UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME 331 Advanced Strength of Materials

Group 5 Assignment on
Shear Stresses and Axially Loaded Members
for 2018/2019 Session

Lecturers:
Howard O. NJOKU PhD
Andrew EJENAKEVWE

July 8, 2019
2018/2019 GROUP 5 FOR ME 331 (UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA. DEPARTMENT OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

S/N NAME OF STUDENT REG NO.

49. NWAFOR CHUKWUEBUKA S. 2016/232328
50. NWAFOR CHUKWUEMEKA E. 2016/236796
51. NWALIBE FRANCIS ONYEKACHI 2016/233291
52. NWANKWO EMMANUEL EMEKA 2016/236792
53. NWOBODO CHIKA COLLINS 2016/236802
54. NWOKE TOCHUKWU BENJAMIN 2016/231401

55. OBIKAEZE SOMTOCHUKWU P. 2016/239202

56. OBIMUANYA CHINAZO U. 2016/233504

57. OBI OGOCHUKWU E. 2016/237193
58. OBIORA CHUKWUBUIKEM JUDE 2016/237170
59. OCHINANWATA KENNETH C. 2016/232980
60. ODOGBO IREISHEYE ANDY 2017/247909
 PROBLEM 1.17
A load P is applied to a steel rod supported as shown by an
aluminum plate into which a 0.6-in.-diameter hole has been
drilled. Knowing that the shearing stress must not exceed 18 ksi
in the steel rod and 10 ksi in the aluminum plate, determine the
largest load P that can be applied to the rod.

SOLUTION

Calculating for Steel:

𝐴𝑠 = 𝜋𝑑𝑡 = 𝜋(0.6)(0.4) = 0.7540 𝑖𝑛2
𝑃
𝜏𝑠 = 𝑃 = 𝐴𝑠 𝜏𝑠 = (0.7540)(18) = 13.57 𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑠
𝐴𝑆

Calculating for aluminum:

𝐴𝑎 = 𝜋𝑑𝑡 = 𝜋(1.6)(0.25) = 1.2566 𝑖𝑛2
𝑃
𝜏𝐴 = 𝑃 = 𝐴𝐴 𝜏𝐴 = (1.2566)(10) = 12.57 𝑘𝑖𝑝𝑠
𝐴𝐴

Hence the value of P which will be the smaller value is P = 12.57 kips