An axial load of 100 KN is applied to a flat bar 20 mm thick,

tapering in width from 120 mm to 40 mm in a length of 10 m.

Assuming E = 200 GPa, determine the total elongation of the
bar.
Steel bar having a rectangular cross-section 15mm x 20mm
and 150m long is suspended vertically from one end. The
steel has a unit mass of 7850 kg/m3 and a modulus of
elasticity E of 200 GPa. If a load of 20 kN is suspended at the
other end of the rod, determine the total elongation of the rod.
A spherical pressure vessel 400-mm in diameter has a
uniform thickness of 6 mm. The vessel contains gas under a
pressure of 8,000 kPa. If the ultimate tensile stress of the
material is 420 MPa, what is the factor of safety with respect
to tensile failure?
A steel pipe 1.5 m in diameter is required to carry an internal
pressure of 750 kPa. If the allowable tensile stress of steel is
140 MPa, determine the required thickness of the pipe in mm
A wood-stave penstock of 1.8-
m diameter is wrapped with
steel hoops and subjected to
a fluid pressure of 380 kPa. If
the allowable tension in the
hoops is 42.4 kN, what is the
maximum hoop spacing in
millimeters?
A solid steel shaft having a diameter of 100 mm has an
allowable shearing stress of 80 MPa. Determine the maximum
torque in kN-m that the shaft can carry without exceeding the
allowable shearing stress.
What is the maximum allowable torque, in kN-m, for a 50-mm
diameter steel shaft when the allowable shearing stress is
81.5 MPa?
What is the rotation or twist in degrees of a shaft, 800 mm
long subjected to a torque of 80 N-m, 20 mm in diameter and
shear modulus G of 80,000 MPa?
Problem 8
The shaft shown in the figure is made of bronze and steel and is fixed at both
ends. It is subjected to a concentrated torque at the junction. The steel segment is
1.5 meter long.

1. Determine the ratio of the length of steel to the length of bronze such that the
allowable stress in each material is reached simultaneously.
2. Determine the reaction at the
left end if the maximum
torque is applied to the shaft, T
in KiloNewton- meter. a b
BRONZE STEEL
3. Determine the angle of twist d = 75 mm. d = 50 mm.
at the interface of the two G = 35 Gpa G = 83 Gpa
materials, In degrees Τ = 60MPa Τ = 80MPa
A block is subjected to a triaxial stress of 16 MPa on the YZ
face, -11 MPa on the XZ face, and 52 MPa along the XY face.
If these stresses produce a strain in X-direction of 49.2 x 10-6
m/m, what is the Poisson's ratio of block.
A cube of material is subjected to a compressive stress on
each of its faces. If the Poisson's ratio u is 0.25 and the
modulus of elasticity E is 250 GPa, calculate the value of the
compressive stress if the volume of the cube is reduced by
0.15 %.
Determine the ratio of the shear modulus of elasticity of a
material whose Poisson's ratio is 0.25.
A 20-mm diameter steel rod, 250 mm long is subjected to a
tensile force of 75 kN: if the the Poisson's ratio is 0.30,
determine the lateral strain of the rod. Use E = 200 GPa.
A rod with cross-sectional area of 100 square millimeters is
stretched between two fixed points such that the initial tensile
load is 10 KN. The rod has a modulus equal to 180 GPa and
the coefficient of linear expansion is 0.00001 m/m-°C. The
initial tension is designed such that the rod will have zero
stress when there is a certain change in temperature of the
rod environment. Which of the following most nearly gives the
value of this temperature change?
A 5-m rod having a uniform cross-sectional area of 1000
square mm is secured between two walls 5 meters apart. The
load on the rod is zero at 27°C. E = 200 GPa, a = 11.25 x 10-
6 m/m-°C. When the temperature rises to 57°C:

1. Which of the following gives the stress in the rod assuming

that the walls are rigid.
2. Which of the following gives the stress in the rod if the
walls spring together a total distance of 0.5 mm.
 37.5 mm
Situation:
With reference to Figure, a load applied
to the member at Q induces a stress of
1.75 MPa compression at A.
1. Which of the following most nearly
gives the axial loan at Q in 60 mm
KiloNewtons. 450 mm
2. 2. Which of the following most nearly
gives the stress induced at D in
MegaPascals.
3. Which of the following most nearly
gives the stress induced at C in
MegaPascals. 300 mm