A lopping pruner is used to cut a small branch at F. Handles AD and BE pivot

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A lopping pruner is used to cut a small branch at F. Handles AD and BE pivot about bolt B and blade AC pivots about fixed bolt A while bolt C can slide freely in the slot of handle BE. Determine the magnitude of the forces exerted on the branch when two 250-N forces are applied to the handles as shown.


A lopping pruner slide is used to cut a small magnitude branch

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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