Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Force System Resultants - Section 4.4 - Principle of Moments - Fundamental Problems - Page 136: 4

Answer

$11.2~N\cdot m$, clockwise

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required moment of force as follows: First of all, we find the x and y components of force $F_x=50cos60=25N$ and $F_y=50sin60=43.3N$ Now the moment arms in the x and y direction are given as $d_x=100(10^{-3})+[200(10^{-3})cos 45+100(10^{-3})]=0.3414m$ and $d_y=200(10^{-3})sin 45=0.1414m$ Now, we can find the moment of force $M_O=F_yd_x+F_xd_y$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $M_O=43.3N(0.3414m)-25N(0.1414m)=11.2N.m$
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