PROBLEM SET on FORCE SYSTEMS, Lecture notes of Mechanical Engineering

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ME 2131 FORCE SYSTEM OFfOG/ 21 [BSME 2 SCORE. FORCE SYSTEMS DEFINITIONS OF FORCE SYSTEMS ACTION REACTION~ NEWTON'S THIRD LAW: THE ACTION OF A FORCE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION IN A PAIR OF FORCES. EX. IF YOU PUSH A WALL BY A FORCE OF IOON, THE WALL \S ALSO PUSHING YOU BY 10ON. CONCURRENT FORCES — TWO OR MORE FORCES ARE SAID TO BE CONCURRENT AT A POINT IF THEIR LINES OF ACTION INTERSECT AT THE SAME POINT. EX. R b f F THE TWO FORCES ARE SAID TO BE CONCURRENT SINCE THEIR LINES OF ACTION INTERSECT AT POINT A (F, AND fF, CAN BE TRANSFERRED ALONG THE LINE OF ACTION).