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Faculty of Engineering, Natural, and Medical Sciences

IBU Resolution of a Froce


International Burch University Mechanics
FENMS 004

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmed El Sayed


First, let us repeat fastly main things from
Lecture #2 1/10
Main terms used
What is force?
What are effects that a force can cause?
What are characteristics of force?
Principle of physical independence of Forces!
Principle of Transmissibility of Forces!
What is a rigid body?
Types of forces systems (Coplanar ....)
What is the definition of Resultant of Forces, and what is the name of the process
of finding it?
Main terms used
What are Methods used?

Analytical Method
Method of Resolution
Parallelogram method
Triangle method
Polygon method
Method of Resolution
The process of splitting up the given force into a number of components,
without changing its effect on the body is called resolution of a force.

A force is, generally, resolved along two mutually perpendicular directions. In


fact, the resolution of a force is the reverse action of the addition of the
component vectors
Principle of Resolution
It states, “The algebraic sum of the resolved parts of a no. of forces, in a
given direction, is equal to the resolved part of their resultant in the same
direction.”

Note : In general, the forces are resolved in the vertical and horizontal
directions.
Method of resolution for the resultant force
Resolve all the forces horizontally and find the algebraic sum of all the horizontal
components (i.e., ΣH).

Resolve all the forces vertically and find the algebraic sum of all the vertical
components (i.e., ΣV).

The resultant R of the given forces will be given by the equation :

The resultant force will be inclined at an angle θ, with the horizontal, such that:
Method of resolution for the resultant force
Notes : The value of the angle θ will vary depending upon the values
of ΣV and ΣH as discussed below :
When ΣV is +ve, the resultant makes an angle between 0° and 180°.
But when ΣV is –ve, the resultant makes an angle between 180° and
360°.
When ΣH is +ve, the resultant makes an angle between 0° to 90° or
270° to 360°. But when ΣH is –ve, the resultant makes an angle
between 90° to 270°.
Graphical (Vector) methods for the resultant force
It is another name for finding out the magnitude and direction of the resultant force
by the polygon law of forces. It is done as discussed below :

Construction of space diagram (position diagram). It means the construction


of a diagram showing the various forces (or loads) along with their magnitude and
lines of action.
Use of Bow’s notations. All the forces in the space diagram are named by using
the Bow’s notations. It is a convenient method in which every force (or load) is
named by two capital letters, placed on its either side in the space diagram.
Construction of vector diagram (force diagram). It means the construction of a
diagram starting from a convenient point and then go on adding all the forces
vectorially one by one (keeping in veiw the directions of the forces) to some
suitable scale.
Graphical (Vector) methods for the resultant force
References / Books / Web sources used:
1. Khurmi, R.S. (2007). A Textbooks of Engineering Mechanics (SI
Units). Revised Edition. S Chand & Company Limited. ISBN:
8121926165, 9788121926164

Thank you for the


attention

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