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The document presents a class exercise for Solid Mechanics, featuring six problems related to truss structures and their analysis. It includes questions about commonalities and differences among the problems, necessary knowledge for solving them, and the identification of the easiest and most difficult problems. Additionally, it prompts students to formulate a new problem based on the themes presented in the exercises.

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Class04 25

The document presents a class exercise for Solid Mechanics, featuring six problems related to truss structures and their analysis. It includes questions about commonalities and differences among the problems, necessary knowledge for solving them, and the identification of the easiest and most difficult problems. Additionally, it prompts students to formulate a new problem based on the themes presented in the exercises.

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Class Exercise #25 1.

050 Solid Mechanics


Fall 2004

Here are 6 problems of the same type, drawn from past years’ final exams.
i) What do they have in common? What’s different?
ii) What must you know in order to do the common part of the problem?
iii) Which is the most difficult problem? Why? Which is the easiest?
iv) Formualte a new problem - a variation on the common theme - that I might
assign on this year’s final.

98 - Problem 2.
Truss structure carries a load P at node #1. P
Find the force in member 5-9.
Which member is liable to buckle if the L
load P is increased without limit. 1 2 3 4 5
L L

6 7 8 9
all member lengths = L

99 - Problem 1
Truss structure carries a load P at node a. a
P
Find the force in members fh, fi, and gi in terms of P.
Find the reactions at nodes h and i. b c
Which member is liable to buckle if the load P is
increased without limit.
d e

all membe
Note: all members have the same length. lengths
f g

h i
00 - Problem 1
For each of the three problems 1a, 1b, and 1c, state
whether the problem posed is statically determinate or d b

statically indeterminate. In this, assume all information


regarding the geometry of the structure is given as well
as values for the applied loads. a
e c
P2
P1
1a) Determine the force in member ab.
1b) Determine the force in member bd
1c) Determine the reactions at the wall.

01- Problem 3
A rigid ring of Radius Ro is fixed to
ground as indicated by the shading. An
inner, rigid ring of radius Ri is free to
rotate clockwise or counterclockwise
about an axis through its center and per­ L θ
pendicular to the plane of the paper Ro
when subject to a torque Mt. Ri
The inner ring is connected to the outer
ring by means of “n” steel spokes. (Only Mt, φ
four of the n spokes are shown but the n
are symmetrically disposed about the
axis of rotation. Think of a bicycle wheel).
The inner ring, when subject to a torque
Mt experiences a small rotation, φ, which
is much less than 1.0 (radian).
The spoke is made of steel with Elastic modulus
E = 200 E09 Pascals and shows a yield stress σy = 400 E06 Pascals.

i) Express the extension of a spoke, call it δ, in terms of Ri, φ, and θ where θ is the
angle between the extension of the radius Ri and the spoke.
ii) Derive an expression for the rotational stiffness of the system, i.e., KT in the equa­
tion
MT=KT φ,
in terms of n, the number of spokes, k = AE/L, the uni-axial stiffness of the spoke, and the
geometric parameters Ri and θ.
iii) Express the ratio of the torque required for buckling of the spoke to the torque
required for yielding of the spoke in terms of the ratio (r/L) where r is the radius of the
spoke and L its length.
iv) If L = 0.5m, will the spoke buckle or yield? (Again, think bicycle wheel).

02 - Problem 2.
A planar truss carries a concentrated load
a at one end as shown. All members have
a a length a, as indicated.

a
Which member experiences the greatest
A B C
tensile force and what is its magnitude in
W terms of W?

Which member is likely to buckle first?

03-Problem 2.
B A planar truss carries a concentrated load at
one end as shown. All horizontal members
have length a and the diagonal members are all
inclined at 45 degrees, as indicated.

45o
C D Find the force in the cable, BD, as a function of
45o
a/2 W.
A a a a a a

Find the forces carried by the two members


W joined at node A, again in terms of W?

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