 k 3 3 1 + 3 + = = e A + + r i j k 3 1 3 OA r 1 2 2 2 3 A + + i j 36 k 3 3 = = + + i j k . 0 688 . 0 230 . 0 688 – Remember, that any vector can be represented as a multiplication of its magnitude and a unit vector along its line of application . 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Example Problem 8-2 = F• e F OA OA The scalar component of F along OA F OA 688 . 0 862 . 12 + × = = + + • + + i j k i j k 12 ( . 862 17 . 150 12 . 862 ) . 0 ( + 688 . 0 230 . 0 688 ) . 0 × . 0 × = 17 . 150 230 12 . 862 688 21 . 643 F kN OA The vector component of F along OA F F OA 86 . 14 + = = • = + + e e ( ) . 0 ( 6 . 21 688 . 0 230 . 0 688 ) i j k OA 97 OA + i j k . 4 14 . 86 The vector component of F perpendicular to OA = − = + + − + + F = F F i j k i j k 12 ( j + . 862 k 17 . 150 12 . 862 ) 14 ( . 86 . 4 97 14 . 86 ) OA t − + i ( 2 12 . 18 2 ) The scalar component of F perpendicular to OA = ( | = − + − = ) 2 − + + ) 2 − = 2 2 2 F i j | ) k | | 2 12 . 18 2 ( 12 . 18 ( 12 . 50 F kN t t Check: Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering = + = + ≈ 2 2 2 2 21 . 643 12 . 50 25 F F F kN OA t
Resultants by rectangular components The Cartesian rectangular components of forces can be utilized to obtain the resultant of the forces •Adding the x vector components, we obtain the x vector component of the resultant ∑ x x y = = + R F F F 1 2 x x F1 •Adding the y vector components, we obtain the y vector component of the resultant ∑ y y F1y F2x = = + R F F F 1 2 y y x F1x •The resultant can be obtained by performing the vector addition of these two vector components R R R y x = + = F2 F2y R + i j R x y Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Resultants by rectangular components The scalar components of the resultant F F R 2 1 x x x + = F F R 2 1 y y y + = = = + + = = i i ( ) F F ( F F R R 1 2 x x x j j ) 1 2 y y y The magnitude of the resultant = + 2 x 2 y R R R The angles formed by the resultant and the Cartesian axes R x x cos = θ θ R − − y = 1 1 cos y R R All of the above results can be easily extended for 3D system Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
Please do example problems 2-9, 2-10, and 2-11 Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
HW Problem 2-20 Determine the non-rectangular components of R Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
HW Problem 2-37 Determine the components of F1and F2 in x-y and x’-y’ systems Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering
HW Problem 2-44 Express the cable tension in Cartesian form Determine the magnitude of the rectangular component of the cable force Determine the angle α between cables AD and BD Typo in the problem!!! B(4.9,-7.6,0) C(-7.6,-4.6,0) Don’t worry if you don’t get the solution in the back of the book Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering