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Anna Dollr
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 dollara@muohio.edu
Paul S. Steif
Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 steif@andrew.cmu.edu
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Introduction to FBDs
6 lb 8 lb 10 lb
Block B? Yes No
Gr Pi
Table? Yes No
Gr Pi
Earth? Yes No
Gr Pi
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6 lb 8 lb 10 lb
Block C? Yes No
Gr Pi
Table? Yes No
Gr Pi
Earth? Yes No
Gr Pi
Table
NAB 8 lb NBC
Table
The only force that has known magnitude is the force of gravity! (without using equilibrium)
Recall how to label the unknown contact forces between blocks (equal and opposite):
force of B on A
NAB
A NBC
force of C on B
NBC force of B on C C
force of A on B NAB
B
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6 lb 8 lb 10 lb A B C
Yes No
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6 lb 8 lb 10 lb A B C
Table
Here are the errors: NAB 6 lb NAB NBC 8 lb Ntable 8 lb 10 lb
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6 lb 8 lb 10 lb A B C
10 lb
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6 lb 8 lb 10 lb A B C
Table FBD of A
6 lb NAB NAB 6 lb 8 lb 10 lb Ntable 8 lb NBC NBC 10 lb Ntable
FBD of B
FBD of C
Block D? Yes No
Gr Pi
Block E? Yes No
Gr Pi
Table? Yes No
Gr Pi
Earth? Yes No
Gr Pi
Introduction to FBDs Is this the correct free body diagram of B and C as a unit?
E D C B A C WC NBC B WB NAB WD
Yes No
Gr Pi
Introduction to FBDs How many errors there are in this FBD of B and C as a unit?
E D C B A
WC NBC
WB NAB
Pi
2 Bl
3 Ye
Wh
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WD NDC E D C B A NAB Errors: WD - force of earth on D should not be in the diagram NDC - force of D on C needed NBC which acts between bodies B and C should not be in the diagram only forces exerted by other bodies on [B and C] as a unit are to be in the FBD B C
WC NBC WB
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E D C B A B C NCD WC WB NAB
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Block is supported by a cord which exerts force on it through a washer :
NWB
FBDs:
=
NWB
T NWB
NWB WB T
WB
Force NWB exerted by the washer on block is equal to the tension T in the cord: WB
Introduction to FBDs 1
C B
2
A
cord exerts force on this block through a washer cord passes through hole in this block and exerts no force on it
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All blocks have equal weight W.
1
C B Each pair of cords (e.g., pair 1 or pair 2) is located symmetrically about vertical centerline so both cords in a pair have the same tension.
2
A
1
C B
T2 T1 WB T1
T2 T2
2
A
Yes No
Gr Pi
Introduction to FBDs Which of the forces in this FBD of block B are correct?
WC B T2 T1 WB T1 T2
1
C B
2
A
Yes WC No
Gr Pi
WB
Yes No
Gr Pi
T1
Yes No
Gr Pi
Yes T2 No
Gr Pi
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1
C B B
2
A B T2 T1 WC WB T1 T2
2
A A
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C T2 WC NBC NBC C B B T2 A T1 WB T1 WA T2 T2
2
A
Block A: T2 = W/2
Block C: NBC = 2W
Block B: T1 = 3W/2
Introduction to FBDs Draw the FBD of: blocks A, B, C and cord 2, as one unit.
1
C B
2
A
1
C B
2
A WA
Fy = - 3W + 2T1 = 0
T1 = 3W/2
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Introduction to FBDs