CE/ME 2410 Honors Project

Michaela Allen
Presentation Outline

WSU Honors College

Assigned Question
Part A: Finding
Resultant Force
Distance
Part B: Finding
Boom Cable Force
and Pin Force
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Problem Statement
Academic Component
Assigned Problem
Part A
Finding Resultant Force Distance
Part A Prompt
Plot d, the location
of the resultant
force relative to
point C, as a
function of the
boom angle (0
80), when the
crane is lifting a
3600-lb load.
Part A Equations
1. Draw FBD
2. Solve force balance in Y-direction
3. Take the moment around point C
4. Solve for distance d

d() = (-6*cos)+6.9259
 LOCATION OF RESULTANT FORCE RELATIVE TO POINT C
DEPENDING ON BOOM ANGLE
5.9

4.9
FEET TO THE LEFT OF POINT C

3.9

2.9

1.9

0.9
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
BOOM ANGLE IN DEGREES
Part B
Finding Boom Cable Force and Pin Force
 Part B Prompt
Plot A, the
magnitude of the
reaction force on the
pin at A, and F, the
tension in the boom
cable BD, as
functions of (0
80), when the
crane is lifting a
3600-lb load.
Part B Equations
1. Find angle at D between 5. Take a moment around A
boom cable and X-axis
6. Solve for F
2. Draw FBD of pulley B
7. Solve X- and Y- force
3. Solve X- and Y- force balances
balances
8. Solve for magnitude of A
4. Draw FBD of boom AB
= arctan[((24*sin)-6)/((24*cos )+9)]
F() = ((600*12*cos)+(By*24*cos)-(Bx*24*sin))
/((cos*24*sin)-(sin*24*cos))
A()= (3600*cos+F*cos)2+(3600*(1+sin)+F*sin+600 )2
 TENSION IN BOOM CABLE DEPENDING ON BOOM
ANGLE

17900

12900
TENSION IN LBS

7900

2900

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
-2100
BOOM ANGLE IN DEGREES
 MAGNITUDE OF REACTION FORCE ON PIN A
DEPENDING ON BOOM ANGLE

21000

19000

17000
FORCE IN LBS

15000

13000

11000

9000

7000

5000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
BOOM ANGLE IN DEGREES
Works Cited
Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State University,
2017, https://honors.wayne.edu/. Accessed 7 Dec. 2017.