Determine the magnitude of the resultant of the two forces of magnitude 12 N and 9

N acting at a point, if the angle between the two forces is 30°.

Find the magnitude of two equal forces acting at a point with an angle of 60°
between them, if the resultant is equal to 30 × √ 3 N.
The resultant of two forces when they act at right angles is 10 N, whereas when they
act at an angle of 60° the resultants is 148. Determine the magnitude of the two
forces.
Three forces of magnitude 30 kN, 10 kN and 15 kN are acting at a point O. The
angles made by 30 kN force, 10 kN force and 15 kN force with x-axis are 60°, 120°
and 240° respectively. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
A weight of 800 N is supported by two chains as shown. Determine the tension in
each chain.

An electric light fixture weighing 20 N hangs from a point C, by two strings AC and
BC. AC is inclined at 70° to the horizontal and BC at 30° to the vertical as shown.
Using Lami’s theorem or otherwise determine the forces in the strings AC and BC.

A beam AB of span 6 m carries a point load of 100 N at a distance 2 m from A.

Determine the beam reaction.
Four forces of magnitudes 20 N, 30 N, 40 N and 50 N are acting respectively along
the four sides of a square taken in order. Determine the magnitude, direction and
position of the resultant force.
Two forces magnitude 15 N and 12 N are acting at a point. If the angle between the
two forces is 60°, determine the resultant of the forces in magnitude and direction.
Four forces of magnitude P, 2P, 3 × 3 P and 4P are acting at a point O. The angles
made by these forces with x-axis are 0°, 60°, 150° and 300° respectively. Find the
magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
Three collinear horizontal forces of magnitude 300 N, 100 N and 250 N are acting on
rigid body. Determine the resultant of the forces analytically and graphically when :
(i) all the forces are acting in the same direction; (ii) the force 100 N acts in the
opposite direction.
Two forces of magnitude 15 N and 12 N are acting at a point. The angle between the
forces is 60°. Find the resultant is magnitude.
A force of 1000 N is acting at a point, making an angle of 60° with the horizontal.
Determine the components of this force along horizontal and vertical directions.
A small block of weight 100 N is placed on an inclined plane which makes an angle
of 60° with the horizontal. Find the components of this weight (i) perpendicular to the
inclined plane and (ii) parallel to the inclined plane.
Two forces P and Q are acting at a point O as shown. The force P = 264.9 N and
force Q = 195.2 N. If the resultant of the forces is equal to 400 N, then find the values
of angles β, γ, α.

A small block of unknown weight is placed on an inclined plane which makes an

angle of 30° with horizontal plane. The component of this weight parallel to the
inclined plane is 100 N. Find the weight of the block.
Four forces of magnitudes 20 N, 40 N, 60 N and 80 N are acting respectively along
the four sides of a square ABCD as shown. Determine the resultant moment about
point A. Each side of square is 2 m.

A force of 50 N is acting at a point A as shown in Fig. 3.21. Determine the moment of

this force about O.

Three like parallel forces 20 N, 40 N and 60 N are acting at points A, B and C

respectively on a straight-line ABC. The distances are AB = 3 m and BC = 4 m. Find
the resultant and also the distance of the resultant from point A on line ABC.
The three like parallel forces 101 N, F and 300 N are acting as shown. If the
resultant R = 600 N and is acting at a distance of 45 cm from A, then find the
magnitude of force F and distance of F and A.
Four parallel forces of magnitudes 100 N, 200 N, 50 N and 400 N are as shown.
Determine the magnitude of the resultant and also the distance of the resultant from
point A.

A system of parallel forces is acting on a rigid bar as shown. Reduce this system to:
(i) a single force,
(ii) a single force and a couple at A
(iii) a single force and a couple at B.

Five forces are acting on a body as shown. Determine the resultant.

Determine the resultant of the parallel forces as shown.

Three forces F1, F2 and F3 are acting on a body as shown, and the body is in
equilibrium. If the magnitude of force F3 is 250 N, find the magnitudes of force F1
and F2.
Three forces of magnitudes P, 100 N and 200 N are acting at a point O as shown.
Determine the magnitude and direction of the force P.

Three parallel forces F1, F2 and F3 are acting on a body as shown, and the body is
in equilibrium. If force F1 = 300 N and F3 = 1000 N and the distance between F1 and
F2 = 2.0 m, then determine the magnitude of force F2 and distance of F3 from force
F2.

Three forces of magnitude 40 kN, 15 kN and 20 kN are acting at a point O. The

angles made by 40 kN, 15 kN and 20 kN forces with x-axis are 60°, 120° and 240°
respectively. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
A lamp weighing 10 N is suspended from the ceiling by a chain. It is pulled aside by
a horizontal cord until the chain makes an angle of 60° with the ceiling. Find the
tensions in the chain and the cord by applying Lami’s theorem and also by graphical
method.
Two structural members A and B are bolted to a bracket as shown. Knowing that
both members are in compression and that the force is 15 kN in member A and 10
kN in member B, determine by trigonometry the magnitude and direction of the
resultant of the forces applied to the bracket by members A and B.

Two cables are tied together at C and loaded as shown. Knowing that P 5 360 N,
determine the tension (a) in cable AC, (b) in cable BC.

Two cables tied together at C are loaded as shown. Knowing that the maximum
allowable tension in each cable is 800 N, determine (a) the magnitude of the largest
force P that can be applied at C, (b) the corresponding value of α.

The end of the coaxial cable AE is attached to the pole AB, which is strengthened by
the guy wires AC and AD. Knowing that the tension in wire AC is 120 N, determine
(a) the components of the force exerted by this wire on the pole, (b) the angles θx,
θy, and θz that the force forms with the coordinate axes.
Knowing that the tension in cable AC is 2130 N, determine the components of the
force exerted on the plate at C.

A container of weight W is suspended from ring A. Cable BAC passes through the
ring and is attached to fixed supports at B and C. Two forces P 5 Pi and Q 5 Qk are
applied to the ring to maintain the container in the position shown. Knowing that W 5
376 N, determine P and Q. (Hint: The tension is the same in both portions of cable
BAC.)
Two vectors and B are given: A = 2 + 3 + 1 and B = 3 − 3 + 4. Determine (a) their dot
product, (b) their cross product and the unit vector along it, and (c) the included
angle between vector and the vector resulting from the cross product.
A vertical pole is guyed by three cables PA, PB and PC tied at a common point P 10
m above the ground. The base points of the cables are: A (− 4, −3, 0), B (5, 1, −1)
and C (−1, 5, 0). If the tensile forces in the cables are adjusted to be 15, 18 and 20
kN, find the resultant force on the pole at P.

A running person has, at an instant, his right foot oriented as shown. The muscular
force he exerts is m = 200 N directed at 60 with the ground. Calculate the moment of
the muscular force about the point of contact P with the ground.
A dam is subjected to three forces; 50 kN force on the upstream vertical face AB, 30
N force on the downstream inclined face and its own weight 120 kN. Determine the
single equivalent force and locate its point of intersection with the base AC,
assuming all the forces to lie in the same plane.

An exercise machine is designed to be a lightweight cart on an inclined ramp on

which a lady may lie and hold herself with two parallel strings, which are attached to
her cart through frictionless pulleys. If the lady weighing 700 N is able to pull and
keep the strings horizontal while the ramp is inclined at 15°, determine the force she
is exerting by each hand. Find also the reaction of the ramp on the cart.
A derrick crane has ball-and-socket joints at A, B, C and D as shown. Determine the
forces in links AB, BD and CD when it is supporting a dead load of 1000 kN.
 Unit 2
A circular roller of weight 1000 N and radius 20 cm hangs by a tie rod AB = 40 cm
and rests against a smooth vertical wall at C as shown. Determine the tension in the
tie rod and reaction RC at point C.

A smooth circular cylinder of weight 1000 N and radius 10 cm rests in a right-angled

groove whose sides are inclined at an angle of 30° and 60° to the horizontal as
shown. Determine the reaction RA and RC at the points of contact.

Two identical rollers, each of weight 50 N, are supported by an inclined plane and a
vertical wall as shown. Find the reactions at the points of supports A, B and C.
Assume all the surfaces to be smooth.
Two spheres, each of weight 50 N and of radius 10 cm rest in a horizontal channel of
width 36 cm as shown. Find the reactions on the points of contact A, B and C.