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This document contains 12 sample problems related to mechanics of materials. The problems cover a variety of topics including stresses in rods due to axial loads, shear stresses in pins and rivets, bearing stresses, and stresses in truss members. The problems involve calculating stresses given load and geometric information, determining unknown loads based on stress limits, and finding minimum member sizes or diameters to satisfy stress criteria with safety factors applied.

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Practice Questionssolutions Flipbook PDF

This document contains 12 sample problems related to mechanics of materials. The problems cover a variety of topics including stresses in rods due to axial loads, shear stresses in pins and rivets, bearing stresses, and stresses in truss members. The problems involve calculating stresses given load and geometric information, determining unknown loads based on stress limits, and finding minimum member sizes or diameters to satisfy stress criteria with safety factors applied.

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Sample Problems

Mechanics of Materials
Problem # 1
Two solid cylindrical rods AB and BC are welded
together at B and loaded as shown. Knowing that d1
= 30 mm and d2 = 50 mm, find the average normal
stress at the midsection of (a) rod AB, (b) rod BC.
Problem # 2
Two solid cylindrical rods AB and BC are welded
together at B and loaded as shown. Knowing that
the average normal stress must not exceed 150
MPa in either rod, determine the smallest
allowable values of the diameters d1 and d2.
Problem #3
Two solid cylindrical rods AB and BC are welded together
at B and loaded as shown. Determine the magnitude of the
force P for which the tensile stresses in rods AB and BC
are equal.
Problem #4
Each of the four vertical links has an 8 x 36-mm uniform
rectangular cross section and each of the four pins has a 16-
mm diameter. Determine the maximum value of the average
normal stress in the links connecting (a) points B and D, (b)
points C and E.
20 kN
0.25 m 0.4 m
FBD
A B C
FBD FCE
Reactions:
σ 𝑀𝐶 = 0: 0.4 𝑚 𝐹𝐵𝐷 − 0.65 𝑚 20 𝑘𝑁 = 0
𝐹𝐵𝐷 = 32.5 𝑘𝑁 Link BD is in tension
σ 𝑀𝐵 = 0: − 0.25 𝑚 20 𝑘𝑁 − 0.4 𝑚 𝐹𝐶𝐸 = 0
𝐹𝐶𝐸 = −12.5 𝑘𝑁 Link BD is in Compression
Problem #5
Three forces, each of magnitude P = 4 kN, are applied to
the mechanism shown. Determine the cross-sectional area
of the uniform portion of rod BE for which the normal
stress in that portion is +100 MPa.

FBD
Problem #6
For the Pratt bridge truss and loading shown,
determine the average normal stress in member
BE, knowing that the cross-sectional area of that
member is 5.87 in2.
Problem #7 15 mm

When the force P reached 1600 lb, the wooden specimen


shown failed in shear along the surface indicated by the
dashed line. Determine the average shearing stress along
that surface at the time of failure. 90 mm

Solution
Area being sheared: 𝐴 = 𝑙𝑤 = 0.09 𝑚 𝑥0.015 𝑚 = 0.00135 𝑚2
Force: P = 8 k N
𝑃 8 𝑘𝑁
Shearing stress: 𝜏 = = 2 = 5925925.92 = 60 𝑀𝑃𝑎
𝐴 0.00135 𝑚
Problem #8
Find the average shear stress in the 20 mm pins on the given beam at A and B.
Determine the reaction forces at A and B
Solution
𝑉
Single Shear Stress: 𝜏 =
𝐴

M Free Body Diagram


N

𝑉
Double Shear: 𝜏 =
2𝐴
Problem #10
Link AB, of width b = 50 mm. and thickness t = 6 mm, is used to
support the end of a horizontal beam. Knowing that the average
normal stress in the link is = -140 Mpa, and that the average shearing
stress in each of the two pins is 80 MPa, determine (a) the diameter d
of the pins, (b) the average bearing stress in the link.

Solution:
Rod AB is in compression:
𝐴 = 𝑏𝑡, 𝑏 = 50 𝑚𝑚, 𝑡 = 6 𝑚𝑚, 𝜎 = −140 𝑀𝑃𝑎, 𝜏𝑎𝑣 = 80 𝑀𝑃𝑎,
𝑃 = −𝜎𝐴 = − 140 𝑥 106 𝑃𝑎 0.05 𝑚 0.006 𝑚
𝑃 = 0.042 MPa 𝑃 0.042𝑥106 𝑃𝑎
𝑃 𝑃 𝑏 𝜎𝑏 = =
Pin: 𝜏 = = 𝜋𝑑2 𝑑𝑡 0.0259𝑚𝑥0.006 𝑚
𝐴 𝑝
4
4𝐴𝑝 4𝑃 4 0.042 𝑥106 0.168 𝑃 0.042𝑥106 𝑃𝑎
(a) 𝑑 = = = = 𝜎𝑏 = =
𝜋 𝜋𝜏𝑃 𝜋 80 𝑥106 251.327 𝑑𝑡 0.0001554 𝑚2
𝒅 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟓𝟗 𝒎 𝜎𝑏 = 270.27 𝑀𝑃𝑎
Problem #11
A single rivet holds three sheets of steel together, and is loaded as shown
below. If the maximum average shear stress allowed for the material is 125
MN/m2, and a factor of safety of 3 is required by the design standards,
find the minimum rivet diameter.
Problem #12
Two horizontal 5-kip forces are applied to pin B of the assembly
shown. Knowing that a pin of 0.8-in. diameter is used at each
connection, determine the maximum value of the average normal
stress (a) in link AB, (b) in link BC.
Determine (c) the average shearing stress in the pin at C, (d) the
average bearing stress at C in member BC, (e) the average bearing
stress at B in member BC.

SOLUTION
Use joint B as free body. Law of Sines:
Determine (c) the average shearing stress in the pin at C, (d) the average bearing stress
at C in member BC, (e) the average bearing stress at B in member BC.

(d) Bearing stress at C in member BC

(c) Shearing stress in pin at C


(e) Bearing stress at B in member BC

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