Code No.

: 3007/0

FACULTY

OF ENGINEERING

/ INFORMATICS

B.E. I Year (Common to all Branches) (Old) Examination, June 2011 ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Time: 3 Hours"]
questions of Part -

[ Max. Marks: 75 A. Answer five questions from

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If the resultantof two forces P and Q actingat an angle e with P then P sin e P cos e (a) tan e = P + Q cos e (b) tan e = P + Q cos e Q sin e Q cos e (d) tan e = P + Q cos e (c) tan e = P + Q cos e
The Lami's theorem is applicable for (a) Coplanar forces (c) Coplanar concurrent forces

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2 (b) Concurrent forces

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Any type of forces

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For a perfect frame having 13 members the number of joints must be W 6 ~ 8 (c) 10 (d) 13 The C.G. of a semicircle lies at a distance of measured along the vertical radius. 3R 4R (a) 4n (b) 3n 4n 8 (c) 3R (d) 3R from its base

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The M.I. of a triangular section of base 'b' and height 'h' about its axis passing through its vertex and parallel to its base rs as that passing through C.G. and parallel to base.. 3 (a) 4 times (b) 6 times (c) 9 tim"es (d) 12 times
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. A body of weight 100 N moved up on a horizontal plane having f..l= The maximum force applied at an angle to the horizontal to move the body up is 3 (a) 10~ N (b) 50 N (c) 100 N (d) 100\[2
A particle with ini.tialvelocity of 2m/sec moving with a uniform retardation of 0.1 m/sec2 has travelled 15 m. Find out the time taken by the particle to travel the distance of 15 m. 3 A train is moving along a track whose gradient is 1 in 100. The weight of the train is 5 MN. To avoid an accident the train is brought to rest applying brakes in 200 m length along the track. Resistance due to friction and air motion is 10 N/kN weight of the train. Find the work done in bringing the train to rest. 3 The amplitude of a SHM is 2 m and the period is one second. Determine the maximum velocity,and the maximum acceleration. 3

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(Marks: 50) PART B Reduce the following set of forces to a single resultant force acting at the origin of the coordinate axis and a couple 5 F = 140 N acting from A (3, 7, -1) towards 8(5,1,2). P = 260 N acting from C(-6, 4, 1) towards D(6, 7, 5). T = 270 N acting from E(;-2, 4, 1) towards G(4, -2, 4). A roller of 60 cms diameter and 2500 N weight is to be pulled over an obstacle height of 15 cm by a horizontal pull F applied at the top end point of the wheel. Find the minimum magnitude of F required to overturn the wheel over the obstacle. 5 State and prove Pappus theorems. . 5 Locate the CG of a symmetrioal trapezium with parallel sides of dimensions 'a' and 'b' and height 'h'. 5 Determine the force required to state the wedge as shown in the fig. The angle of friction for all surfaces in contact is 15. 5 P

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2000 N
500N (b) Determine the M.I. of a solid cylinder. ' 2 5

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6 A stone is projected vertically up with a velocity of 25 m/sec. Find (i) when it willbe 40 m above the point of projection (ii) the time of flight. (iii) the velocity of stone 2 sec after projection. The armature of an electric motor was rotating at 1500 rpm at an instant, when power was cut off. Find out the angular retardation if the shaft stops rotating within5 sec. Find out the number of rotations/ made by the shaft. 4 State the principle of virtual work. 4 Find the breaking torque produced by a force 40 N applied to the lever of the band break at point 0 as shown in Fig. The coefficient of frictionbetween flywheeland belt is 0.4. . 6
15cm 60cm
40N

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Flywheel of radius 15 cm hinged at centre.

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A train of weight 2000 kN running at 60 km/hr. experiences total resistances of 10 N/kN wt. of the train. Determine the power required when 5 (i) (ii) the train is moving along a level track. the train is moving up an inclined plane of gradient one in hundred.

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A bullet of mass 120 gms is fired into a target with a velocity of 400 m/sec. If the mass of a target is 10 kg and it is free to move, find the loss in kinetic energy. 5

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A particle follows SHM and its velocities at a distance of 1 m and 2 m from centre are 4 m/sec and 2 m/sec respectively. Find' 10 (a) the amplitude and periodic time. (b) find the acceleration when thedisplacement is1.5m.