## GavinxFiasco Group Title A force F = 6.61×104 N and a couple moment M = 3.41×104 N·m are applied to the steel frame as shown. Assume L1 = 1.19 m, L2 = 3.59 m. The angle of the cable BC is indicated by the small triangle. What is the tension in the cable? 9 months ago 9 months ago

1. GavinxFiasco Group Title

2. rajat97 Group Title

interesting question i am working on it

3. GavinxFiasco Group Title

4. rajat97 Group Title

you're welcome and i've got the answer as T=1231.81 N if it is right, please let me know

5. rajat97 Group Title

@GavinxFiasco

6. GavinxFiasco Group Title

unfortunately it isn't right

7. rajat97 Group Title

oh see what i did was that i balanced all the torques and i think i need to work on it

8. rajat97 Group Title

just wait for a few minutes

9. rajat97 Group Title

i took the wrong ref. point and now i am trying it with point A

10. GavinxFiasco Group Title

alright, take as much time as you need I'm trying to figure it out as well

11. rajat97 Group Title

now i've got the answer as 377.55 N

12. GavinxFiasco Group Title

still incorrect

13. rajat97 Group Title

wow

14. GavinxFiasco Group Title

ya, this questions been stumping me for quite a while now

15. rajat97 Group Title

i've got something new here and my answer is 521N try try but don't cry lol

16. GavinxFiasco Group Title

Aha wrong also, i'm not stressing it. I'm sure if i take a break from it then come back should be fine

17. GavinxFiasco Group Title

@AllTehMaffs have any suggestions to this one?

18. rajat97 Group Title

yeah sure

19. AllTehMaffs Group Title

0_0 hmm.....

20. GavinxFiasco Group Title

I know , -.-'

21. AllTehMaffs Group Title

I can't tell what the moment is doing - is it trying to bend the beam down or pushing it to the left? :P

22. GavinxFiasco Group Title

I believe it is trying to bend the beam downwards or push down on it

23. AllTehMaffs Group Title

oh, derp, because of the cross beam. Gotchya

24. GavinxFiasco Group Title

Ya aha

25. rajat97 Group Title

i"ve got another answer and i know its really irritating and my answer is 751.33N

26. AllTehMaffs Group Title

right or wrong at least you have answers - I'm still trying to set up the darn thing :/ ^_^

27. rajat97 Group Title

@AIITehMaffs what is your ref. point

28. AllTehMaffs Group Title

that's what I'm trying to figure out :/ I was thinking along the top beam, so the moment is equal to 3L1 cross Ty, but I'm pretty sure that wrong

29. AllTehMaffs Group Title

I know that's wrong, actually :P

30. rajat97 Group Title

look if you take the ref. point as the hinged point A, it will be benificial as the torque due to hinge forces will be seen as zero

31. rajat97 Group Title

so i did the same

32. rajat97 Group Title

do you have any idea ????

33. AllTehMaffs Group Title

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34. rajat97 Group Title

i live in india and its around 2:45 in the morning and i haven't slept for the whole night !! so i think i shall sleep now and this is a mind blowing question and somethings gotta go wrong with openstudy so i think i shall go now

35. AllTehMaffs Group Title

$M=-\sqrt{L_1^2+L_2^2} \times F +\sqrt{L_1^2+L_2^2} \times T_y$ this is not at all correct even a little - these darn engineering problems....

36. AllTehMaffs Group Title

there should be a Tx in there too, but I don't know how to isolate variables then....

37. melaghil Group Title

$T _{y} = \frac{ F \times L_{1} + M }{ \sqrt{L_{1}^2 + L_{1}^2 } }$ that gets you the vertical component of the tension. $T = T_{y}*\frac{ 5 }{ 4 }$ so your answer would be 37267 N

38. melaghil Group Title

Sorry I messed it up $T = \frac{ F*L_1+M }{ L_1*(4/5) + L_2*(3/5) }$ That will get you the tension resulting in T = 36303 N I just tested this solution and it worked!

39. GavinxFiasco Group Title

Thank you @melaghil

40. rajat97 Group Title

@melaghil you are cool

41. rajat97 Group Title

even i did the same but got the wrong answer

42. rajat97 Group Title

by calculating by @melaghil 's method , i get the previous answer i.e. 377.55 N

43. melaghil Group Title

I am a fourth year dal engineering student. I Capas for my friends. If you email me your netid, B00 number and capa ID I'll do it for ya

44. melaghil Group Title

@rajat97 You must be doing something wrong because 377.55 N is too small. You should be getting something in the thousands

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46. melaghil Group Title

Alright so the key point is choosing a pivot point in the whole frame and sticking to it, It doesn't matter where the pivot point is but you always make sure that it minimizes the unknowns. |dw:1383969861855:dw| There are 3 unknowns T, Ax and Ay. So I chose the pivot to be at A. The couple moment can be moved around and what really matters when we talk about a force is the effective distance so the following drawing will simplify it. (Note in the drawing I flipped Ty and Tx and I dont know how to edit drawings on this website) |dw:1383970015750:dw| So sum of the moments about the pivot = 0 $0 = -M -F_1*L_1+T_x*L_2 +T_y*L_1$ Also note that $T_x = T*\frac{ 3 }{ 5 }$ while $T_x = T*\frac{ 4 }{ 5 }$ So in that equation now all you have to do is solve for T

47. melaghil Group Title

There are some spelling mistakes there but you can decipher them

48. rajat97 Group Title

thanks a lot man @melaghil