Statics

(MCB 1053)
W02L2

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week 2 outlook
Chapter 2: Force Vectors

Copyright 2010 Pearson. (adapted by AAW)

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Week 1 Assignment:
F2-5, 2-19, 2-24, F2-12, 2-39, 2-56, 2-58

Week 2 Assignment:
F2-18, 2-83, 2-91, 2-99, F2-29, 2-120, 2-139

Online assignments
graded assignments start this week
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Tutorial this week

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Week 2 outlook
Chapter 2: Force Vectors
scalars and vectors
vector operation
vector addition of forces
addition of a system of
coplanar forces
position vectors
force vectors directed
along a line

Chapter Objectives
to use Parallelogram or Triangle Laws to add forces & resolve
into components
to express forces & vectors in Cartesian Vector Notation (CVN)
- finishing today
to use Dot Product to determine angle between two vectors and
the projection of one vector onto another vector

Cartesian Vectors
right handed 3D coordinate system
shows the orientation of the x, y and z axes

components of a vector A along x, y and

z axes
A = Ax + Ay + Az

unit vectors i, j, k along x, y and z axes

Cartesian Vectors
CVN of vector A: A = Ax i + Ay j + Az k
magnitude vector A:

direction cosines of vector A:

Cartesian Vectors
unit vector in the direction of vector A:

note:

Cartesian Vectors
various expressions of vector A in CVN:

alternate:

Addition of Cartesian Vectors

let A = Ax i + Ay j + Az k and B = Bx i + By j + Bz k
the resultant vector:
R = A + B = (Ax + Bx) i + (Ay + By) j + (Az + Bz) k
For a general case of a system of force vectors, the resultant
force vector is:

P2-67/68
The spur gear is subjected to the two forces caused by contact
with other gears.
Express each force as a Cartesian vector.
Determine the resultant of the two forces and express the result as
a Cartesian vector

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Position Vectors
a fixed vector which locates a point in space relative to another
point
let P have the coordinates (x, y, z), O be the origin (0, 0, 0)
position vector of P (w.r.t. origin): rP = x i + y j + z k

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Position Vectors

generic case: let A = (xA, yA, zA), and B = (xB, yB, zB)
thus: rA = xA i + yA j + zA k and rB = xB i + yB j + zB k
let r be the position vector from A to B
r = rB - rA = (xB - xA) i + (yB - yA) j + (zB - zA) k

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Position Vectors
r = rB - rA = (xB - xA) i + (yB - yA) j + (zB - zA) k
corresponding unit vector u:

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Position Vector Directed Along a Line

if a force F is directed along a line containing points A and B, the
force F will have the same direction and sense as the position
vector r directed from A to B

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CVN practice

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CVN practice

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P2-92
Determine the magnitude and coordinate direction angles of the
resultant force

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