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COSMOS: Complete Online <strong>Sol</strong>utions Manual Organization System<br />
Chapter 2, <strong>Sol</strong>ution 98.<br />
Have T = T ( sin 50° cos 40° i − cos50° j + sin 50° sin 40°<br />
k )<br />
AB<br />
AB<br />
( 980 lb)( cos 45 sin 25 sin 45 cos 45 cos 25 )<br />
T AC = − ° ° i − ° j + ° ° k<br />
(a) R = T + T<br />
( R ) = 0<br />
A AB AC A x<br />
AB<br />
( R ) F 0:<br />
∴ = Σ =<br />
A<br />
x<br />
( )<br />
T sin 50° cos 40° − 980 lb cos 45° sin 25° = 0<br />
x<br />
or<br />
T AB =<br />
499.06 lb<br />
∴ = 499 lb ⊳<br />
T AB<br />
(b) ( RA) F<br />
y y ( ) ( )<br />
( R A) y<br />
=− 1013.75 lb<br />
( RA) F<br />
z z ( ) ( )<br />
( R A) z<br />
= 873.78 lb<br />
∴ R = − ( 1013.75 lb) j + ( 873.78 lb)<br />
k<br />
Then<br />
and<br />
A<br />
=Σ =− 499.06 lb cos50°− 980 lb sin 45°<br />
=Σ = 499.06 lb sin 50° sin 40°+ 980 lb cos 45° cos 25°<br />
R = 1338.35 lb<br />
R = 1338 lb ⊳<br />
A<br />
0<br />
cosθ x = θ x = 90.0°⊳<br />
1338.35 lb<br />
A<br />
cos<br />
θ y<br />
−1013.75 lb<br />
= θ y = 139.2°⊳<br />
1338.35 lb<br />
873.78 lb<br />
cosθ z = θ z = 49.2°⊳<br />
1338.35 lb<br />
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,<br />
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell<br />
© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.