Channel-lock pliers hold a round metal bar as a machinist grips the handles with P = 50

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Channel-lock pliers hold a round metal bar as a machinist grips the handles with P = 50 N (Figure P4.21). Using the free body diagram shown for the combined lower jaw and upper handle, calculate the force A that is being applied to the bar.


Figure P4.21

130 mm 20 mm C B D B, A Bx

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An Introduction To Mechanical Engineering

ISBN: 9781111576820

3rd Edition

Authors: Jonathan Wickert, Kemper Lewis

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