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Instructors Solutions Manual

MECHANICS
OF MATERIALS
EIGHTH EDITION

R. C. HIBBELER

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CONTENTS

To the Instructor iv

1 Stress 1

2 Strain 73

3 Mechanical Properties of Materials 92

4 Axial Load 122

5 Torsion 214

6 Bending 329

7 Transverse Shear 472

8 Combined Loadings 532

9 Stress Transformation 619

10 Strain Transformation 738

11 Design of Beams and Shafts 830

12 Deflection of Beams and Shafts 883

13 Buckling of Columns 1038

14 Energy Methods 1159

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To the Instructor

This manual contains the solutions to all the problems in Mechanics of Materials, Eighth Edition. As stated
in the preface of the text, the problems in every section are arranged in an approximate order of increasing
difficulty. Be aware that answers to all but every fourth problem, which is indicated by an asterisk (*), are
listed in the back of the book. Also, every fourth problem has an additional hint for the solution and is
indicated with a bullet (). Finally, those problems indicated by a square () will require additional
numerical work.
You may wish to use one of the lists of homework problems given on the following pages. Here you will find
three lists for which the answers are in the back of the book, a fourth list for problems without answers, and a
fifth sheet which can be used to develop your own personal syllabus. The prepared lists generally represent
assignments with an easy, a moderate, and sometimes a more challenging problem.
If you have any questions regarding the solutions in this manual, I would greatly appreciate hearing from
you.

R. C. Hibbeler

hibbeler@bellsouth.net
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ANSWER ASSIGNMENT V

Section Title Assignment 1 with Hints

1.11.2 Equilibrium of a Deformable Body 15, 19, 121
1.31.5 Average Normal and Shear Stress 137, 145, 153, 161
1.61.7 Design of Simple Connections 173, 181, 185, 197
2.12.2 Strain 25, 213, 221
3.13.5 The Stress Strain Diagram 35, 39, 317
3.63.8 Poissons ratio, Shear Stress-Strain Diagram 325, 329, 333
4.14.2 Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member 45, 413, 417, 421
4.34.5 Statically Indeterminate Member 433, 441, 449, 461
4.6 Thermal Stresses 469, 473, 477
4.7 Stress Concentrations 489, 493
4.84.9 Inelastic Deformation and Residual Stresses 4101, 4105, 4113
5.15.3 Torsion Stress and Power 55, 513, 525, 529, 537
5.4 Angle of Twist 549, 557, 561, 569
5.5 Statically Indeterminate Members 581, 585, 593
5.6 Noncircular Shafts 5101, 5105
5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes 5109, 5117
5.8 Stress Concentrations 5121, 5125
5.95.10 Inelastic Torsion and Residual Stresses 5133, 5137
6.16.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams 65, 69, 617, 629, 641, 645
6.36.4 Bending Stress 653, 657, 669, 685
6.5 Unsymmetric Bending 6113, 6117, 6121, 6125
6.66.7 Composite Beams 6129, 6133, 6137
6.8 Curved Beams 6145, 6149, 6153
6.9 Stress Concentrations 6157, 6161
6.106.11 Inelastic Bending 6169, 6173, 6177
7.17.3 Shear Stress 75, 713, 725
7.4 Shear Flow in Built-up Members 733, 741, 745
7.57.6 Shear Center 753, 757, 769
8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels 85, 813
8.2 Stress Due to Combined Loadings 821, 833, 845, 853, 857
9.19.2 Stress Transformation 95, 99, 921
9.3 Princ. Stress and Max. In-Plane Shear Stress 917, 925, 933
9.49.6 Mohrs Circle 961, 965, 973
9.7 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress 985, 993
10.110.2 Strain Transformation 105, 109
10.3 Mohrs Circle 1021, 1017
10.410.5 Abs. Maximum Shear Strain, Strain Rosettes 1025, 1029
10.6 Material Property Relations 1033, 1041, 1049
10.7 Theories of Failure 1061, 1073, 1081, 1089
11.111.2 Prismatic Beam Design 115, 119, 1117, 1125
11.3 Fully Stressed Beams 1133, 1137
11.4 Shaft Design 1141, 1145
12.112.2 Slope and Displacement by Integration 125, 129, 1217, 1225
12.3 Discontinuity Functions 1237, 1241, 1249
12.4 Moment-Area Theorems 1257, 1261, 1273
12.5 Method of Superposition 1293, 1297, 12101
12.612.7 Indet. Beams-Method of Integration 12105, 12113
12.8 Indet. Beams-Mom. Area Theorems 12117, 12120
12.10 Indet. Beams-Method of Superposition 12121, 12125, 12129
13.113.3 Buckling of an Ideal Column 135, 1313, 1325
13.413.5 The Secant Formula, Inelastic Buckling 1349, 1357, 1365
13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading 1389, 1397, 13105
13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading 13109, 13121, 13125
14.114.2 Elastic Strain Energy 145, 1413, 1421
14.3 Conservation of Energy 1429, 1433, 1441
14.4 Impact 1445, 1449, 1457
14.514.6 Principle of Virtual Forces-Trusses 1473, 1481, 1485
14.7 Principle of Virtual Forces-Beams 1489, 14101, 14109
14.8 Castiglianos Theorem-Trusses 14125, 14129, 14133
14.9 Castiglianos Theorem-Beams 14137, 14141, 14145
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VI ANSWER ASSIGNMENT

Section Title Assignment 2

1.11.2 Equilibrium of a Deformable Body 11, 17, 117, 125
1.31.5 Average Normal and Shear Stress 131, 142, 151, 167
1.61.7 Design of Simple Connections 174, 182, 186, 190
2.12.2 Strain 22, 211, 217, 226, 231
3.13.5 The Stress Strain Diagram 31, 310, 318, 322
3.63.8 Poissons ratio, Shear Stress-Strain Diagram 326, 330, 334
4.14.2 Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member 46, 47, 415, 425
4.34.5 Statically Indeterminate Member 434, 442, 445, 455
4.6 Thermal Stresses 470, 474, 475
4.7 Stress Concentrations 490, 495
4.84.9 Inelastic Deformation and Residual Stresses 497, 4103, 4111
5.15.3 Torsion Stress and Power 53, 59, 527, 539
5.4 Angle of Twist 550, 553, 563, 567
5.5 Statically Indeterminate Members 577, 587, 591
5.6 Noncircular Shafts 595, 599
5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes 5113, 5118
5.8 Stress Concentrations 5122, 5123
5.95.10 Inelastic Torsion and Residual Stresses 5127, 5135, 5139
6.16.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams 61, 62, 66, 610, 619, 622, 627, 635
6.36.4 Bending Stress 650, 654, 663, 670, 694
6.5 Unsymmetric Bending 6109, 6114, 6126
6.66.7 Composite Beams 6127, 6134, 6141
6.8 Curved Beams 6146, 6150, 6154
6.9 Stress Concentrations 6158, 6162
6.106.11 Inelastic Bending 6165, 6171, 6178
7.17.3 Shear Stress 71, 714, 723
7.4 Shear Flow in Built-up Members 734, 742, 747
7.57.6 Shear Center 754, 763, 766
8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels 81, 811
8.2 Stress Due to Combined Loadings 818, 826, 843, 855, 870
9.19.2 Stress Transformation 92, 96, 918
9.3 Princ. Stress and Max. In-Plane Shear Stress 914, 926, 930, 942
9.49.6 Mohrs Circle 959, 967, 982
9.7 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress 986, 994
10.110.2 Strain Transformation 102, 1010
10.3 Mohrs Circle 1018, 1019
10.410.5 Abs. Maximum Shear Strain, Strain Rosettes 1022, 1026
10.6 Material Property Relations 1031, 1043, 1050
10.7 Theories of Failure 1063, 1069, 1077, 1086
11.111.2 Prismatic Beam Design 111, 117, 1113, 1123
11.3 Fully Stressed Beams 1131, 1138
11.4 Shaft Design 1139, 1142
12.112.2 Slope and Displacement by Integration 126, 1211, 1215, 1223
12.3 Discontinuity Functions 1238, 1247, 1250
12.4 Moment-Area Theorems 1258, 1266, 1269
12.5 Method of Superposition 1287, 1291, 1295
12.612.7 Indet. Beams-Method of Integration 12103, 12110
12.8 Indet. Beams-Mom. Area Theorems 12115, 12119
12.10 Indet. Beams-Method of Superposition 12122, 12127, 12134
13.113.3 Buckling of an Ideal Column 131, 137, 1317, 1331
13.413.5 The Secant Formula, Inelastic Buckling 1350, 1355, 1363, 1367
13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading 1382, 1395, 13106
13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading 13107, 13111, 13119
14.114.2 Elastic Strain Energy 146, 1410, 1415
14.3 Conservation of Energy 1425, 1430, 1435
14.4 Impact 1450, 1454, 1463
14.514.6 Principle of Virtual Forces-Trusses 1473, 1479, 1486
14.7 Principle of Virtual Forces-Beams 1490, 14103, 14113
14.8 Castiglianos Theorem-Trusses 14123, 14126, 14134
14.9 Castiglianos Theorem-Beams 14135, 14138, 14142
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ANSWER ASSIGNMENT VII

Section Title Assignment 3

1.11.2 Equilibrium of a Deformable Body 12, 111, 118, 122
1.31.5 Average Normal and Shear Stress 134, 146, 155, 162
1.61.7 Design of Simple Connections 177, 183, 189, 199
2.12.2 Strain 26, 210, 218, 222
3.13.5 The Stress Strain Diagram 33, 311, 319, 323
3.63.8 Poissons ratio, Shear Stress-Strain Diagram 327, 331
4.14.2 Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member 42, 411, 418, 422
4.34.5 Statically Indeterminate Member 431, 446, 453, 458
4.6 Thermal Stresses 471, 478, 485
4.7 Stress Concentrations 487, 491, 494
4.84.9 Inelastic Deformation and Residual Stresses 4106, 4109, 4110
5.15.3 Torsion Stress and Power 56, 511, 522, 531
5.4 Angle of Twist 547, 554, 562, 566
5.5 Statically Indeterminate Members 579, 582, 583
5.6 Noncircular Shafts 593, 5102
5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes 5114, 5117
5.8 Stress Concentrations 5120, 5123
5.95.10 Inelastic Torsion and Residual Stresses 5130, 5134, 5139
6.16.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams 67, 613, 621, 623, 624, 631, 637, 642
6.36.4 Bending Stress 651, 658, 666, 682, 699
6.5 Unsymmetric Bending 6111, 6118, 6122
6.66.7 Composite Beams 6130, 6135, 6138
6.8 Curved Beams 6147, 6151, 6155
6.9 Stress Concentrations 6159, 6163
6.106.11 Inelastic Bending 6170, 6174, 6182
7.17.3 Shear Stress 76, 711, 727
7.4 Shear Flow in Built-up Members 735, 743, 748
7.57.6 Shear Center 750, 758, 761
8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels 83, 87
8.2 Stress Due to Combined Loadings 822, 835, 842, 858
9.19.2 Stress Transformation 97, 910, 913
9.3 Princ. Stress and Max. In-Plane Shear Stress 919, 922, 931, 937
9.49.6 Mohrs Circle 963, 971, 983
9.7 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress 987, 995
10.110.2 Strain Transformation 103, 1011
10.3 Mohrs Circle 1018, 1019
10.410.5 Abs. Maximum Shear Strain, Strain Rosettes 1023, 1027
10.6 Material Property Relations 1034, 1039, 1047
10.7 Theories of Failure 1066, 1074, 1082, 1091
11.111.2 Prismatic Beam Design 113, 116, 1111, 1122
11.3 Fully Stressed Beams 1134, 1135
11.4 Shaft Design 1143, 1146
12.112.2 Slope and Displacement by Integration 123, 127, 1218, 1225
12.3 Discontinuity Functions 1235, 1243, 1253
12.4 Moment-Area Theorems 1255, 1263, 1274
12.5 Method of Superposition 1289, 1294, 1298
12.612.7 Indet. Beams-Method of Integration 12106, 12114
12.8 Indet. Beams-Mom. Area Theorems 12118, 12119
12.10 Indet. Beams-Method of Superposition 12123, 12126, 12130
13.113.3 Buckling of an Ideal Column 133, 139, 1318, 1326
13.413.5 The Secant Formula, Inelastic Buckling 1347, 1353, 1359, 1370
13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading 1383, 1399, 13103
13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading 13110, 13117, 13126
14.114.2 Elastic Strain Energy 143, 1411, 1414
14.3 Conservation of Energy 1427, 1431, 1434
14.4 Impact 1451, 1458, 1467
14.514.6 Principle of Virtual Forces-Trusses 1474, 1477, 1482
14.7 Principle of Virtual Forces-Beams 1487, 1497, 14110
14.8 Castiglianos Theorem-Trusses 14125, 14127, 14129
14.9 Castiglianos Theorem-Beams 14139, 14141, 14143
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VIII ANSWER ASSIGNMENT

Section Title Assignment without Answers

1.11.2 Equilibrium of a Deformable Body 14, 112, 120, 128
1.31.5 Average Normal and Shear Stress 136, 140, 152, 160
1.61.7 Design of Simple Connections 176, 188, 192, 1100
2.12.2 Strain 24, 28, 216, 224
3.13.5 The Stress Strain Diagram 34, 38, 316, 320
3.63.8 Poissons ratio, Shear Stress-Strain Diagram 328, 332
4.14.2 Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member 44, 412, 416, 420
4.34.5 Statically Indeterminate Member 432, 440, 444, 452
4.6 Thermal Stresses 468, 476, 484
4.7 Stress Concentrations 488, 492, 496
4.84.9 Inelastic Deformation and Residual Stresses 4100, 4104, 4112
5.15.3 Torsion Stress and Power 54, 58, 520, 536
5.4 Angle of Twist 552, 556, 564, 572
5.5 Statically Indeterminate Members 580, 588, 592
5.6 Noncircular Shafts 596, 5104
5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes 5108, 5116
5.8 Stress Concentrations 5120, 5124
5.95.10 Inelastic Torsion and Residual Stresses 5132, 5136
6.16.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams 64, 68, 612, 618, 620, 628, 636
6.36.4 Bending Stress 652, 656, 668, 684
6.5 Unsymmetric Bending 6112, 6116, 6120
6.66.7 Composite Beams 6128, 6132, 6140
6.8 Curved Beams 6144, 6152, 6156
6.9 Stress Concentrations 6160, 6164
6.106.11 Inelastic Bending 6168, 6176, 6184
7.17.3 Shear Stress 74, 712, 724
7.4 Shear Flow in Built-up Members 732, 740, 744
7.57.6 Shear Center 752, 760, 768
8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels 84, 88
8.2 Stress Due to Combined Loadings 820, 828, 836, 856, 868
9.19.2 Stress Transformation 94, 98, 920
9.3 Princ. Stress and Max. In-Plane Shear Stress 916, 928, 932, 936
9.49.6 Mohrs Circle 960, 968, 976
9.7 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress 984, 992
10.110.2 Strain Transformation 104, 108
10.3 Mohrs Circle 1016, 1020
10.410.5 Abs. Maximum Shear Strain, Strain Rosettes 1024, 1028
10.6 Material Property Relations 1032, 1040, 1044
10.7 Theories of Failure 1060, 1072, 1076, 1088
11.111.2 Prismatic Beam Design 114, 1112, 1120, 1128
11.3 Fully Stressed Beams 1132, 1136
11.4 Shaft Design 1140, 1144
12.112.2 Slope and Displacement by Integration 128, 1212, 1220, 1224
12.3 Discontinuity Functions 1236, 1244, 1248
12.4 Moment-Area Theorems 1256, 1264, 1272
12.5 Method of Superposition 1288, 1296, 12100
12.612.7 Indet. Beams-Method of Integration 12104, 12112
12.8 Indet. Beams-Mom. Area Theorems 12116, 12120
12.10 Indet. Beams-Method of Superposition 12124, 12128, 12136
13.113.3 Buckling of an Ideal Column 134, 138, 1316, 1324
13.413.5 The Secant Formula, Inelastic Buckling 1348, 1356, 1364, 1372
13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading 1388, 1396, 13104
13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading 13108, 13116, 13120
14.114.2 Elastic Strain Energy 144, 1416, 1420
14.3 Conservation of Energy 1428, 1432, 1440
14.4 Impact 1448, 1452, 1464
14.514.6 Principle of Virtual Forces-Trusses 1472, 1480, 1484
14.7 Principle of Virtual Forces-Beams 1488, 1496, 14104
14.8 Castiglianos Theorem-Trusses 14124, 14128, 14132
14.9 Castiglianos Theorem-Beams 14136, 14140, 14144
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ANSWER ASSIGNMENT IX

Section Title Assignment

1.11.2 Equilibrium of a Deformable Body
1.31.5 Average Normal and Shear Stress
1.61.7 Design of Simple Connections
2.12.2 Strain
3.13.5 The Stress Strain Diagram
3.63.8 Poissons ratio, Shear Stress-Strain Diagram
4.14.2 Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member
4.34.5 Statically Indeterminate Member
4.6 Thermal Stresses
4.7 Stress Concentrations
4.84.9 Inelastic Deformation and Residual Stresses
5.15.3 Torsion Stress and Power
5.4 Angle of Twist
5.5 Statically Indeterminate Members
5.6 Noncircular Shafts
5.7 Thin-Walled Tubes
5.8 Stress Concentrations
5.95.10 Inelastic Torsion and Residual Stresses
6.16.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams
6.36.4 Bending Stress
6.5 Unsymmetric Bending
6.66.7 Composite Beams
6.8 Curved Beams
6.9 Stress Concentrations
6.106.11 Inelastic Bending
7.17.3 Shear Stress
7.4 Shear Flow in Built-up Members
7.57.6 Shear Center
8.1 Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels
8.2 Stress Due to Combined Loadings
9.19.2 Stress Transformation
9.3 Princ. Stress and Max. In-Plane Shear Stress
9.49.6 Mohrs Circle
9.7 Absolute Maximum Shear Stress
10.110.2 Strain Transformation
10.3 Mohrs Circle
10.410.5 Abs. Maximum Shear Strain, Strain Rosettes
10.6 Material Property Relations
10.7 Theories of Failure
11.111.2 Prismatic Beam Design
11.3 Fully Stressed Beams
11.4 Shaft Design
12.112.2 Slope and Displacement by Integration
12.3 Discontinuity Functions
12.4 Moment-Area Theorems
12.5 Method of Superposition
12.612.7 Indet. Beams-Method of Integration
12.8 Indet. Beams-Mom. Area Theorems
12.10 Indet. Beams-Method of Superposition
13.113.3 Buckling of an Ideal Column
13.413.5 The Secant Formula, Inelastic Buckling
13.6 Design of Columns for Concentric Loading
13.7 Design of Columns for Eccentric Loading
14.114.2 Elastic Strain Energy
14.3 Conservation of Energy
14.4 Impact
14.514.6 Principle of Virtual Forces-Trusses
14.7 Principle of Virtual Forces-Beams
14.8 Castiglianos Theorem-Trusses
14.9 Castiglianos Theorem-Beams