“MM-L”

OPEN ENDED LAB

Submitted to:
Mr. Muhammad Shabbir

Submitted by:
Muhammad Mohsin Ehsan
2020-ME-24

Mechanics of Material Lab-1

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

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To design a simply supported beam which can carry
70kg of load and maximum permissible deflection is
25mm. Length of the beam is (200+24)/5 (m).
Material is Steel A-36
Modelling and solution
We have given,
Mass = 70kg
Concentrated load W = mg = (70)(9.81) = 686.7 N
Length of beam = L = (200+24)/5 = 44.8m
Maximum deflection = 𝑌𝑐𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 25mm
Modulus of elasticity E = 200 GPa
For designing of beam, we have to find
I=?
b=?
h=?

Calculations
We know that,
𝑊𝐿3
𝑌𝑐𝑚𝑎𝑥 =
48𝐸𝐼𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒

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 686.7×44.83
0.025m =
48×200×109 ×𝐼𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒

686.7×44.83
𝐼𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 =
48×200×109 ×0.025

𝐼𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 0.0002572m4
Factor of safety:
𝐼𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒
F.S =
𝐼𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤

Let, F.S = 1.5

0.0002572
1.5 =
𝐼𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤
0.0002572
𝐼𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 =
1.5

𝐼𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 = 0.0001715m4
Designing:
Now we have to find ‘b’ and ‘h’
We know that
𝑏ℎ3
𝐼𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 =
12
𝑏ℎ3
0.0001715 =
12

𝑏ℎ3 = 0.0020581m4
Now we have to consider 3 values for ‘b’ and also 3 values for ‘h’ to design a
beam.
For h:
𝑏ℎ3 = 0.0020581m4
3 0.0020581
h= √
𝑏

if b=2m, then
3 0.0020581
h= √
2

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 h = 0.10m
if b=1.2m, then
3 0.0020581
h= √
1.2

h = 0.11m
if b=0.75m, then
3 0.0020581
h= √
0.75

h = 0.14m
For b:
𝑏ℎ3 = 0.0020581m4
b = 𝑏ℎ3 = 0.0020581m4
0.0020581
b=
ℎ3

if h=12.5cm, then
0.0020581
b=
(12.5×10−2 )3

b = 1.053m
if h=8cm, then
0.0020581
b=
(8×10−2 )3

b = 4.01m
if h=11.12cm, then
0.0020581
b=
(11.12×10−2 )3

b = 1.49m

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