Homework 8

ESO202A

P1. A cast-iron T beam is to carry a distributed load of intensity wo over a span of 10a as shown. The
beam is of depth a and the flange width is αa. Cast iron fractures in tension at a stress approximately
one-third of that for which failures occurs in compression. Assuming that the stresses are low enough so that
Hooke’s law is a good assumption, find the value of α for which the maximum tensile bending stress σT will
be one-third that of the maximum compressive bending stress σC . Find also the maximum load intensity
wo which can be carried for a given value of σT .

P2. A rough sketch of a human femur subjected to a vertical load of 400 N is shown. (a) Determine the
distribution of stress across the section BB assuming that the circular section is solid bone. (b) same as (a),
except that this time assume that the inner half of the bone radius consists of spongy bone. Assume that
the spongy bone does not carry appreciable stress. (c) What is the percentage increase in the maximum
stress of distribution (b) compared with the maximum stress of distribution (a).

P3. A very thin cylindrical shell stiffened by six equally spaced longitudinal bars welded to the cylinders as
shown. Assuming that the bending stress is carried entirely by the longitudinal bars, estimate the maximum
bending stress when the bending moment is 10 kNm.

P4. A beam is made of two identical metal bars soldered together. What is the ratio of the stiffness kb =
Mb
dφ/dsof this beam to the stiffness of a beam in which the two bars are not soldered and act independently?
What is the ratio of the maximum bending stresses for the two cases?

P5. The built-up beam illustrated is clamped together with 0.5 cm bolts with a spacing s as shown. If
each bolt can safely resist a shear force across it of 2 kN, what is the bolt spacing required when the shear
force V is 50 kN?

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Problem 3

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