ENGINEERING MATERIALS

PRACTICE PROBLEMS IN SIMPLE STRESSES

1. A steel rod 30 mm and 800 mm long has an allowance elongation not to exceed 1.5 mm. Find the allowable load
in KN. Ans. 274 KN
2. Compute the induced/ compressive stress, in KPa, of a steel solid shafting of 50 mm diameter and 800 mm in
length that is subjected to an increase of temperature by 80 degree Celsius. Ans. 193, 600 KPa
3. Compute for the load in KN on a 3 cm diameter, 100 cm long steel rod if its maximum elongation exceed 0.12
cm. Ans. 176 KN
4. Compute for the polar section modulus of SAE 1060 shafting having a diameter of 3 inches. Use a factor of safety
of 2 and design stress at 800 Psi. Ans. 5.30 in3
5. Compute the allowable load in KN on a 20 mm x 120 cm long steel rod with a maximum elongation must not
exceed 1 mm. Ans. 54.14 KN
6. Determine the load in KW on a 25 mm diameter x 1200 mm long steel shaft if its maximum elongation exceeds 1
mm. Ans. 84 KN
7. What pressure is required for punching a hole 2 inches in diameter thru a ¼ inch steel plate? Ans. 40 tons
8. A link has a load factor of 0.8, the surface factor is 0.92 and the endurance strength is 28,000 Psi. Compute the
alternating stress of the link if it is subjected to a reversing load. Assume a factor of safety of 3. Ans. 9,333.33 Psi
9. Determine the minimum mean diameter of a taper pin use to fix a lever to a shaft. If it transmit a maximum
torque of 700 lb.in. The shaft diameter is 2 inches and the material allowable stresses is 15,000 Psi. Use factor of
safety of 2. Ans. 6.19 mm
10. How many 5/16 inch holes can be punch in one motion in a steel plate made of SAE 1010 steel, 7/16 inch thick
using a force of 55 tons. The ultimate strength for shear is 50 ksi and use a factor of safety of 2. Ans. 5 holes
11. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 lb.in. has a 1 ½ inches in diameter and 60,000 Psi yield
strength. Compute for the shaft mean average stress. Ans. 6036 Psi
12. A journal bearing with diameter of 76.2 mm is subjected to a load of 4900 N while rotating at 200 rpm. If its
coefficient of friction is 0.02 and L/D = 2.5. Find its projected area in mm 2. Ans. 14,516 mm2
13. A steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the diameter of the rod assuming a
factor of safety of 5 and an ultimate stress of 64,000Psi.Ans. 0.71 in
14. If the weight of 6 inch diameter by 48 inch long SAE 1030 shafting is 174.5 kg. Then what will be the weight of
chromium SAE 51416of the same size? Ans. 385 lbs
15. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plates is 42,000 Psi. What force is necessary to punch a 0.75 inch
diameter hole in a 0.625 inch thick plate? Ans. 61,800 lbs
16. A 2.5 inch diameter by 2 in long journal bearing is to carry a 5500 lb load at 3600 rpm using SAE 40 lube oil at
2000F through a single hole at 25 Psi. Compute the bearing pressure. Ans. 1100 Psi
17. What modulus of elasticity in tension is required to obtain a unit deformation of 0.00105 m/m from a load
producing a unit tensile stress of 44 000 Psi?. Ans. 41.905 x 106 Psi
18. What force P is required to punch a ½ in hole on a 3/8 in thick plate if the ultimate strength of the plate is 42
Ksi.Ans. 24,740 lbs
19. Compute for the working strength of 1 inch bolt which is screwed up tightly in packed joint when the allowable
working stress is 13,000 Psi. Ans. 3,900 lbs
20. A 19 mm stud bolts is used to fastened on a 250 mm diameter cylinder head of diesel engine. If there are 10
stud bolts. Determine the pressure inside the cylinder if the bolt stress is limited to 50 MPa. Ans. 289 KPa
21. A column supports a compressive load of 250 KN. Determine the outside diameter of the column if inside
diameter is 185mm and compressive stress of 50 MPa. Ans. 201.47 mm
22. A steel hollow tube is use to carry a tensile load of 500 KN at a stress of 140 MPa. If outside diameter is 10 times
the tube thickness. Find the thickness of the tube. Ans. 11.24 mm
23. A 20 mm diameter rivet is used to fasten two 25 mm thick plate. If the shearing stress is 80 MPa. What tensile
force applied each plate to shear the bolt? Ans. 25.132 KN
24. What force is necessary to punch a 30 mm hole in 12.5 mm thick plate if ultimate stress is 410 MPa. Ans. 483 KN
25. Two 30 mm thick plate is fastened by two bolts, 25 mm in diameter. If the plates is subjected to 50 KN tension.
Find the bearing stress in bolts. Ans. 33,333 KPa
26. A 2.5 inches shaft is subjected to 3 KN.m torque. Find the stress developed. Ans. 59.68 MPa
27. A shaft when subjected to pure torsion developed a stress of 50 MPa. If polar moment of inertia is 6.1359 x 10 -7
m4. Determine the maximum torque the shaft could handle. Ans. 1.227 KN.m
28. What is the modulus of elasticity if stress is 300 MPa and strain is 0.00138? Ans. 217.39 x 103 MPa
29. A 6 mm steel wire is 5 m long and stretches 8 mm under a given load. If modulus of elasticity is 200 GPa. Find
the load applied. Ans. 9 KN
30. A steel wire 10 m long, hanging vertically supports a tensile load of 2 KN. Neglecting the weight of wire.
Determine the required diameter if stress is not to exceed 140 MPa and the total elongation is not to exceed 5
mm. Assume E= 200 GPa. Ans. 5.04 mm
31. A 20 m rod is stretches to a strain of 0.001. Determine the deflection of the rod. Ans. 20 mm
32. A rail having a coefficient of linear expansion of 11.6 x 10 -6 m/m.0C increases its length when heated from 70 0F
to 1130F. Determine the strain. Ans.2.77 x 10-4
33. For a given material, the modulus of elasticity is 15,000,000 Psi in tension and 6,000,000 Psi in shear. Determine
the poisson’s ratio for this material. Ans. 0.25
34. A U bolt supports a load of 6000 lb. The cross section of the bolt has a diameter of ½ inch. How much stress is
induced in the side of the bolt? Ans. 15, 278 Psi
35. A hollow rivet has an outside and inside diameter of 5 mm and 3 mm respectively. If the allowable stress is 400 x
106 Pa. What maximum shearing force can the rivet sustain if subjected to double shear? Ans. 10 KN
36. A steel hanger of 2 m length is to carry an axial load of 18 KN. If the tensile stress is restricted to 104 MPa and
the elongation caused by this load is restricted to 1 mm. What is the minimum cross sectional area the member
can have? Assume E= 200GPa. Ans. Based on tensile stress A=173 mm2, based on deflection A=180 mm2
37. A short hollow cylinder with a wall thickness of 38 mm is to carry a compression load, applied uniformly on the
end of 7800 KN. If the allowable working strength in compression is 138 MPa, then the minimum outside
diameter of the cylinder required to safely support the load is? Ans. 512 mm
38. A 25 mm diameter bar is loaded in double shear unit failure, the ultimate load is found to be 446 KN. If the
allowable stress is to be based on a factor of safety 3. What must be the diameter of a pin for an allowable load
of 26 KN in single shear be? Ans. 14.79 mm
39. A steel bar, initially free of stress, is held between rigid supports. Determine the stress in the bar if temperature
drops 1300F. Coefficient of thermal expansion is 6.5 x 10 -6 in/0F. Ans. 25,350 Psi
40. A steel rod with a cross sectional area of 160 mm 2 is to be attached between two fixed points 1.25 m apart. If
the rod is too short by 0.25 mm. Find the stress applied to put the rod back to fitness. Assume E=200, 000 MPa.
Ans. 40 MPa
41. Compute for the stress in MPa on a 3 cm diameter, 100 cm long steel rod if its elongation caused by an axial load
is 0.12 cm. Ans. 248 MPa
42. Calculate the elongation, in inch, of a solid shaft SAE 1030 carbon steel, 2 - 7/8 inches in diameter and 5 feet
length that is supporting a direct tensile load of 60,000 lbs, stress concentration factor K t= 1.47 and the yield
strength is 40 ksi. Ans. 0.0185
43. From prob 42. Calculate the maximum stress in ksi induced in the above shaft. Ans. 13.6 ksi
44. From prob 42. What is the resulting factor of safety? Ans. 2.9
45. A bolt is subjected to an axial shock loading and the supplied load equals 12 KN. Assuming allowable stress of 55
MPa. Determine the size of the bolt required. Use a stress concentration factor of 1.8. Ans. 22.35mm
46. A brass liner is 270 mm diameter when the temperature is 17 0C. If the coefficient of linear expansion of the brass
is 1.9 x 10-5/0C. Find the temperature which the liner should be heated in order to increase the diameter by 2
mm. Ans. 4070C
47. A prismatic steel bar at 5000F is embedded in a rigid concrete wall. The bar is 40 inch long and has a cross
sectional area of 0.4 in2. What is the axial force in the bar if its temperature is reduced to 100 0F? The coefficient
of thermal expansion is 5 x 10-6/0F. Ans. 24,000 lb
48. Find the pressure required to punch a 1 inch square hole in ¼ inch thick steel. Ans. 26.27 tons
49. What length of square key is required for a 4 inch diameter shaft transmitting 1000HP at 1000 rpm?.The
allowable shear and compressive stresses in the key are 15 ksi and 30 ksi respectively. Ans. 2.1 inches
50. What is the polar section modulus of a solid shaft witAh diameter of 101.6 mm?.Ans. 205.9 cm3
51. A tensile force of 9000 N is applied to a 12 mm diameter round bar. The tensile stress on the bar is? Ans. 80 MPa
52. Detrmine the outside diameter of a hollow steel tube that will carry a tensile load of 500 KN at a stress of 140
MPa. Assume that the wall thickness to be one tenth of the outside diameter. Ans. 112.4 mm
53. A link has a packaging machine mechanism has a square cross section of 0.4 in on a side. It is subjected to a
tensile load of 860 pound force. Compute the stress on the link in Psi. Ans 5375 Psi
54. An iron column of annular cross section has an outside diameter of 200 mm and is subjected to a force of 75 KN.
Find the thickness of the wall if the allowable compressive stress is 10 MPa. Ans 12.75 mm
55. The force on the link in the simple pin joint is 3550N. If the pin has a diameter of 10 mm, the shear stress in the
pin in MPa is? Ans 45.2 MPa
56. A single bolt is used to lap joint two steel bars together. The tensile force on the bar is 20,000 N. Determine the
diameter of the bolt required if the allowable shearing stress on it is 70 MPa. Ans. 19mm
57. A steel structural member in a furnace is made from AISI 1020 steel (a=6.5x 10 -6/0F and E=30 ksi). It undergoes
an increase in its temperature of 95 0F while being held rigid at its ends. Compute the resulting stress in the steel.
Ans. 18,500 Psi
58. A certain engineering material has a tensile modulus of elasticity of 114 GPa and a poisson’s ratio of 0.33. What
is its modulus of elasticity in shear? Ans. 43 GPa
59. What horsepower is required to lift a load of 5000 lb by means of a wire rope wrapped around a drum hoist?.
The drum diameter is 40 inch and rotating at 240 rpm.Ans. 38 HP
60. Find the thickness of a water tank with a height of 15 mm and diameter of 10m. The allowable stress on the tank
material is 100 MPa. Ans. 7.4 mm
61. A thrust washer has an inside diameter of 0.5 inch and an outside diameter of 3 inches. For an allowable bearing
pressure of 90 Psi. How much axial load can it sustain? Ans. 618.5 lb
62. An air cylinder has a bore 0f 25 mm and is operated with shop air at a pressure of 90 Psi. Find the push force
exerted by the piston rod in N. Ans. 305N
63. A solid shaft is to be used to transmit 75KW at 550 rpm. If the shaft design stress will not exceed 26
N/mm2.Determine the diameter of the shaft. Ans 63.42 mm
64. What factor of safety is needed for a 1.998 inch diameter shaft with an ultimate strength of 50 ksi to transmit
4000 lb.in torque? Ans.1.95