Arab Academy for Science Technology

& Maritime Transport (AASTMT)

Faculty of Engineering

CB 352 - Construction Materials

Questions and Problems (1)

1- List the factors that should be considered when selecting of Construction

Materials.
2- State three examples of a static load application and three examples of
a dynamic load application.
3- A tensile load of 50,000 lb is applied to a metal bar with a 0.6 in. x 0.6
in. cross section and a gage length of 2 in. Under this load the bar
elastically deforms so that the gage length increases to 2.007 in. and the
cross section decreases to 0.599 in. x 0.599 in. Determine the modulus
of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio for this metal.
4- A tensile load of 190 kN is applied to a round metal bar with a diameter
of 16 mm and a gage length of 50 mm. Under this load the bar elastically
deforms so that the gage length increases to 50.1349 mm and the
diameter decreases to 15.99 mm. Determine the modulus of elasticity
and Poisson’s ratio for this metal.
5- A cylinder with a 6.0 in. diameter and 12.0 in. length is put under a
compressive load of 150 kips. The modulus of elasticity for this specimen
is 8,000 ksi and Poisson’s ratio is 0.35. Calculate the final length and the
final diameter of this specimen under this load assuming that the material
remains within the linear elastic region.
6- A metal rod with 0.5 inch diameter is subjected to 2000 lb tensile load.
Calculate the resulting diameter of the rod after loading. Assume that the
modulus of elasticity is 10,000,000 psi, Poisson’s ratio is 0.33, and the
yield strength is 21,000 psi.
7- A rectangular block of aluminum 30mm x 60mm x 90mm is placed in a
pressure chamber and subjected to a pressure of 100 MPa. If the
modulus of elasticity is 70 GPa and Poisson’s ratio is 0.333, what will be
the decrease in the longest side of the block, assuming that the material
remains within the linear elastic region? What will be the decrease in the
volume of the block?
8- A plastic cube with a 4 in. x 4 in. x 4 in. is placed in a pressure chamber
and subjected to a pressure of 15,000 psi. If the modulus of elasticity is
1000 ksi and Poisson’s ratio is 0.49, what will be the decrease in each
side of the block, assuming that the material remains within the linear
elastic region? What will be the decrease in the volume of the cube?