Statics Solved Problems 6. A simply supported beam is 5 meters in length.

It
(Videos can be accessed thru the app) carries a uniformly distributed load including its own
weight of 200 N/m and a concentrated load of 100 N, 2
1. A 100 kg weight rest on a 30deg incline plane. meters from the left end. Find the reactions if reaction
Neglecting friction, how much pull must one exert to A is at the left end and reaction B at the right end.
bring the weight up the plane? A. RA = 810 N & RB = 700 N
A. 88.67 kg B. RA = 700 N & RB = 800 N
B. 100 kg C. RA = 810 N & RB = 780 N
C. 70.71 kg D. RA = 700 N & RB = 810 N
D. 50 kg
7. A beam of span "x" meters with uniform loading of
2. A block weighing 500 kN rest on a ramp inclined at "w" kilograms per meter is supported at one end (A)
25° with the horizontal. The force tending to move the and a distance of 2 m from the other end (B). Find the
block down the ramp is __________. reaction at support A.
A. 121 Kn A. (wx^2)/(2(x-2)) kg
B. 265 Kn B. (wx(x-4))/(2(x-2)) kg
C. 211 kN C. (wx(x-2))/(2(x-2)) kg
D. 450 kN D. (wx)/(2(x-2)) kg

3. A 200 kg crate impends to slide down a ramp inclined 8. When one boy is sitting 1.2 m from the center of a
at an angle of 19.29° with the horizontal. What is the see-saw, another boy must to sit on the other side 1.5m
frictional resistance? from the center to maintain an even balance. However,
A. 612.38 N when the first boy carries an additional weight of 14 kg
B. 628.38 N and sit 1.8 m from the center, the second boy must
C. 648.16 N move to 3 m from the center to balance. Neglecting the
D. 654.12 N weight. of the see-saw, find the weight of the heavier
boy.
4. A man can exert a maximum pull of 1000 N but A. 30 kg
wishes to lift a new stone door for his cave weighing B. 42 kg
20,000 N. If he uses a lever, how much closer must the C. 34 kg
fulcrum be to the stone than to his hand? D. 45 kg
A. 10 times nearer
B. 20 times farther 9. A 40 kg block is resting on an inclined plane making
C. 10 times farther an angle of 20° from the horizontal. If the coefficient of
D. 20 times nearer friction is 0.60, determine the force parallel to the
incline that must be applied to cause impending motion
5. A beam rests on a fulcrum, 1.2 m from one end. A down the plane.
weight of 350 kg is suspended from this end causing the A. 82
beam to balance. If the weight of 350 kg is suspended B. 77
on the opposite end of the beam, it is necessary to C. 87
suspend a 1000 kg weight on the first end in order to D. 72
effect an even balance. Find the length of the beam.~
A. 2.48 m 10. A 250 lb block is initially at rest on a flat surface that
B. 3.24 m is inclined at 30°. If the coefficient of kinetic friction
C. 3.43 m 0.30 and the coefficient of static friction is 0.40, find the
D. 4.21 m force required to start the block moving up the plane.
A. 190 lb
B. 212 lb The sag of the cable is 30 ft. Calculate the total length of
C. 125 lb the cable.
D. 75 lb A. 503.76 ft.
11. A 600 N block rests in a surface inclined at 30°. B. 502.76 ft.
Determine the horizontal force P required to prevent C. 504.76 ft.
the block from sliding down. Angle of friction between D. 501.76 ft.
the block and the inclined plane is 15°.
A. 160.75 N 17. A cable supported at two points of same level has a
B. 198.55 N unit weight, w of 0.02 kg per meter of horizontal
C. 164.60 N distance. The allowed sag is 0.02 m and a maximum
D. 190.45 N tension at the lowest point bf 1200 kg and a factor of
safety of 2. Calculate the allowable spacing of the poles
12. Assume the three force vectors intersect at a single assuming a parabolic cable.
point. F1 = 4i + 2j + 5k ; F2 = -2i + 7j -3k ; F3 = 2i- j + 6k A. 64.02m
What is the magnitude of the resultant force vector, R? B. 66.37m
A. 14 C. 67.76m
B. 12 D. 69.28m
C. 13
D. 15 18. A cable carries a horizontal load of 20 kg/m.
Neglecting its own weight, find the maximum tension
13. Given the 3-dimensional vectors: A = i (xy) + j (2yz) + on the cable if the distance between the supports is 100
k (3zx) ; B = i (yz) + j (2zx) + k (3xy) m and the sag is 5 m.
Determine the magnitude of the vector sum |A + B| at A. 5199 kg
coordinates (3,2,1). B. 5059 kg
A. 32.92 C. 5099 kg
B. 29.92 D. 5215 kg
C. 27.20
D. 24.73 19. Determine the sag of a flexible wire cable weighing
60 N/m over two frictionless pulleys 100 m apart and
14. At what angle does the force F = 6.23i- 2.38j + 4.92 k carrying one 1 0 kN weight at each end. Assume the
N makes with the x-axis? weight of the cable to be uniformly distributed
A. 39.2deg horizontally. The cable extends 5 m beyond each pulley
B. 40.2deg to the point they are attached to the weights.
C. 41.3deg A. 7.2m
D. 42.2deg B. 7.6 m
C. 7.4 m
15. Assume the three force vectors intersect at a single D. 7.8 m
point. F1 = i + 3j + 4k ; F2 = 2i + 7j- k ; F3 = -i + 4j + 2k
What is the magnitude of the resultant force vector, R? 20. A copper cable is suspended between two supports
A. 15 on the same level, spaced 600 m apart. The cable hangs
B. 13.23 under the influence of its own weight only. Under these
C. 14.73 conditions, it is desired to calculate the maximum sag
D. 16.16 (at the center of the span) when the maximum stress in
the material is 1000 kg/cm2. The cross-section of the
16. A certain cable is suspended between two supports cable is 1.77 sq. cm. Weight of cable= 1.6 kg/m. Use
at the same elevation and 500 ft apart, the load is 500 parabolic equation.
lbs per horizontal foot including the weight of the cable. A. 45.26 m
B. 44.26 m
C. 43.26 m 25. The moment of inertia of a section 2" wide x 2'0"
D. 42.26 m high about an axis 1'0" above the bottom edge of the
section is:
21. Find the location of the centroid of the composite A. 1834in^4
area consisting of a 10-inch square surmounted by a B. 9214 in^4
semi-circle. The centroid of a semicircle is located 4r/3pi C. 384 in^4
above the base (diameter) of the semicircle of radius r. D. 2304 in^4
A. 6.4 inches from the bottom 26. An isosceles triangle has a 10 cm base and a 10 cm
B. 7.0 inches from the bottom altitude. Determine the moment of inertia of the
C. 6.2 inches from the bottom triangular area relative to a line parallel to the base and
D. 6.0 inches from the bottom through the upper vertex in cm^4 .
A. 2500
22. Electrical loads are arranged on horizontal x, y axes B. 2750
as follows: C. 3025
D. 2273

27. What is the moment of inertia of a cylinder of radius

5 m and mass of 5 kg?
A. 120 kg-m^2
B. 80 kg-m^2
C. 72.5 kg-m^2
D. 62.5 kg-m^2

28. What is the inertia of a bowling ball (mass = 0.5 kg)

of radius 15 cm rotating at an angular speed of 10 rpm
A. x = 2.163, y = 2.195 for 6 seconds?
B. x= 2.146, y = 1.902 A. 0.0045 kg-m^2
C. x= 1.854, y = 2.211 B. 0.001 kg-m^2
D. x = 2.000, y = 2.049 C. 0.002 kg-m^2
23. A rectangle has a base of 3 cm and a height of 6 cm. D. 0.005 kg-m^2
What is its second moment of area (in cm4) about an
axis through the center of gravity and parallel to the
base? 29. A cable and a boom have both ends stuck together
A. 54 in a vertical wall and their other ends are tied
B. 34 together. With the tied ends as the reference point,
the cable makes 30° above the horizon and the boom
C. 44
makes 45° below the horizon. Both support a load of
D. 64 600 lb. determine the tensile force T in the cable and
the compressive for C in the boom.
24. A circle has a diameter of 20 cm. Determine the
moment of inertia of the circular area relative to the A. 439.24, 537.94
B. 394.42, 375.49
axis perpendicular to the area through the center of the
C. 493.42, 357.49
circle in cm^4 . D. 537.94, 349.42
A. 17,279
B. 19,007
C. 14,280 30. A cylinder weighing 400lb is held against a
smooth inclined wall of 55 ° from the horizontal by
D. 15,708
means of a weightless rod that is making an angle of
25 ° from the horizontal. The cylinder is held in the
center with the rod. Determine the forces P and N
exerted on the cylinder by the rod and the incline. 35. A worker lowers a 400-lb boiler section into a pit
by means of a rope snubbed 1 ¼ turns around a
A. 873.34, 841.06 horizontal pole. If the coefficient of friction is 0.35,
B. 783.43, 814.60 what force must be exerted?
C. 378.34, 418.60
D. 338.73, 184.60 A. 52.6
B. 25.6
C. 62.5
31. The five forces are in equilibrium: 30kN D. 26.5
horizontal, 20kN at 90° from the origin, 40kN at 45°
below the –x-axis, F at 60° below the horizontal and P
at 60° from the vertical. Compute the values of P and 36. A beam is 20ft in length. It carries a uniformly
F. distributed load spanning 14ft starting from the left
end and weighs 100lb/ft. Concentrated loads 300lb
A. -12.63, -5.31 on the left end and 400lb on the right end are also
B. 5.31, 12.63 present. Determine the vertical reactions below the
C. 63.21, 3.51 beam R1 6ft from the left end and reaction R2 4ft
D. -3.51, -63.21 from the right end.
A. 1850, 250
32. Three ropes are tied to a small metal ring. At the B. 1580, 520
end of each rope three students are pulling, each C. 5801, 502
trying to move the ring in their direction. The first is D. 1805, 205
pulling with 30lb and at 37° with the horizontal. The
second is pulling with 50lb at 45 ° with the vertical
and the third is pulling 80lb at 60° below the –x-axis. 37. A beam is 16 ft in length. It is loaded with a
Find the net force on the ring due to the three applied concentrated load of 1600lb (3ft from the left) and a
forces. load varying from zero (4ft from the left) to an
intensity of 400lb/ft and it spans 12ft. The ends of
A. 97.35lb, 71.16° the varying load are supported by rollers. Determine
B. 35.97lb, 61.17° the vertical reactions R1 and R2 on the ends of the
C. 53.79lb, 17.16° beam.
D. 79.53lb, 11.76°
A. 800, 1200
B. 400, 800
33. A 400 lb block is resting on a rough horizontal C. 1900, 1200
surface for which the coefficient of friction is 0.40. D. 1200, 800
Determine the force P required to cause motion to
impend if applied to the block horizontally?
38. The wheel loads on a jeep are 600 and 200lb
A. 160lb respectively and are spaced 4 ft apart. The jeep is on
B. 80lb a bridge 15ft in length and the bridge is supported by
C. 40lb roller A on the left and pin B on the right. Determine
D. 120lb the distance x from the 600lb wheel load and roller A
so that the reaction of the roller at A is twice as great
as the reaction at pin B.
34. A 2225-N block is in contact with a 45° incline.
The coefficient of static friction is 0.25. If P = 1780 N, A. 2
what is the amount and direction of the friction force? B. 4
C. 6
A. 413.66N upward D. 8
B. 314.66N upward
C. 314.66N downward
D. 413.66N downward