URDANETA CITY College of Engineering and

UNIVERSITY Architecture

MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

MIDTERM – ACTIVITY 1

Show your solutions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The strength of longitudinal joint is 33 kips/ft, whereas for the girth is
16 kips/ft. Calculate the maximum diameter of the cylinder tank if the
internal pressure is 150 psi.

1. What is most nearly the total elongation

of the rod shown below if E = 69 GPa?

2. If the applied force P causes the rigid arm ABC to rotate clockwise about
pin A through an angle of 0.02°, determine the normal strain developed in
wires BD and CE.
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3. The following data were recorded during a tensile test of a 14.0-mm-diameter

mild steel rod. The gage length was 50.0 mm.
Plot the stress-strain diagram and determine the following mechanical
properties:
(a) proportional limit; (b) modulus of elasticity; (c) yield stress; (d)
ultimate stress;
and (e) nominal rupture stress.