Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

1. An aluminum rod is rigidly attached between steel rod and a bronze rod as shown in Figure-1.
Axial loads are applied at the positions indicated. Determine the stress in each section.

2. For the truss shown in figure-2, calculate the stresses in members BD,CE, and DF. The cross
sectional area of each member is 1125 ��2 . Indicate tension (T) and compression ©

3. Compute the shearing stress in the pin at B for the member supported as shown in figure-3.
The pin diameter is 24 mm.

4. Two 6 in. Wide wooden boards are to be joined by splice plates that will be fully glued on
the contact surfaces as shown in figure-4.The glue to be used can safely provide a shear strength
of 120 psi. Determine the smallest allowable length L that can be used for the splice plates
for an applied load of P = 10000 lb. Note that a gap of 0.8 in. Is required between boards 1
and 2.

5. A hole is to be punched out of a plate having a strength of 280 MPa as shown in Figure-5.
The compressive stress in the punch is limited to 345 MPa. If the plate is 8 mm thick, Determine
the diameter of the smallest hole that can be punched.

6. The lap joint shown Figure-1 is fastened by four 20 mm diameter rivets. Calculate the maximum
safe load P that can be applied if the shearing stress in the rivets is limited to 100 MPa and
the bearing stress in the plates is limited to 125 MPa. Assume the applied load is uniformly
distributed among the four rivets. Width of the plate = 105 mm, thickness of the plate = 22 mm.

7. A cylindrical steel pressure vessel 1.25 ft. in diameter with a wall thickness with a wall
thickness of 2 in. is subjected to an internal pressure of 650 psi. Calculate the tangential
and longitudinal stresses in the steel. To what value may the internal pressure be increased
if the steel is limited to 17 ksi.

8. A steel rod having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm2 and a length of 150 m is suspended vertically
from one end. It supports a tensile load of 20 kN at the lower end. If the unit mass is 7850
kg/m3 and E = 200 GPa, find the total elongation of the rod.

9. A 125 m long steel rod is suspended vertically from one end at 30°C having a cross sectional
area of 250 mm2. If the unit mass of steel is 7850 kg/m3, E=200 GPa, ɑ=6.5x10-6 m/m-°C. Calculate
the elongation of the rod if the temperature rises to 37°C during summer

10. A steel rod with a cross-sectional area of 0.25 in2 is stretched between two fixed points.
The tensile load at 70°F is 1200 lb. What will be the stress at 0°F. At what temperature will
the stress be zero? Assume ɑ=6.5x10-6 m/m-°F and E=29 x 106 psi.

11. A cylindrical pressure vessel is fabricated from steel plating that has a thickness of 22
mm. The diameter of the pressure vessel is 430 mm and its length is 1.8 m. Determine the maximum
pressure internal pressure that can be applied if the longitudinal and circumferential stress
is 135 MPa and 65 MPa respectively. (10 pts.)
12. The wall thickness of a 1.2 m diameter spherical tank is 8 mm. Calculate the stress if the
tank is subjected to internal pressure of 1.4 MPa (5 pts.)

13. Compute the total elongation caused by an axial load of 110 kN applied to a flat bar 22 mm
thick, tapering from a width of 150 mm to 60 mm in a length of 12 m. (10 pts)

14. A metal specimen 32 mm in diameter has a length of 380 mm. A force of 300 kN elongates the
length by 1.5 mm. Determine the modulus of elasticity (in GPa) of the specimen. (10 pts.)

15. A 20 mm diameter steel rod, 230 mm long is subjected to a tensile force of 65 kN. If the
Poisson’s ratio is 0.3, determine the lateral strain of the rod. (5 pts.)

16. A 300 x 300 mm reinforced concrete column is designed to carry an axial load of 350 kN. Determine
the required area of the reinforcing steel if the allowable stress are 6 MPa and 120 MPa for
the concrete and steel respectively. E for concrete is 14 GPa.

17. The lower ends if the three bars as shown in figure, are at the same level before the uniform
rigid block weighing 180 kN. Each steel bar has a length of 900 mm, an area of 650 mm^2 E =
200 GPa. For bronze bar, the area is 970 mm^2 and E = 83 GPa.
A) Determine the length of the bronze bar so that the load on each steel bar is twice the
load on the bronze bar
B) The length of the bronze bar that will make the steel twice the bronze stress.

18. A steel rod with a cross sectional area of 160 mm^2 is stretched between two fixed points.
The tensile load at 21°C is 5400 N.
Assume α=11.7 x 10^-6
A) What will be the stress at 0°C ?
B) At what temperature will be the stress be zero? α=11.7 x 10^-6

19. At a temperature of 5°C, a 3-mm gap exists between two polymer bars and a rigid support,
as shown in Figure. Bars (1) and (2) have coefficients of thermal expansion of α1= 140 × 10−6/°C
and α2 = 67 × 10−6/°C, respectively. The supports at A and C are rigid. Determine the lowest
temperature at which the 3-mm gap is closed.