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11 Statics of Rigid Bodies

October 10, 2011 (4:00-6:00 PM)
Fourth Departmental Examination






First Semester 2011-2012

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PLEDGE: On my honor, I will not give or receive inappropriate aid in this examination.

NAME & Signature:









SECTION:


INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Turn all mobile phones OFF during the entire examination period. Any form of cheating will be strictly penalized.
2. Use only a blue or black ink pen.
3. Other than your name, signatures, and section, do not write anything on this questionnaire.
4. Make sure to write your name and section on every answer sheet; number the sheets consecutively.
5. Start the solution to each Problem on a new sheet; do not write at the back; and put a box on your final
answer/s.
6. Show clearly all pertinent solutions and state the assumptions made, if any.
7. Submit this questionnaire together with your answer sheets; keep all sheets stapled together; otherwise your
paper will NOT be graded.

PART II (20%)

Without solving for the support reactions,
determine the forces experienced by members EC
and EF using method of joints. State if they are in
tension or in compression.

PART III (20%)

A frame consists of rigid L-bar CDE and straight members
BD and ABC. It is attached to a roller at A and a pin at E.
a) Determine the reaction at A. [30%]
b) Determine all forces acting on member ABC [70%]
.

PART IV (20%)

For the beam loading shown,
a) Draw the shear and bending moment
diagrams. Indicate clearly the coordinates in
each diagram and the degree of each slope.
b) Determine the maximum shear force and
the maximum bending moment.
Hint: For the 8 kN load at point E, find its equivalent
force-couple system at point D.

ES 11 Statics of Rigid Bodies

October 10, 2011 (4:00-6:00 PM)
Fourth Departmental Examination






First Semester 2011-2012

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PLEDGE: On my honor, I will not give or receive inappropriate aid in this examination.

NAME & Signature:









SECTION:

PART I [20%]. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the best answer. This Part will be collected after the first 30
minutes of the exam period.

1. In truss analysis, the determination of forces acting on the members is considerably simplified because of
some assumptions. Which statement below is NOT among those assumptions?

a) The members are joined together at their ends by smooth pins.
b) All loads and reactions act at the joints.
c) Each member can be treated as a two-force body.
d) Pins are treated as two-force bodies.

2. What is the correct formula relating the number of joints n and the number of members m for a simple
truss?
a) n = 2m + 3
b) n = 2m 3
c) m = 2n + 3
d) m = 2n 3

3. See Figure 1. What is the magnitude of the internal
force in member FG?
a) 0.0 kN
b) 2.0 kN
c) 1.33 kN
d) 4.0 kN

4. See Figure 1. Assuming that the support reactions have been determined, which solution outline will NOT
allow you to determine the force in member EF? (Note: MOJ = method of joints, MOS = method of sections)

a) by MOS: pass cutting plane through EF, DF, and DG
b) by MOJ: analyze H; then by MOS: pass cutting plane through EF, DF, FG, and GH
c) by MOJ: analyze H G F
d) by MOJ: A C E

5. Fill in the blank: A frame is a rigid structure which is made up of members at least one of which is not a
____________.
a) three-force member
b) two-force member
c) pulley
d) pin

6. Frame analysis involves drawing FBDs of members

forming the frame. If we do this for the frame in Figure 2,
at the least, how many total number of unknown force
components (i.e. horizontal and vertical components) at
the connecting pins and supports do we need to solve
for?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 9
d) 10
7. Consider the FBD of member BEF. What can be said about the directions of the horizontal and vertical force
components at pin B?
a) Bx is to the right, By is upward
b) Bx is to the right, By is downward
c) Bx is to the left, By is upward
d) Bx is to the left, By is downward

8. The shear diagram for beam AC is shown in Figure 3. If
the bending moment at point B, MB = - 576 Nm, what is
the bending moment at point P?
a) +1296 Nm
b) -1296 Nm
c) +720 Nm
d) -720 Nm

9. Fill in the blank: The slope at any point of the bending moment curve is equal to the ___________ at that
point.
a) load per unit length (or load intensity)
b) shear force
c) area under the load curve
d) area under the shear curve

10. Fill in the blank: Generally, the internal forces in a member of a frame are represented by an equivalent
force-couple system consisting of _______ , shearing force, and bending moment.
a) axial force
b) distributed load
c) resultant force
d) linear force