CHAPTER 1 : FORCE ON MATERIALS

Unit 1 : stress and strain

1. A tie bar has a cross sectional area of 125mm2 and its is subjected to pull
of 10kN. Calculate the stress.
2. A wire with 1.5mm diameter support a force of 1200N. Calculate the stress.
3. A bar has a length 2m and stretcheed for 5mm when the force is apply.
Calculate the strain.
4. A metal wire is 2.5mm diameter and 2m long. A force is 12N is applied to it
and its stretches 0.3mm. Assume the materila is elastic. Determine the
following
i.
The stress in the wire
ii.
The strain in the wire
5. A steel bar is 10mm diameter and 2m long. It is stretched with a force of
20kN and extend by 0.2mm. Calculate the stress and strain.
Unit 2 : Youngs Modulus, Hookes Law and Tensile Test
6. A steel bar is stressed to 280Mpa. The modulus of elasticity is 205 Gpa.
The bar is 80mm diameter and 240mm long. Determine the strain and the
force.
7. The following figure were obtained in a standard tensile test :
The diameter of specimen : 14.28mm
gauge length : 50mm
length after fracture : 64.45mm
final diameter: 11.51mm
using the above information and the table below of result below:
Load (kN)
Elongation
i.
ii.

0
0

20
0.0030

40
0.062

60
0.091

80
0.121

Plot the graph load vs eleongation. Determine the slope of the graph
Calculate :
a) Young modulus
b) Percentage of elongation
c) Percentage reduction of area.

Unit 3 : Type Of Stress (Work Stress, Prove Stress, Ulitimate Stress,

Shear Stress,Poissons Ratio) Safety Of Factor And Problem Solving
8. A 4m long copper wire is loaded with a load of 100kN. If the stress in the
wire is 60 Mpa., calculate the:
i.
Strain of the wire
ii.
Elongation of the wire
iii.
Factor of the safety if the ultimate stress is 230Mpa
iv.
Diameter of the wire
9. A 5.6m rod with a cross sectional area of 1150mm 2 elongates by 7.56mm
when a 70kN tensile force is apllied on both sides.
i.
Draw a free body diagram for the above situation
ii.
Calculate the tensile stess in the rod
iii.
Determine the strain
iv.
Determine the Youngs Modulus of the rod
v.
Calculate the sfety factor if the maximum allowable stress (or
ultimate stress is 330MN/m2