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Topic 1 - Examples

The document contains 11 questions related to structural analysis and material properties. The questions cover topics like determining stress and strain in rods under axial loads, calculating deformation due to temperature changes, and finding stresses in composite structures. Sample solutions are provided for some of the questions.

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Learning Outcomes

The questions are assigned


to review some of the important
understanding of deformation, stress and
other basic properties occurring in structural
components subjected to axial loading
To determine the deformations in members
from analysis of the effect of temperature
of statically determinate
of statically indeterminate
ECS208 15 July 2009

Question 1
A steel rod is 2.2 m long and must not stretch
more than 1.2 mm when a 8.5 kN load is applied
to it. Knowing that E = 200 GPa, determine
a)The smallest diameter rod which should be used
b)The corresponding normal stress caused by the
load

Solution:

PL
L = 2.2 m, = 1.2 mm, P = 8.5 kN, =
AE
PL
8500(2.2)
6
2
x
m
=
=
77
.
92
10
a) A =
E 200 x109 (1.2 x10 3 )
A=

d=

d2

4A

4(77.92 x10 6 )

= 9.96 x10 3 m = 9.96mm

P
8.5 x103
6
=
= 109.1x10 Pa = 109.1MPa
b) =
6
A 77.92 x10

Question 2
Two gage marks are placed exactly 250 mm
apart on a 12 mm diameter aluminum rod with E
= 70 GPa and an ultimate strength of 110 MPa.
Knowing that the distance between the gage
marks is 250.230 mm after a load is applied,
determine
a)The stress in the rod
b) The factor of safety

Solution:
a) = 250.230 250 = 0.230 mm

E 70000 N / mm 2 (0.230mm)
2
=
= 64.4 N / mm
=
L
250mm
= 64.4 MPa

U 110
b) F .S . =
=
= 1.708
64.4

Question 3*
A control rod made of yellow brass must not
stretch more than 3 mm when the tension in the
wire is 4 kN. Knowing that E = 105 GPa and that
the maximum allowable normal stress is 180
MPa, determine
a)The smallest diameter rod that can be selected
for the rod
b)The corresponding maximum length of rod

Answers: a) 5.32 mm, b) 1.750 m

Question 4
In a standard tensile test a steel rod of 22 mm
diameter is subjected to a tension force of 75 kN.
Knowing that = 0.3 and E = 200 GPa,
determine
a)The elongation of the rod in an 200 mm gage
length
b)The change in diameter of rod
75 kN

22 mm diameter
200 mm

75 kN

Solution:
P = 75 kN

A=

d =
2

22 = 380mm
2

P 75 x103
= =
= 197.4 N / mm 2
A
380

197.4
6
x = =
=
987
x
10
109
E
200 x 6
10
x = L x = 200 (987x10-6) = 0.1974 mm = 0.197 mm
y = - x = -(0.3) (987x10-6) = -296.1x10-6
x = y = 22 (-296.1x10-6) = -0.00651 mm = -0.0065 mm

Question 5*
Three 20 mm diameter steel bolts are to be used
to attach the steel plate to a wooden beam.
Knowing that the ultimate shearing stress for the
steel used is 360 MPa, determine the factor of
safety for this design.

110 kN

Answer: 3.08

Question 6
The 1.5 m concrete post
is reinforced with six
steel bars, each with a
28 mm diameter.
Knowing that Es = 200
GPa and Ec = 25 GPa, 1.5 m
determine the normal
stresses in the steel and
in the concrete when a
1550 kN axial centric
force P is applied to the
post.

=
450 mm

Question 7 (March 2004)


Six 25 mm diameter steel (Es = 200 GN/m2)
reinforcing bars were used when the short
concrete (Ec = 30 GN/m2) pier shown in figure
was constructed. An axial load P of 700 kN is
applied to the pier which have a length of 2.0 m
through a rigid capping plate. Determine
a)The stresses in concrete and the steel bars
b)The shortening of the pier
250 mm

Question 8* (April 2000)


Eight 25 mm diameter steel (Es = 200 GN/m2)
reinforcing bars are used in the short concrete
(Ec = 30 GN/m2) pier shown in figure. An axial
load P of 650 kN is applied to the pier which
have a length of 1.8 m through a rigid capping
plate. Determine
a)The stresses in concrete and the steel bars
250 mm

b)The shortening of the pier


250 mm
Answer: a) c = 7.66 MPa, bar = 51.18 MPa,
b) 0.46 mm

Question 9*
Determine the total deformation of the steel rod
shown under the given loads (E = 200 GPa = 2 x
105 N/mm2).
A

B
C
70 kN 55 kN

0.4 m
0.3 m
=120 mm

0.2 m
=60 mm

120 kN

Question 10
The aluminum shell is fully bonded to the brass
core, and the assembly is unstressed at a
temperature of 26oC. Considering only axial
deformations, determine the stress when the
temperature reaches 82oC
a)In the brass core

25 mm

b)In the aluminum shell

Brass Core
E = 103 GPa
= 20.9 x 10-6/oC
Aluminum Shell
E = 73 GPa
= 23.2 x 10-6/oC

62 mm

Question 11
The rod consisting of two cylindrical portions AB and BC
is restrained at both ends. Portion AB is made of steel (Es
= 200 GPa, s = 11.7 x 10-6/oC) and portion BC is made
of brass (Eb = 120 GPa, b = 18.7 = 10-6/oC). Knowing
that the rod is initially unstressed, determine
a) The normal stresses induced in portions AB and BC by a
temperature rise of 18oC
b) The corresponding deflection of point B
C
B
A

381 mm
=57.15 mm

305 mm
=31.75 mm

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