ES 13 THU PROB SET 1

Date given: December 04, 2012

Due: December 07, 2012 (Friday) before 5pm

Instruction: Answer the following questions on letter-sized (8.5”x11”) paper or A4

(8.27”x11.69”), preferably recycled (i.e. one side already used). Only one side of every
sheet of paper shall be used to write your solutions to the problems.

I. Stresses (choose 2 of 3 problems. 5 pts each)

1. Redo Section 1.8 of Beer and Johnston 4th ed on page 12. But this time, change the figure to
the one shown below.

a. Determine the Normal stress in boom AB and Rod BC

b. Determine the Shearing stresses in various connections
c. Determine the Bearing stresses in various connections

2. Two wooden boards (300mm wide and 25mm thick) designed to carry a 10-kN load are
joined together by two 300-mm wide plywood gussets glued above and below the boards as
shown below. There is a 5-mm gap between the two wood boards at the joint. Assuming that
the failure of the glue governs, what is the required strength of the glue? Use a factor of
safety of 1.50.

3. Steel plates B and C are fully glued to member A thus, forming a compound member as
shown in the figure. This will be used to punch two holes in a 12-mm thick wooden plank. If
the maximum average shearing stress in the glue is 570 MPa, and the allowable normal
stress in member A is 800 MPa, (thickness of A, B, and C is 25 mm) determine:
a. Pmax that can be applied to the compound member.
 b. Is this force Pmax enough to punch holes in the plank if the failure shearing stress in the
plank is 750 MPa?
P

A A
80 mm

60 mm
B C

II. Strain (choose 1 of 2 problems. 5 pts each)

1. A rigid bar AD is supported by two rods as shown. There is no strain in the vertical bars
before load P is applied. After load P is applied, the axial strain in rod BF is 400μm/m.
determine:
a. The axial strain in rod CE.
b. The axial strain in rod CE if there is a 0.25 mm clearance in the connection at pin C
before the load is applied.

2. Load P is applied on the rigid bar BD causing a shearing strain at point B equal to 0.09
radians. Knowing angle ABC is initially 90˚ and AB = BC = 0.3 m, determine:
a. normal strain at AB
b. normal strain at BC
c. normal strain on 0.5-m post E
 A  C P
B D
20 mm 
E
0.5 m 0.5 m

III. Material Properties (choose 2 of 3 problems. 5 pts)

1. A square plate in the figure on the right has z
the following dimensions before normal
stresses are applied: Lx = Ly = 160 mm,
t=20 mm. Its Poisson’s ratio, ν = 0.283, and
its modulus of rigidity, G = 30 GPa. It is
then subjected to normal stresses on ALL
its faces and deforms.
a) If the normal stresses are σx = 444 MPa,
σy = 222 MPa, and its new length along
the x-direction is 160.8437 mm, find σz.
y
b) Find the new thickness of the plate, t’.
c) Find the new length along the y – direction

2. Problem 3-6 of Hibbeler, R.C. Mechanics of Materials, 4th edition, International edition
In addition, determine approximately the following:
a. Modulus of resilience,
b. Modulus of elasticity
c. Ultimate stress
d. Fracture stress

Note: Please make sure that you take the problem from the specified edition because
numbering may vary in different editions.

3. At the proportional limit, a 200-mm gage length of a 15-mm diameter alloy bar has
elongated 0.90 mm and the diameter has been reduced 0.022 mm. the total axial load carried
was 58.4 kN. Determine the following properties of this material:
a. The modulus of elasticity
b. Poisson’s ratio
c. The proportional limit
IV. Axially Loaded Members
A. Statically Determinate (choose 1 of 2 problems, 5 pts)
1. A 10-mm-diameter cable AC is made of steel with E = 200 GPa and attached to a rigid
bar BC. Knowing that the maximum stress in the cable must not exceed 190 MPa, and
that elongation of the cable must not exceed 8 mm, find the maximum load P that can
be applied as shown.

2. Bar ABCD is subjected to the following loads as shown. Determine the maximum
value of force P that can be applied to the bar if σallow used for design is based on
ultimate strength and δallow (of bar ABCD) = ±1.2 mm.
Note: Member AB at inner diameter is hollow.

Aluminum Steel
Copper

Properties Aluminum Copper Steel

E (GPa) 70 120 200
σyp (MPa) 180 200 300
σult (MPa) 310 400 580
FS 2 4 3
B. Statically Indeterminate (choose 2 of 3 problems, 5 pts each)
1. Three bars AB, AC, and AD, are pinned together to support a load of 20 kN.
Horizontal movement is prevented at joint A by a horizontal strut AE. Note: All
supports are pin-connected.

Bars AB and AD:

E = 70 GPa
A = 400 mm2

Bar AC:
E = 200 GPa
A = 200 mm2

Determine
a. σavg in each bar (AB, AC, and AD)
b. Force in the strut AE

2. In the figure shown below, each of the two vertical steel posts (E = 200 GPa, α =
12×10-6/°C) has a height of 300 mm and a diameter of 50 mm. If the springs each has a
stiffness of 0.5 kN/m, determine the resulting stress in the steel posts if the temperature
is raised by 70°C. Assume that springs are initially unstretched. Neglect the masses of
the rigid members.

3. A system of bars is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 5000 kN/m. Bar B is
assumed to be rigid, and bars A & C are deformable with properties given in the Table.
Determine the horizontal and vertical components of the displacement of pin p when
the system is subjected to a 60°C increase in temperature.
Bonus:
1. Shown below is the simplified version of Miami Heat’s 2012 NBA Championship trophy.
Determine its moment of inertia Ix and Iy at the centroidal axes of the section. (4 pts)

250 mm
 

                  120 mm              
         400 mm
                   
          30 mm 
 

                   250 mm

2. Draw the shear and bending moment diagram of the member. Indicate values at critical and
turning points of the graph. (3 pts) Hint: mind the pulley at B.

0.4 m 12 kN/m
         
A B C D
30 kN

2m 2m 4m

Max pts: 47/15

Sir J.U. Tan Tian

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the
years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”…Now all has been heard; here
is the conclusion of the matter: Fear [love] God and keep His commandments, for this is the
whole of man.”(Eccl 12:1, 13)