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    Parallel Force

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    This document appears to be an exam for the subject of Engineering Mechanics. It contains 25 questions divided into 3 parts - Part A contains 10 short answer questions, Part B contains 5 short answer questions, and Part C contains 5 long answer questions worth 15 marks each. The questions cover topics related to forces, moments, centroids, friction, projectile motion, and screws. Students are asked to solve problems involving calculating tensions, reactions, moments of inertia, centroids, angles of projection, and forces required to overcome friction. The exam is out of a total of 100 marks and tests fundamental concepts in engineering mechanics.

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    This document appears to be an exam for the subject of Engineering Mechanics. It contains 25 questions divided into 3 parts - Part A contains 10 short answer questions, Part B contains 5 short answer questions, and Part C contains 5 long answer questions worth 15 marks each. The questions cover topics related to forces, moments, centroids, friction, projectile motion, and screws. Students are asked to solve problems involving calculating tensions, reactions, moments of inertia, centroids, angles of projection, and forces required to overcome friction. The exam is out of a total of 100 marks and tests fundamental concepts in engineering mechanics.

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    Parallel Force

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    This document appears to be an exam for the subject of Engineering Mechanics. It contains 25 questions divided into 3 parts - Part A contains 10 short answer questions, Part B contains 5 short answer questions, and Part C contains 5 long answer questions worth 15 marks each. The questions cover topics related to forces, moments, centroids, friction, projectile motion, and screws. Students are asked to solve problems involving calculating tensions, reactions, moments of inertia, centroids, angles of projection, and forces required to overcome friction. The exam is out of a total of 100 marks and tests fundamental concepts in engineering mechanics.

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    Reg. No.

    ________

    Karunya University
    (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences)
    (Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

    Supplementary Examination June 2012


    Subject Title:
    Subject Code:

    ENGINEERING MECHANICS
    09ME201

    Time: 3 hours
    Maximum Marks: 100

    Answer ALL questions


    PART A (10 x 1 = 10 MARKS)
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.
    7.
    8.

    Differentiate between collinear and parallel force system.


    What are the characteristics of a force?
    Define the term couple.
    What are the common types of supports used in two dimensions?
    When do centroid and centre of mass coincide?
    Define radius of gyration.
    What is the distance travelled by a body in the nth second of its motion?
    If a projectile is projected up ward with a velocity of u, an angle of a with horizontal, what are
    the vertical and horizontal components of velocity?
    9. Define coefficient of friction.
    10. Distinguish static and dynamic friction.

    PART B (5 x 3 = 15 MARKS)
    11.
    12.
    13.
    14.
    15.

    State parallelogram law, triangle law and polygon law of forces.


    What are the characteristics of a couple? State Varignons theorem.
    State parallel and perpendicular axis theorem with example.
    Write the equations of plane motion and motion of a body under the force of gravity.
    State the laws of friction.

    PART C (5 x 15 = 75 MARKS)
    16. String AO holds a smooth sphere on an inclined plane ABC, as shown in figure below. The
    weight of the sphere is 1000N, and the plane is smooth. Calculate the tension in the string and
    the reaction at the point of contact B.

    (OR)
    17. An unknown force P keeps the four coplanar concurrent forces in equilibrium shown below.
    Find the force P and its direction?

    [P.T.O]

    18. Two rollers, each of weight 50N and of radius 10cm rest in a horizontal channel of width 36cm as
    shown below. Find the reaction on the point of contacts A, B and C.

    (OR)
    19. The tension in cables AB and AC are 100N and 120N respectively as shown in figure below.
    Determine the magnitude of the resultant force acting at A.

    20. a.

    b.

    Find the moment of inertia of the section shown in the figure about its horizontal centroidal
    axis.
    (8)

    Find the Moment of inertia of an angle section as shown below about its centroidal axes.
    (7)

    (OR)
    21. Calculate the centroid of the lamina of the plate shown in figure with respect to the axis XY.
    Thickness of the plate is 5mm and density of the material is 6500Kg/m3.

    [P.T.O]

    22. A stone is dropped into a well and the sound of the splash is heard in 6 seconds. If the velocity
    of sound is 160m/s, find the depth up to water level in the well. Take g = 9.8m/s2.
    (OR)
    23. A particle is projected with an initial velocity of 12m/s at an angle with the horizontal. After
    some time 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.
    24. The mean diameter of a whitworth bolt having V threads is 25mm. The pitch of the thread is
    5mm and the angle of V is 55 0. The bolt is tightened by screwing a nut whose mean radius of
    the bearing surface is 25mm. If the coefficient of friction for nut and bolt is 0.1 and for nut and
    bearing surface is 0.16, find the force required at the end of a spanner 0.5m long when the load
    on the bolt is 10kN.
    (OR)
    25. An electric motor driven power screw moves a nut in a horizontal plane against a force of 75kN
    at a speed of 300mm/min. The screw has a single square thread of 6mm pitch on a major
    diameter of 40mm. The coefficient of friction at the screw threads is 0.1. Estimate Power of the
    motor.

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