ME 404/504 Finite element applications in Engineering

Homework 4, Due: Monday, Oct. 20

Problems 1 and 2 are for all students. In addition, problem 3 is required only for graduate
students.
1. The bar shown is made of steel that is assumed elastic perfectly plastic with Sy = 250 MPa. Use
Poissons ratio = 0.3 and the Youngs modulus E = 210 GPa. Determine:
a) The elastic and plastic strains and stresses in the plate after loading with force P = 12 KN;
b) The stress variation in the near notch region (plotted on a path from the top to the bottom
edge of the notch) after the plate is unloaded to zero applied force.

2. A member of uniform rectangular cross section 50 x 120 mm is subjected to a bending moment of

36 KN. Assume that the member is made of an elastoplastic material with a yield strength of Sy = 240
MPA, a modulus of elasticity of E = 200 GPa and Poissons ratio = 0.25. Determine:
a) The thickness of the elastic core at the end of loading;
b) The residual stress in the beam after unloading to zero applied moment.

For graduate students only.

3. Bar AB has a cross-sectional area of 1200 mm2 (thickness = 10 mm) and is made of a steel that is
assumed to be elastoplastic with E = 200 GPa, yield strength Sy = 250 MPa and Poissons ratio = 0.33.
Knowing that the force F increases from 0 to 520 kN and then decreases to zero, determine (a) the
permanent deflection of point C, (b) the residual stress in the bar.