PROBLEM 3.1
A.13.2-N force P is applied to the lever which controls the auger of a
snowblower. Determine the moment of P about 4 when ais equal to 30°,
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SOLUTION
First note
P, = Psina’ = (13.2 N)sin30° = 6.60 N
Peosa = (13.2 N)cos30® = 11.4315 N
Noting that the direction of the moment of
is counterclockwise,
ich force component about A
M4 = XwaPy + YauaP,
= (0,086 m) (11.4315 N) + (0.122 m)(6.60.N)
= 1.78831 N-m
or My = 1.788N-m")PROBLEM 3.2
oo ‘The force P is applied to the lever which controls the auger of a
snowblower. Determine the magnitude and the direction of the smallest
force P which has a 2.20-N-m counterclockwise moment about 4.
For P to be a minimum, it must be perpendicular to the line joining points
Aand B.
149.265 mm
a=0 Penn = sas
(36mm)
__2.20N-m_ (1000 mm)
Teassmm( Tm
= 14.7389 N
Pin = 14.74 N A 54.88
OF Ppp = M74 N37 35.294PROBLEM 3.3
A 13,1-N force P is applied to the lever which controls the auger of @
snowblower, Determine the value of a knowing that the moment of P
about A is counterclockwise and has a magnitude of 1.95 N-m.
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SOLUTION
By definition M, = rugPsind
gemm— where 0= $+ (90°-a)
a Pern |
Shad and $= tar (Zam) = sesioe
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Also rng = (86 mm) 149.265 mm
‘Then 1.95 Nem = (0,149265 m)(13.1 N)sin(54,819° + 90° —
or sin(144,819° ~ a) = 0.99725
or 144 819° ~ a = 85.752
and 144.819 - a = 94.248"
a = 506°, 59.194