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ME2003D Assignment 4

The document outlines a series of engineering problems related to shear force, bending moment diagrams, and stress analysis for various beam configurations. It includes tasks such as calculating maximum tensile and compressive stresses, determining allowable beam dimensions, and analyzing the effects of reinforcement on bending moments. Each problem provides specific parameters and conditions for analysis.

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ME2003D Assignment 4

The document outlines a series of engineering problems related to shear force, bending moment diagrams, and stress analysis for various beam configurations. It includes tasks such as calculating maximum tensile and compressive stresses, determining allowable beam dimensions, and analyzing the effects of reinforcement on bending moments. Each problem provides specific parameters and conditions for analysis.

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ME2003D: Assignment 4

1. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for the simply-supported beam shown in figure
below.

2. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for the cantilever beam, in which the tension in
the chain is T = 10 kN, the torque of the motor MD = 40 kN-m, and the oil tank is treated as a
uniform distributed load of w = 10 kN/m, as shown in figure below.

3. The bending moment acting on a beam with isosceles triangular cross section (base = 60 mm, depth
of beam = 120 mm) is M = 3.6 kN-m. Determine the maximum tensile and compressive bending
stresses acting on the cross section.

120 mm

60 mm

4. A wooden beam carries the loading shown in the figure. Determine the smallest allowable width b
of the beam if the working stress in bending is 10 MPa.
5kN
2 kN/m
b

A C 200 mm
B
1m 2m 1m
5. Determine the maximum tensile and compressive bending stresses in the beam shown.

6 kN/m I = 30 ×106 mm4

A B 200 mm
N.A.
4m C

80 mm

6. A beam of square cross section is positioned so that the neutral axis coincides with one of the
diagonals. Removing the top and bottom corners as shown can increase the section modulus of
this beam. Find the ratio a/b that maximizes the section modulus.

a b
N.A. A

7. The cross section of a timber beam is 80mm wide and 160mm high. The vertical shear force acting
on the section is 40 kN. Determine the shear stress at (a) the neutral axis; and (b) 40mm above the
neutral axis.
8. The figure below shows the upper half of a built-up girder (the cross section is symmetric about
the neutral axis). All rivets used in fabrication have a diameter of 22 mm. The moment of inertia
of the entire cross-sectional area of the girder about the neutral axis is I = 4770  106 mm4. The
working stresses are 100 MPa for rivets in shear and 280 MPa for bearing of the web plate. If the
maximum shear force carried by the girder is 450 kN, determine the largest allowable spacing of
rivets that joint the angles to the web plate.
300 mm A = 2430 mm2

10 mm

18.9 mm

Web plate
510 mm 1000 mm ×10mm

10 mm

N.A.

9. The timber beam is reinforced with steel plates rigidly attached at the top and bottom. The
allowable stresses are 8 MPa for wood and 120 MPa for steel, and the ratio of the elastic moduli is
Est/Ewd = 15. Determine the increase in the allowable bending moment due to the reinforcement.

10 mm

300 mm

120 mm
250 mm

10. A rectangular beam, 100 mm wide and 150 mm deep is made of an elastic perfectly plastic
material, with Young’s modulus of 200 GPa and yield strength of 150 MPa.
a. Determine the bending moment, MY for the initiation of yielding.
b. Plot the stress variation, and determine the radius of curvature when the applied
bending moment is 1.2 MY.
c. Find the ultimate bending moment.
d. Plot the residual stress variation, and determine the radius of curvature corresponding to
the permanent deformation, after unloading from an applied moment of 1.2 MY.

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