UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

AN ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE MEC 431, THEORY OF ELASTICITY 1

BY

UMEMBA UGOCHUKWU INNOCENT

2018/249063

FEBRUARY 2023
Exercise 3

L2

L1

M=5kg, h=10mm=0.01m, L1=300mm=0.3m

d1=5mm=0.005m, L2=100mm=0.1m
d2=10mm=0.01m, E=200GPa=200 × 109 Pa
KL=0.85
Maximum displacement due to the falling mass δmax=?.
Maximum tensile stress due to the falling mass σmax=?.

2
δ max =δ st + √ δ st +2 K L h δ st
Where:
WL
δ st =
EA

E δ max
σ max=
L
W =Mg=5× 9.81=49.05 N

Section AB
WL2 4 WL 2 4 × 49.05× 0.1
δ st = = = =3.123 ×10− 7 m
EA 2 π Ed 2 π ×200 ×109 ×0.012
2

2
2
√ −7 −7 −7 −5
δ AB=δ st + √ δ st +2 K L h δ st =3.123 ×10 + ( 3.123× 10 ) +2 ×0.85 × 0.01× 3.123× 10 =7.318× 10 m
 E δ AB 200 ×109 ×7.318 ×10− 5
σ AB= = =146.36 MPa
L2 0.1

For section BC
WL1 4 WL 1 4 × 49.05× 0.3
δ st = = = =3.747 × 10−6 m
EA 1 π Ed 1 π × 200 ×109 ×0.0052
2

2 −6 2−6 −6
√ −4
δ BC =δ st + √δ st +2 K L h δ st =3.747 ×10 + ( 3.747 ×10 ) +2× 0.85 ×0.01 ×3.747 ×10 =2.562×10 m
E δ BC 200 ×109 ×2.562 ×10− 4
σ BC = = =170.8 MPa
L1 0.3

The maximum displacement;

δmax =δ AB + δ BC =7.318×10−5 +2.562×10−4 =3.294×10−4 m

The maximum tensile stress;

σ max=σ AB=146.36 MPa since it is the lesser tensile stress.