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Week 5 Lecture 14 To 16

The document contains 7 problems related to calculating thermal stresses and strains induced in different materials when temperature changes. Problem 1 asks to calculate the minimum gap needed between rails to avoid thermal stresses and stresses induced with and without an expansion gap. Problem 2 considers a composite bar rigidly fixed at supports and asks for reactions with temperature rise. Problem 3 asks for maximum stress in a steel bar of varying diameter held rigidly when temperature increases. The remaining problems consider different composite structures made of combinations of materials like steel, copper, brass and ask to calculate induced stresses and strains with temperature changes.

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Week 5 Lecture 14 To 16

The document contains 7 problems related to calculating thermal stresses and strains induced in different materials when temperature changes. Problem 1 asks to calculate the minimum gap needed between rails to avoid thermal stresses and stresses induced with and without an expansion gap. Problem 2 considers a composite bar rigidly fixed at supports and asks for reactions with temperature rise. Problem 3 asks for maximum stress in a steel bar of varying diameter held rigidly when temperature increases. The remaining problems consider different composite structures made of combinations of materials like steel, copper, brass and ask to calculate induced stresses and strains with temperature changes.

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31 August 2023 10:03

Temperature Stresses

Coefficient of thermal expansion is defined as change in unit length of the material due
to unit change in temperature

A Steel rail is 12.6 m long and is laid at a temperature of 24oC. The maximum temperature
expected is 44oC
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expected is 44oC
1. Estimate the minimum gap between two rails to be left so that temperature stresses do not
develop
2. Calculate the thermal stresses developed in the rail if
a. No expansion joint is provided
b. If a 2 mm gap is provided for expansion
3. If the stress developed is 20 MPa, what is the gap left between the rails?

Take E = 200 GPa and α = 12 x 10-6/oC

A composite bar is rigidly fitted at the supports A and B as shown in fig. Determine the reactions at
the supports when temperature rises by 20oC. Take Ea = 70 Gpa, Es = 200 Gpa, αa = 11 x 10-6/oC,
αs = 12 x 10-6/oC

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The steel bar of uniformly varying diameter shown in fig is held between two unyielding supports
at room temperature. What is the maximum stress induced in the bar, if temperature rises by
30oC? Take Es = 200 GPa and αs = 12 x 10-6/oC

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A bar of brass 25mm diameter is enclosed in a steel tube of 50mm external diameter and 25mm
internal diameter. The bar and the tube are both initially 1.5 m long and are rigidly fastened at both
ends using 20 mm diameter pins. Find the stresses in the two materials when the temperature rises
from 30oC to 100oC.
Take Es = 200 Gpa, Eb = 100 Gpa, αs = 11.6 x 10-6/oC, αb = 18.7 x 10-6/oC

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A compound bar is made of a central steel plate 60mm wide and 10mm thick to which copper
plates 40 mm wide by 5 mm thick are connected rigidly on each side. The length of the bar at
normal temperature is 1 meter. If the temperature is raised by 80oC, determine the stresses in each
metal and the change in length
Take Take Es = 200 GPa, Ecu = 100 GPa, αs = 12 x 10-6/oC, αc = 17 x 10-6/oC

A Horizontal rigid bar AB weighing 200 kN is hung by three vertical rods, each of 1m length and 500
mm2 in cross section as shown in Fig. The central rod is of steel and the outer rods are copper. If the
temperature rise is 40oC, estimate the load carried by each rod and by how much the load will
descend
Take Es = 200 GPa, Ecu = 100 GPa, αs = 12 x 10-6/oC, αc = 18 x 10-6/oC

A rigid bar ABC is pinned at A and is connected by a steel bar CE and a copper bar BD as shown
in Fig. If the temperature of the whole assembly is raised by 40oC, find the stresses induced in
steel and copper rods.
As = 400 mm2, Acu = 600 mm2, Es = 200 GPa, Ecu = 100 GPa, αs = 12 x 10-6/oC, αc = 18 x 10-6/oC

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