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Last question of the exercise has completely baffled me. Could someone help me and tell me what is going on here. How does (Rd) being negative show that the rod will tilt? Furthermore I thought that Rd should be 0 N in this case because the rod is about to tilt about point C?
Original post by scientific222
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Last question of the exercise has completely baffled me. Could someone help me and tell me what is going on here. How does (Rd) being negative show that the rod will tilt? Furthermore I thought that Rd should be 0 N in this case because the rod is about to tilt about point C?

if thats off the edexcel solution bank some of the solutions have errors
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Original post by scientific222
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Last question of the exercise has completely baffled me. Could someone help me and tell me what is going on here. How does (Rd) being negative show that the rod will tilt? Furthermore I thought that Rd should be 0 N in this case because the rod is about to tilt about point C?


Its the fact that RD cannot be negative that demonstrates it is about to tilt, as the system cannot be in equilibrium. It can't be negative as it points upwards (in the positive direction) in the diagram.
Original post by upthegunners
if thats off the edexcel solution bank some of the solutions have errors


There's no error here :smile:
Original post by Indeterminate
There's no error here :smile:


I was just making sure the OP knows that :smile: I wasn't in the position to say if there was or wasn't an error as I am only an Alevel student myself
Original post by joostan
Its the fact that RD cannot be negative that demonstrates it is about to tilt, as the system cannot be in equilibrium. It can't be negative as it points upwards (in the positive direction) in the diagram.


Thanks; and sorry to bother you for the third (hopefully final) time but I am also stuck on part c). Similar to the first question I asked (how would I know where the force E is meant to be acting down on the rod). You mentioned that there must be a force acting on either side of the support; in this case I took moments about C; how would I know that E sits in between C and D? I initially thought that E would sit after between D and B but was wrong.

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Original post by scientific222
Thanks; and sorry to bother you for the third (hopefully final) time but I am also stuck on part c). Similar to the first question I asked (how would I know where the force E is meant to be acting down on the rod). You mentioned that there must be a force acting on either side of the support; in this case I took moments about C; how would I know that E sits in between C and D? I initially thought that E would sit after between D and B but was wrong.

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This question is slightly different.
You don't need to know where the force acts, other than it is to the right of C, in order to counterbalance the force at A
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Original post by joostan
This question is slightly different.
You don't need to know where the force acts, other than it is to the right of C, in order to counterbalance the force at A


Also , does "equilibrium" mean the same as "about to tilt". The question says the weight holds it in equilibrium, but the answer scheme says that it is about to tilt at C and so Rd = 0 N
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Original post by scientific222
Also , does "equilibrium" mean the same as "about to tilt". The question says the weight holds it in equilibrium, but the answer scheme says that it is about to tilt at C and so Rd = 0 N


Equilibrium means that it is not tilting at all - i.e. the forces are in complete balance. Anticlockwise moments = clockwise moments etc. :smile:
Original post by joostan
Equilibrium means that it is not tilting at all - i.e. the forces are in complete balance. Anticlockwise moments = clockwise moments etc. :smile:


Is that an error on Edexcels part in the answer? The question says it is held in equilibrium yet the mark scheme says "if the system is just about to tilt about C". In equilibrium I would be considering Rd but it is ignored.
The solution uses the method for calculating equilibrium, so I think the idea is to show that equilibrium cannot be calculated in that situation. I did it like this (although my numbers seem a bit different?):

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Original post by scientific222
Is that an error on Edexcels part in the answer? The question says it is held in equilibrium yet the mark scheme says "if the system is just about to tilt about C". In equilibrium I would be considering Rd but it is ignored.


Picture it in your mind, if it is just about to tilt, but not actually tilting about C what would be happening at D?
It would be just about to lift off of D, but not quite, yes?
This means that the force supporting at D is no longer applied as the force to support the beam is no longer required.
Original post by stuart_aitken
The solution uses the method for calculating equilibrium, so I think the idea is to show that equilibrium cannot be calculated in that situation. I did it like this (although my numbers seem a bit different?):

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Except I don't think you can use the value of Rd =5N from the previous situation into this situation. Since the 12N has been added I think it affects the value of Rd
Original post by joostan
Picture it in your mind, if it is just about to tilt, but not actually tilting about C what would be happening at D?
It would be just about to lift off of D, but not quite, yes?
This means that the force supporting at D is no longer applied as the force to support the beam is no longer required.


I understand how Rd would be 0 in the situation that C is just about to tilt; but its not, the question part c states it is held in equilibrium. As you said before, equilibrium means it is not tilting at all, so how did they bring that situation into the solution
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Original post by scientific222
I understand how Rd would be 0 in the situation that C is just about to tilt; but its not, the question part c states it is held in equilibrium. As you said before, equilibrium means it is not tilting at all, so how did they bring that situation into the solution


Are you familiar with
 FMaxμR\ F_{Max} \leq \mu R?
You see that limiting friction means it is just about to slide, but is not yet sliding, here the principle is the same with the tilt.
Original post by scientific222
Except I don't think you can use the value of Rd =5N from the previous situation into this situation. Since the 12N has been added I think it affects the value of Rd


Actually yeah you're right. I totally convoluted it, haha.

Just think about moments around C when the weight is applied.

MomentC=(12x2)-(20x0.5)=14Nm

Therefore resultant moment!

And yeah, the mention of 'negative RD' in the solution is really daft! Pointless empty nonsensical figure!

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Original post by joostan
Are you familiar with
 FMaxμR\ F_{Max} \leq \mu R?
You see that limiting friction means it is just about to slide, but is not yet sliding, here the principle is the same with the tilt.


Ah that made it a lot clearer thanks
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Original post by scientific222
Ah that made it a lot clearer thanks


NP :biggrin:

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