ES 5 | Mechanics of Deformable Bodies 4.

The homogeneous 6000 lb bar ABC is

Sample Problems supported by a pin at C and a cable that runs
Normal Stresses from A to B around a frictionless pulley at D.
Find the stress in the cable if its diameter is 0.6
1. A hollow steel tube with an inside diameter of 80 in.
mm must carry an axial tensile load of 330 kN.
Determine the lowest allowable outside diameter
of the tube if the working stress is 110 MN/m2.

2. The wood pole is supported by two cables if

inch diameter. The turnbuckles in the cables are
tightened until the stress in the cables reaches
60,000 psi. If the working compressive stress for
wood is 200 psi, determine the smallest
permissible diameter in the wood?

5. Find the smallest allowable cross sectional area

of members BD, BE and CE of the truss shown.
The working stresses are 20,000 psi in tension
and 12,000 in compression.

3. A shop crane consists of a boom AC that is

supported by a pin at A and by a rectangular
tension bar BD. BD has a width of 1.5 in. and a
thickness of 0.5 in. If P = 5 kips, what is the
tensile stress in BD?
6. The 1000 kg uniform bar AB is suspended from
two cables AC and BD, each with cross
sectional area of 400 mm2. Find the magnitude
P and location x of the largest additional vertical
force that can be applied to the bar. The
stresses in AC and BD are limited to 100 MPa
and 50 MPa, respectively.