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Ans:
4–93.
If the magnitude of the couple moment acting on the pipe
assembly is , determine the magnitude of the couple
forces applied to each wrench.The pipe assembly lies in the
x–y plane.
50 N #m
x
z
300 mm
200 mm
300 mm
F
F
SOLUTION
be determined first.
The force vectors Fand –Fcan be written as
and
Thus, the couple moment of Fcan be determined from
The magnitude of is given by
Since is required to equal ,
Ans.F=98.1 N
50 =0.5099F
50 N #mMc
Mc=2Mx2+My2+Mz2=2(0.5F)2+(0.1F)2+02=0.5099F
Mc
Mc=rAB *F=3ijk
0.1 0.5 0
00F3=0.5Fi–0.1Fj
–F=[–Fk]NF={Fk}N
rBA =(0.2 –0.3)i+(0.3 –0.8)j+(0 –0)k=[–0.1i–0.5j]m
rAB =(0.3 –0.2)i+(0.8 –0.3)j+(0 –0)k=[0.1i+0.5j]m