Strength of Materials

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Solving Problems in Finding the Stress

1. A hollow steel tube with an inside
diameter of 100 mm must carry a tensile
load of 400 kN. Determine the outside
diameter of the tube if the stress is limited
to 120 .
Figure:

SOLUTION:

Where:

Let D= the outside diameter

d= the inside diameter ( where: d= 100
mm)

Problem 1

Thus:

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2. A homogeneous 800 kg bar AB is
supported at either end by a cable as shown
in the figure. Calulate the smallest area of
each cable if the stress is not exceed 90 MPa
in bronze and 120 MPa in steel.
Figure:

FBD:

Solution:
By Symmetry:

For Bronze Cable:

For Steel Cable:

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3. A homogeneous bar is supported by a
smoothe pin at C and a cable that runs from
Ato B around the smooth peg at D. Find the
stress in the cable if its diameter is 0.6 inch
and the bar weighs 6000 lb.
Figure:

FBD:

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Solution:

Finding the Stress:

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Stress
4. A 12-inches square steel bearing plate lies
between an 8-inches diameter wooden post
and a concrete footing. Determine the
maximum value of the load if the stress in
wood is limited to 1800 psi and that in
concrete to 650 psi.

Figure:

Solution:
For Wood:

From FBD of Wood:

For Concrete:

From FBD of Concrete:

Safe load P= 90 478 lb

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Stress
5. A lamp weighing 10 lb hangs from the
ceiling by a steel wire of diameter D= 0.05
in. What is the stress in the wire?

Figure:

FBD of wire:

Solution:

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Stress
6. What force is required to punch a 20-mm
diameter hole in a plate that is 25 mm thick.
The shear strenght is 350 .
Note: the resisting
area is the shaded
area along the
perimeter and the
shear force V is
equal to the
punching force P.

Solution:

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Stress
7. Calculate the minimum wall thickness for a
cylindrical vessel that is to carry a gas at a
pressure of 1400 psi. The diameter of the
vessel is 2 ft, and the stress is limited to 12
ksi.

Solution:

From the given formula of a tangential stress:

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Stress
8. A cast-iron column support an axial
compressive load of 250 kN. Determine the
inside diameter of the column if its outside
diameter is 200 mm and the limiting
compressive stress is 50 Mpa.

Figure:

Solution:

Let D= outside diameter

d= inside diameter

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Stress
9. Assume that a 20-mm diameter rivet joints
the plates that are each 110 mm wide. The
allowable stress are 120 Mpa for bearing in
the plate material and 60 Mpa for shearing
of rivet . Determine the maximum thickness
of each plate.

Figure:

Solution:
From shearing of rivet:

From bearing of plate material:

10. Determine the stress of a hollow steel

tube with a cross-sectional area of 3571.4
that will carry a tensile load of 500 kN.

Solution:
Given:
A= 3571.4

11. Find the smallest diameter bolt that

can be used in th clevis shown i the figure.
If P= 400 kN. The shearing strength of the
bolt is 300 MPa.

Figure:

 SOLUTION:
Given:

V= 400 kN= 400 kN= 400,000 N

The bolt is subjected to double shear.

 12. A rod is composed of an aluminum

section rigidly attached between steel and
bronze sections. Axial loads are applied at
the positions indicated. If P= 3000 lb and
the cross sectional area of the rod is ,
determine the stress in each section.

Figure:

Solution:

For Steel:

For Aluminum:

For Bronze:

13. An aluminum rod is rigidly attached

between a steel rod and a bronze. Axial
loads are applied at the positions
indicated. Find the maximum value of P
that will not exceed a stress in steel of 140
Mpa, in aluminum of 90 Mpa, or in bronze
of 100 MPa.

Figure:

Solution:
FBD:

For Bronze:

For Aluminum:

For Steel:

For safe P, use P= 10 000N= 10 kN

14: A metal wire is 2.5 mm diameter and 2m

long. A force of 12 N is applied to it ant it
stretches 0.3 mm. Assume the material is
elastic.

Solution:
Given:

15. A copper wire has an unstretched

length of 16 in. If it is stretched around a
cylindrical rum of radius 4 in, determine
the average normal strain in the wire.

Figure:

Solution:
Given:
Initial length= 16 in
Final length= ?
To find the final Length:

(Continuation):

Finding the Strain:

16. A hollow cast iron cylinder 4m long,

300mm outer diameter and thickness of
metal is 50mm is subjected to a central
load on the top when standing straight.
The stress produced is 75000 kN/m^2.

Figure:

Solution:

Substituting the values:

17. A rod 100mm in original length. When

we apply an axial tensile load of 10kN the
final length of the rod after application of
the load is 100.1mm. What is the tensile
strain?

Solution:
Given: