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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Test MODEL Sub/Code Engineering Mechanics / ME3351

Year / SEM: II/III Date: 18.11.2024

Time: 3 Hours Marks 100

PART – A (10X2=20)

CO Level Q.No

1. Two forces 30N and 40N act at a point O.The inclined angle between them
1 2
is 600. Find the magnitude and the direction of the resultant.
2. Find the resultant of an 800N force acting towards eastern direction and a
1 3
500N force acting towards north eastern directions.
A force F= (6N)i - (3N)j - (4N)k is acting at a point P whose position vector
3. from the origin ‘O’ of the co-ordinate axes is (8mm)i + (6mm)j – (4mm)k.
2 3
Find the moment of the force about the origin.
4. Mention the required equilibrium conditions of a body applied with a system of
2 2
non-concurrent coplanar forces.
3 2 5. By using Pappas theorem determine the volume of sphere having radius r.
3 2 6. What do you mean by polar moment of inertia?
4 2 7. Define coefficient of friction and express its relationship with angle of friction.
4 1 8. State the Coulomb’s law of friction.

9. A car starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 4m/sec2. Determine the
5 2 distance travelled in the 7th second.
5 1 10. State the principle of impulse and momentum for a rigid body.

PART – B (5 x 13=65)

i) A system of four forces acting on a body is as shown in Fig.1 Determine the

resultant forces and its direction. (07)

11. a
3 3

Fig.1
ii) A lamp weighing 10N is suspended from the ceiling by a chain. It is pulled
aside by a horizontal. Cord until the chain makes an angles of 60º with the
ceiling shown in fig.2 Find the tension in the chain and the cord by applying
Lami’s theorem. (06)
 Fig.2
i) A string PQRS attached to two fixed point P and S has two equal weights of
500N attachedto it Q and R. The weights rest with the portions PQ and RS
inclined at angles of 30º and 60º respectively, to the vertical as shown Fig.3.
Find the tension in the PQ,QR and RS of the string if the inclination of the
portion QR with the vertical is 120º. (07)

3 5 11.b

Fig.3
ii) A smooth circular cylinder of radius 1.5m is lying on a triangular wedge as
shown in Fig.4. Find the reaction at the surfaces of contact. (06)

Fig.4
Three concurrent forces in space F1, F2 & F3 are acting at A as shown in Fig.5
An unknown force F attached to the system makes the particles A in
equilibrium. Find the magnitude and direction of the unknown force F

3 5 12. a

Fig.No.5
3 5 12.b Calculate the reactions R1,R2 and R3 for the two beams AB and CD supported
as shown in fig.6. There being a hinge connecting B and C
 Fig. 6
A concentric hole of diameter 100mm is drilled to a depth of 150mm in a
Perspex cylinder of diameter 200mm and 400mm long. The hole is then
completely filled with lead and finished flush to make it a complete cylinder
again. Locate the centre of mass of the finished cylinder. Assume that the
density of Perspex is 1200kg/m3 and density of lead is 12000kg/m3.
3 5 13.a

Fig.7
Find the Principal moment of Inertia of the plane area about centroidal axis for
the Fig.8

3 5 13.b

Fig.8
What should be the value of the angle θ so that motion of the 390 N block
impends down the plane? The co-efficient of friction μ for all surfaces is 1/3.
Also find the tension of the cable.

3 3 14.a

Fig. 9
A block over lying at a 10° wedge on a horizontal floor and leaning against a
vertical wall and weighing 1500N is to be raised by applying a horizontal force
3 5 14.b to the wedge. Assuming co-efficient of friction between all surfaces in contact to
be 0.3. Determine the minimum horizontal force to be applied to raise the
block.
Determine the total work done on a 5 kg body, which is pulled 6m up on a
3 3 15.a rough inclined plane as shown in the fig.10. Take the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the body and the plane is 0.2.
 Fig.10
Two weights 80N and 20N are connected by a thread and move along a rough
horizontal plane under the action of a force 40N, applied to the first weight of
80N as shown in fig.11. The coefficient of friction between the sliding surfaces
of the weights and the plane is 0.3. Determine the acceleration of the weights
3 5 15.b and the tension in the thread using work energy equation

Fig. 11
PART – C(1 x 15=15)

Two blocks of weight 150N are connected by a string over a frictionless pulley
as shown in fig.12. Determine the velocity of 150N block after 4 sec. Also
locate the tension in the string.

3 5 16.a

Fig. 12
A uniform ladder of weight 1000N and of length 4m rest on a horizontal ground
and leans against a smooth vertical wall. The ladder makes an angle of 60°
3 5 16.b with the horizontal.When a man of weight 750N stands on the ladder at a
distance 3m from the top of the ladder, the ladder is at the point of sliding.
Determine the co-efficient of friction between the ladder and the floor.

CO1:Illustrate the vector and scalar representation of forces and moments

CO2:Analyse the rigid body in equilibrium
CO3:Evaluate the properties of distributed forces
CO4:Determine the friction and the effects by the laws of friction
CO5:Calculate dynamic forces exerted in rigid body
K1 – Remember, K2 – Understand, K3 – Apply, K4 – Analysis, K5 – Evaluate, K6 - Create

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