300040 Mechanics of Materials

2021 Tutorial Questions Set 1

Hand in during your tute class on 8 to 12 March.

The questions for tute set 1 are on the following pages.

1. To help you to learn how to answer the questions, the questions indicated will be answered
during the Lecture-Tutes (time permitting). These questions should still be handed in.

2. Based on what you learn in the lecture and the lecture-tute, attempt to answer the remaining
questions before the following week’s tute class.

3. If there are any questions you can’t answer, ask your tutor during the tute class

4. Hand your solutions to your tutor during your tutorial class, other methods of handing in will not
be accepted. Late submissions will not be accepted.

5. Attach a completed copy of the enclosed coversheet.

6. Hardcopy solutions will be returned in a later tute class. Uncollected tute sets will be disposed
of.

7. Tutes submitted online will not be returned.

If you need further help with the questions, I suggest you read the following sections from the text
book; Hibbeler Mechanics of Materials: 1.1 to 1.6, 2.1 to 2.2, 3.1 to 3.2, 3.4, 3.7, and 4.2
Question 1
Two solid cylindrical roads AB and BC are welded
together at B and loaded as shown. Knowing that
d1 = 30 mm and d2 = 50 mm, find the average
normal stress in the mid-section of (a) rod AB, (b)
rod BC.

Question 2
Two solid cylindrical rods AB and BC are welded together at B and loaded
as shown. Knowing that the normal stress must not exceed 172 MPa in
either rod, determine the smallest allowable values of the diameters d1 and
d2.

Question 3
Will be answered in the lecture-tute.
Two horizontal 22 kN forces are applied to pin B of the assembly
shown. Knowing that a pin of 20 mm diameter is used at each
connection, determine the maximum value of the average normal
stress

(a) in link AB,

(b) in link BC.

Question 4
Two wooden planks, each 22 mm thick (into the page) and
150 mm wide, are joined by the glued mortise joint shown.
Knowing that the joint will fail when the average shearing
stress in the glue reaches 0.8 MPa, determine the smallest
allowable length d of the cuts if the joint is to withstand an
axial load of magnitude P = 5.4 kN.
Question 5
Will be answered in the lecture-tute.
Two horizontal 22 kN forces are applied to pin B of the assembly
shown. Knowing that a pin of 20 mm diameter is used at each
connection, determine the average shearing stress in the pin at C.

Note that the pins are on “double shear”, meaning that each side
of the pin carries only half of the total force being carried by the
pin.

Question 6
Two wooden members of 75 x 150 mm uniform rectangular
cross section are joined by the simple glued scarf splice
shown. Knowing that P = 10 kN, determine the normal and
shearing stresses in the glued splice.

Question 7
The rigid beam is supported by a pin at A and wires BD and
CE. If the load P on the beam causes the end C to be
displaced 10 mm downward, determine the normal strain
developed in wires CE and BD.

Question 8
Will be answered in the lecture-tute.
The rigid beam is supported by a pin at A and wires BD and CE. If
the maximum allowable normal strain in each wire is
εmax = 0.002 mm/mm, determine the maximum vertical
displacement of the tip of the beam.
Question 9
Will be answered in the lecture-tute.
The piece of plastic is originally rectangular. Determine the shear
strain γxy at corner A if the plastic distorts as shown by the dashed
lines.

Question 10
The piece of plastic is originally rectangular. Determine the shear
strain γxy at corner D if the plastic distorts as shown by the dashed
lines.

Question 11
Will be answered in the lecture-tute.
Both portions of the rod ABC are made of aluminium for which E = 70 GPa.
Knowing that the magnitude of P is 4 kN, determine

(a) the value of Q so that the deflection at A is zero,

(b) the corresponding deflection of B.

Question 12
The 36-mm-diameter steel rod ABC and a brass rod CD of the same
diameter are joined at point C to form the 7.5-m rod ABCD. For the
loading shown, and neglecting the weight of the rod, determine the
deflection of (a) point C, (b) point D.
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300040 Mechanics of Materials
School of Computing, Engineering and Maths

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