Coplanar Forces
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A coplanar force is a set of forces that are in the same plane and that
it has the same point of application (concurrent forces).
Any set of concurrent coplanar forces can be replaced by a single one.
a force whose effect is the same as that of the given forces and is called its resultant.
The resultant is the force of a vector system that produces the same effect by itself as
the other vectors of the system, so the resultant vector is the one that can replace a
vector system.
The resultant force is the individual force that produces the same effect both in magnitude.
like in the direction where two or more concurrent forces.
Coplanar forces are located in the same plane and in 2
axes, unlike the non-coplanar ones that are found in more
in a plane, that is, in 3 axes. They have two conditions
algebraically independent equilibrium. They can be expressed in
three ways:
1.-∑Fx =∑Fy = 0 The form expresses that the algebraic sum of the
components according to the axes x, y (in the force plane) is
zero.
2.-∑Fx = ∑Ma = 0 This form indicates that the algebraic sum of the
components according to any axis and the algebraic sum of the
moments of all forces about a point is zero (the
point must be in the plane of forces and the line that connects it at the intersection of the
forces, it must be inclined to the taken axis.
3.-∑Ma = ∑Mb = 0 In this way, it is explained, likewise, referring to moments with respect to two
non-collinear points with the aforementioned intersection.
The end of the bar O shown in figure 2-20a is subjected to three coplanar forces.
concurrent forces. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
A system of concurrent forces is one for which there is a common point for all.
the action lines of the component forces. The resultant is the simplest element to
How a system of forces can be reduced. As a simplification, we will say that it is a force.
that replaces a system of forces. It is a problem of equivalence due to
composition, since the two systems (the component forces on one side, and the force
resulting from one another) produce the same effect on a body. In the example we will see
Next, we will find the resultant in form.
graphical and analytical form.
THE SYSTEM
The component forces are f1, f2, and f3.
The common point through which the lines of action pass
of the component forces is A, whose coordinates are
(XA,YA).
To define the resultant R, we must obtain its
module, direction and sense (argument) and the
coordinates of any point on its line
action...
...as we will see below, its module is obtained by measuring with a ruler on the graph and
multiplying by the scale of forces (for example: tn/cm).
...and its argument is obtained by measuring with a protractor the angle that goes from the X axis to
the force, sweeping in the direction of the adopted rotation (clockwise or counterclockwise).
...and the coordinates of any point on its line of action are already known to us, because
in the case of a system of concurrent forces, the line of action of the resultant R
it will also pass through that point A.
