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COURSE : AAB40803 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

ASSIGNMENT 2 STRESS & STRAIN AXIAL LOADING : #(SET A)
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1. Describe a simple tensile test and show, with the aid of sketches, how measures of the
ductility of the material of the specimen may be obtained. Sketch typical stress-strain curves
for mild steel and an aluminium alloy showing their important features.
2. A bar of 500 mm long is stretched to 505 mm with a force of 50 kN. Initial diameter of the
bar is 10 mm and has reduced about 0.031 mm after stretch; the material has remained
within elastic limit. Compute:
i)
The normal stress,
ii)
Poissons ratio,
iii)
The modulus of elasticity (E) of the material,
iv)
The modulus of rigidity (G) of the material.
3. The entire isotropic homogeneous rod assembly stretches 270 m, and the diameter of rod
BC decreases by 2.1 m, under the load shown in Figure 1-A. Determine the elastic modulus
and Poisson's ratio.

Figure 1-A

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COURSE : AAB40803 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
ASSIGNMENT 2 STRESS & STRAIN AXIAL LOADING : #(SET B)
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1. Define Poissons ratio, and its relationship with Youngs modulus, E and modulus of rigidity,
G.

2. The two pipes are made of the same material and are connected as shown. If the
cross-sectional area of BC is A and that of CD is 2A, determine the reactions at B
and D when a force P is applied at the junction C.

Figure 1-B

3. The assembly shown in Figure 2-B consists of an A-36 steel rod AB and a 6061-T6 aluminium
rod BC, each having a diameter of 20 mm. Determine the applied loads and if end C is
displaced 2.5 mm to the right and B is displaced 1 mm to the left when the loads are applied.
The unstretched length of each segment is as shown in the figure. Neglect the size of the
rigid connection at B. (Take
,
)

Figure 2-B

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COURSE : AAB40803 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
ASSIGNMENT 2 STRESS & STRAIN AXIAL LOADING : #(SET C)
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1. Draw and label the conventional stress-strain diagram for ductile material and explain what
do you understand about the Hookes Law.
2. A tension test was performed on a steel specimen having original diameter 12 mm and
gauge length of 50 mm. Using the data listed in table below, plot the stress-strain curve and
determine approximately:
i)
Yield strength, ultimate strength and Young modulus of the material.
ii)
It is possible for the stress induced to have the same magnitude as the Youngs
modulus? Explain.

Figure 1-C
3. A 2.75-kN tensile load is applied to a test coupon made from 1.6-mm flat steel plate (E =
200GPa, Poissons ratio = 0.30). Determine the resulting change:
i) In the 50-mm gage length,
ii) In the width of portion AB of the test coupon,
iii) In the thickness of portion AB,
iv) In the cross sectional area of portion AB.

Figure 2-C

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COURSE : AAB40803 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
ASSIGNMENT 2 STRESS & STRAIN AXIAL LOADING : #(SET D)
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1. Explain the difference between a brittle material and a ductile material, and give
some examples of brittle and ductile materials.

2. A compound cylindrical solid rod (E = 180 GPa) is made up of rods AB and BC and is oriented
vertically shown in Figure below. For a given loadings, determine:
i)
The average normal stress in each section of the rod
ii)
The deformation in each section of the rod and
iii)
The overall deformation of the rod.

Figure 1-D
3. For the machine linkage shown below, determine the largest stress. If the allowable stress is
34.0 ksi, will the linkage fail? If so, where?

Figure 2-D