15–131.
Sand is discharged from the silo at Aat a rate of with
a vertical velocity of onto the conveyor belt, which is
moving with a constant velocity of .If the conveyor
system and the sand on it have a total mass of and
center of mass at point G,determine the horizontal and ver-
tical components of reaction at the pin support Broller sup-
port A.Neglect the thickness of the conveyor.
750 kg
1.5 m>s
10 m>s
50 kg>s
volume shown in Fig.a,
;
Ans.
Writing the force steady flow equation along the xand yaxes,
;
Ans.
;
Ans.By=3716.25 N =3.72 kN c
=50[1.5 sin 30° –(–10)]
By+4178.5 –750(9.81)+c©Fy=dm
dt [(vB)y–(vA)y]
Bx=|–64.95 N| =65.0 N :
–Bx=50(1.5 cos 30° –0):
+©Fx=dm
dt [(vB)x–(vA)x]
Ay=4178.5 N =4.18 kN
750(9.81)(4) –Ay(8) =50[0 –8(5)]+©MB=dm
dt (dvB–dvA)
1.5 m/s
30
A
G