Year: 2002
Paper: 1
Question Number: 9
Course: LFM Pure and Mechanics
Section: Moments
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Difficulty Rating: 1500.0
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Banger Rating: 1470.9
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A lorry of weight $W$ stands on a plane inclined at an angle $\alpha$ to the
horizontal. Its wheels are a distance $2d$ apart, and its centre of
gravity $G$ is at a distance $h$ from the plane, and halfway between the sides
of the lorry. A horizontal force $P$ acts on the lorry
through $G\,$, as shown.
\begin{questionparts}
\item If the normal reactions on the lower and
higher wheels of the lorry are equal,
show that the sum of the frictional forces between the wheels and the ground is zero.
\item If $P$ is such that the lorry does not tip
over (but the normal reactions on the lower and
higher wheels of the lorry need not be equal), show that
\[
W\tan(\alpha - \beta)
\le P
\le
W\tan(\alpha+\beta)\;,
\]
where $\tan\beta = d/h\,$.
\end{questionparts}