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GE8292 ENGINEERING MECHANICS
PART B & PART C QUESTIONS – UNIT WISE

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Unit I
1. Determine the magnitude and direction of force F shown in figure so that particle ‘O’ is in equilibrium.

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2. Three links PQ , QR and RS connected as shown in Fig. Support loads W and 50 N. Find the weight W
and the force in each link if the system remains in equilibrium.
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3. The forces shown in the figure below are in equilibrium. Determine the forces F1 and F2.
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4. ABCDE is a light string whose end A is fixed. The weights W1 and W2 are attached to the string at B
& C and the string passes round a small smooth wheel at D carrying a weight 40KN at the free end E.
In the position of equilibrium, BC is horizontal and AB and CD make angles 150° and 120° with
horizontal. Find (i) the tensions in AB, BC and DE of the given string (ii) magnitudes of W1 and W2.

5. In a jib crane, the jib and the tie rod are 5 m and 4 m long respectively. The height of crane post in 3
 m and the ties red remains horizontal. Determine the forces produced in jib and tie rod when a load
of 2kN in suspended at the crane head.

6. Two smooth circular cylinders each of weight 1000 N and radius 15 cm are connected at their centers
by a string AB of length 40 cm and rest upon a horizontal plane, supporting above them a third

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cylinder of weight 2000 N and radius 15 cm as shown in Figure. Predict the force S in the string AB
and reactions on the floor at the points of contact D and E.

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7. A container is supported by three cables which are attached to a ceiling as shown. Determine the
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weight, W of the container, knowing that the tension in cable AD is 4.3kN.
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8. A horizontal force P normal to the wall holds the cylinder in the position shown in figure below.
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Determine the magnitude of P and the tension in each cable.

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Unit II
1. A load of 3500 N is acting on the boom, which is held by a cable BC as shown in figure below, the weight
of the boom can be neglected. (AU Dec‟11) (i) Sketch the free body diagram of the boom. (ii) Determine
the tension in cable BC. (iii) Find the magnitude and direction of the reaction at A
2. A cylindrical roller has a weight of 10kN and it is being pulled by a force which is inclined at 30° with the
horizontal as shown in fig. While moving it comes across an obstacle of 10cm height. Predict the force

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required to cross this obstacle when the diameter of the roller is 70cm.

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3. Four tug boats are used to bring a large ship to its pier. Each tug boat exerts a 5000 N force in the
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direction as shown in Fig. Determine the equivalent force - couple system at point 'O' and the point on
hull where a single more powerful tug boat should push to produce the same effect as the original four
boats.
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4. Blocks A and B of weight 200N and 100N respectively, rest on a 30 inclined plane and are attached to
the post which is held perpendicular to the plane by force P, parallel to the plane, as shown in fig.
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Assume that all surfaces are smooth and that the cords are parallel to the plane. Determine the value
of P. Also find the Normal reaction of Blocks A and B.

5. Two beams AB and CD are shown in figure. A and D are hinged supports. B and C are roller supports. (i)
Sketch the free body diagram of the beam AB and determine the reactions at the supports A & B. (ii)
 Sketch the free body diagram of beam AB and determine the reactions at the supports C and D

6. A force couple system acting on a rectangular plate is shown in figure below. (i) Find the equivalent
force couple system at the origin O. (ii) Find the single resultant force and its location on x – axis.

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Unit III
1. An area in the form of L section is shown in figure below. Find the moments of Inertia Ixx, Iyy, and Ixy

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about its centroidal axes. Also determine the principal moments of inertia.
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2. Locate the centroid of the area shown in figure below. The dimensions are in mm.
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3. A Cylinder of height of 10 cm and radius of base 4 cm is placed under sphere of radius 4 cm such that
they have a common vertical axis. If both of them are made of the same material, find the centre of
gravity of the combined unit.
4. Design Moment of Inertia about the co-ordinate axes of plane area shown in fig. Also find Polar Moment
of Inertia.
 5. Find the moment of inertia of a section shown in Fig below about the centroidal Axes.(Dimensions in
mm)

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6. Discuss expression form mass moment of inertia of prism along three axes.
7. The frustum of a cone has a top diameter of 10 cm and that of its base is 20cm. There is an axial hole of
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5cm diameter, drilled through this frustum of cone, as shown in fig, Locate the centre of gravity. The
height is 15cm.
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Unit IV
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1. A ball of mass I kg moving with a velocity of 6 m/s strikes another ball of mass 2kg moving with a
velocity of 2m/s at the instant of impact the velocities of the two balls are parallel and inclined at
30°to the line joining their centers as shown in figure below. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.5,
find the velocity and the direction the two balls after impact. Also calculate the loss in kinetic energy
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due to impact and the percentage of loss.

2. Two bodies one of mass 30kg, moves with a velocity of 9m/s centrally. Solve the velocity of each body
after impact, if the coefficient of restitution is 0.8.
 3. Two blocks of weight 150N and 50N are connected by a string, passing over a frictionless pulley as
shown in fig. Predict the velocity of 150N block after 4 seconds. Also calculate the tension in the string

4. Two trains A and B leave the same station on parallel lines. A starts with a uniform acceleration of

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0.15m/s2 and attains the speed of 24 km/hour after which its speed remains constant. B leaves 40
seconds later with uniform acceleration of 0.30 m/s2 to attain a maximum of 48 km/hour, its speed
also becomes constant thereafter. When will B overtake A.
5. A block and pulley system is shown in fig below. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block
and the plane is 0.25. The pulley is frictionless. Find the acceleration of the blocks and the tension in

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the string when the system is just released. Also find the time required for 200kg block to come down
by 2m.

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6. A particle is projected with a initial velocity of 12m/s at an angle M with the horizontal. After
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sometime, the position of the particle is observed by its x and y distances of 6m and 4m respectively
from the point of projection. Find the angle of projection.
7. Two weights 80 N and 20 N are connected by a thread and move along a rought horizontal plane
under the action of a force 40 N, applied to the first weight of 80 N as shown in figure. The coefficient
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of friction between the sliding surfaces of the wrights and the plane is 0.3. Design the acceleration of
the weights and the tension in the thread using work-energy equation.
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8. The equation of motion of a particle is given, acceleration (a) interms of time (t) as below. A = 3t 2 +
2t+4, in which acceleration is in m/s2 and time t is in seconds. It is observed that the velocity of the
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particle is 2 m/s after 4 seconds; and the displacement of the particle is 8 m after 8 seconds.
Determine (1) Velocity after 8 seconds (2) Displacement after 2 seconds.
9. Two bodies one of which is 200 N with a velocity of 10 m/s and the other of 100 N with the velocity
of 10 m/s move towards each other and impinges centrally. Find the velocity of each body after
impact if the coefficient of restitution is 0.6. Find also the loss in kinetic energy due to impact.
Unit V
1. Block A weighing 1000 N rests on a rough inclined plane whose inclination to the horizontal is 45°. It is
connected to another block B, weighing 3000 N rests on a rough horizontal plane by a weightless rigid
bar inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal as shown in fig. Find the horizontal force required to be
applied to the block B just to move the block A in upward direction. Assume angle of friction as 15° at
all surfaces where there is sliding
2. Block (2) rests on block (1) and is attached by a horizontal rope AB to the wall as shown in fig. What
force P is necessary to cause motion of block (1) to impend? The co-efficient of friction between the
blocks is ¼ and between the floor and block (1) is 1/3. Mass of blocks (1) and (2) are 14kg and 9 kg
respectively.

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3. In the engine system shown in figure, the crank AB has a constant clock wise angular speed of 3000
r.p.m. For the crank position indicated, find (i) the angular velocity of the connecting rod BP. (ii) Velocity
of piston P.

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4. Two blocks A and B of mass 50 kg and 100 kg respectively are connected by a string C which passes
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through a frictionless pulley connected with the fixed wall by another string D as shown in figure. Find
the force P required to pull the block B. Also find the tension in the string D. Take coefficient of friction
at all contact surfaces as 0.3.
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5. An effort of 200 N is required just to move a certain body up an inclined plane of angle 15°, the force is
acting parallel to the plane. If the angle of inclination of the plane is made 20°, the effort required being
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again parallel to the plane, is found to be 230 N. Predict the weight of the body and coefficient of
friction.
6. Illustrate the force P inclined at an angle of 32° to the inclined plane making an angle of 25 degree with
the horizontal plane to slide a block weighing 125 KN (i) up the inclined plane (ii) Down the inclined
plane, when P = 0.5.
7. Two blocks A and B of weights 300N and 400N respectively are connected by a string as shown in Fig,.
The coefficient of static friction under the block A is 0.2 and under the block B is 0.4. Determine the
angle at which the bodies will slide down the plane.
8. A cylinder having a radius of 100mm rolls down a slope 1 in 50. Determine the coefficient of rolling
resistance ‘a’ of the cylinder.

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