ES 13 – Mechanics of Materials

PROBLEM SET 1
THV2 | WFQ

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This take home exercise can be done INDIVIDUALLY.
2. Solutions and answers should be written on ruled papers (8.5” x 13”). You can use both sides of a sheet.
Multiple pages should be stapled together before submitting.
3. Write your CLASS NUMBER/S on the UPPER LEFT corner of every answer sheet.
4. Deadline of submissions is on 6PM of the THURSDAY before the scheduled date of the exam.
5. Write the following on the first page of your answer sheets before the starting your solutions:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PLEDGE: On my honor, I will not give nor receive inappropriate aid
in this examination. (your signature/s here)

Stress-1. In the hanger shown, the upper portion of link

ABC is 14 mm thick and the lower portions are each 8
mm thick. Epoxy resin is used to bond the upper and
lower portions together at B. The pin at A is 12 mm in
diameter while an 8 mm-diameter pin is used at C. If
P=65 kN, determine (a) the shearing stress in pin A, (b)
the shearing stress in pin C, (c) the average shearing
stress on the bonded surfaces at B, (d) the largest normal
stress in link ABC.

Strain-2. The clockwise moment M applied to the rigid regular cross bar produces axial strains
with magnitudes of 0.0075 mm/mm in bar B and 0.006 mm/mm in bar D and causes the floor F
to settle by an amount Δ. Determine the axial strains in bars A, C and E.