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Chapter 11 problems
11.44 A pickup truck has a wheelbase of 3m. Ordinarily 10,780N rests on the
front wheels and 8,820N on the rear wheels when parked on a level road.
a) A box weighing 3600N is now placed on the tailgate, 1m behind the rear axle.
How much total weight now rests on the front wheels? On the rear wheels?
b) How much weight would need to be placed on the tailgate to make the front
wheels come off the ground?
It will be useful to find the center of mass of the truck before the weight is added
to the tailgate. Choosing x=0 at the rear axle:
xcm
(8820)(0) (10780)(3)
8820 10780
1.65m
9590N
Ffront
Frear
3600 N
For the final part, we could make
the center of mass come out at
the rear wheel, or force the
torques to balance (with Ffront=0).
(W)(1m) (19600N)(1.65m)
32,340N
Pivot Point
x=0 here
19,600 N
11.87 A 1.05-m long rod of negligible weight is supported at its ends by wires
A and B of equal length. The cross-sectional area of A is 2 mm2 and that of B
is 4 mm2. Youngs Modulus for wire A is 1.8x1011 Pa; that for B is 1.2x1011 Pa.
At what point along the rod should weight w be suspended to produce
a) equal stresses in A and B?
b) b) equal strains in A and B?