ME 234 Mechanics of Materials – I

Lectures 29 – 32 Week 11
Axial Problems

Dr. Rizwan Saeed Choudhry

rizwan.choudhry@gmail.com

Dept of Mechanical Engineering,

NUST, College of E & ME, Rawalpindi,
College of Pakistan
Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering
Rigid Bar with opposing axial supports

• Problem 5-8 MecMovie (Click to open Folder

with slides)
Thermo-elastic Axial Problems

• Problem 5-12 MecMovies (Click to open

Folder with slides)
Residual Stress Problem
• If a structure is stressed to the plastic regime and
then the applied force is removed it is likely that the
body retains some or all of the stress due to the
geometric constraints. This stress is called residual
stress
• Example 5-9 Shames
• Solution on board
Rotating assemblies

• Bonus assignment problems 5-79; 5-80

(Intro to Solid Mechanics
Shames)
• First five people to submit
the assignment in two
weeks will get
2.5 additional marks
Design Problem
• Problem 2-11 - P. Beer
• The 4 mm diameter cable is made of steel with
E = 200 GPA.
Maximum allowable stress
in cable is 190 Mpa.
Maximum elongation is 6mm
What is the maximum
allowable load P as shown.
• Solution on the board
Design Problem
• Problem 2.27 P. Beer
• Link AB and CD
support a rigid bar BC.
• Both are made of
aluminium with E= 75
Gpa
• Given the applied load
as shown determine
the maximum
deflection of point E.
• Solution on the board
Essential Home work
• For the previous problem assume that the area of
members is not known and a maximum deflection of
point E = 109.5E-6 is specified then find the maximum
allowable area of the axial links.
• In the previous problem if a maximum deflection of
point E = 109.5E-6 is specified determine the Areas of
the the two links such that the rigid bar remains
horizontal.
• Solve the problem given another axial link FG is added
to support the load (with same area as other two links,
and of same material)