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Machine Component Design, 5th Edition, 2012.: Problem Set 3

This document provides the details for Problem Set 3 assigned in a Design of Mechanical Components course. It includes 7 practice problems related to mechanical design topics like springs, beams, shafts, and pressure vessels. The problems are selected from common mechanics of materials textbooks and cover calculating loads, stresses, and failure rates given various geometric and material properties.

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Machine Component Design, 5th Edition, 2012.: Problem Set 3

This document provides the details for Problem Set 3 assigned in a Design of Mechanical Components course. It includes 7 practice problems related to mechanical design topics like springs, beams, shafts, and pressure vessels. The problems are selected from common mechanics of materials textbooks and cover calculating loads, stresses, and failure rates given various geometric and material properties.

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Problem Set 3

650:342 Design of Mechanical Components, Spring 2013

Due: Friday, 2/15/13


Problems copied, selected, and/or modified from Juvinall and Marshek’s Fundamentals of
Machine Component Design, 5th edition, 2012.

1. Juvinall Figure P5.20 shows one end of a spring attached to a pivoting rigid link. What is the
spring constant (Newtons force per millimeter deflection): (a) With respect to a horizontal force
applied at A?; (b) With respect to a horizontal force applied at B? (c) With respect to a horizontal
force applied at C?
2. A solid round steel rod with Sy= 350 MPa is 1 m long and 70 mm in diameter. With a safety
factor of 4, what axial compressive load can be applied if
(a) Both ends are hinged?
(b) Both ends are built in, as in Figure 5.27c
3. The 3-in. I beam shown in Juvinall Figure P5.39 has cross-sectional properties of A=1.64 in.2,
I11=2.5 in.4, and I22=0.46 in.4. It is made of steel having Sy=42 ksi. Find the safe axial
compressive load based on a safety factor of 3 for pinned ends and unsupported lengths of (b) 50
in. and (c) 100 in.
4. Juvinall Figure P5.41 shows a boom and tie-rod arrangement supporting a load of 6 kN. The
tie-rod is made of steel having a tensile yield strength of 400 MPa. (a) What is the safety factor
of the tie-rod with respect to static yielding? (b) What is the safety factor of the tierod if the
vertical rod is rotated 180o so that the 6-kN load acts upward? (c) What conclusion do you draw
with respect to the relative desirability of designing machines with column members loaded in
tension versus loaded in compression?
5. A shaft is subjected to a maximum load of 10 kN. It is designed to withstand a load of 15 kN.
If the maximum load encountered is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2.5 kN,
and if shaft strength is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2.0 kN, what failure
percentage would be expected?
6. Assume that the failure rate calculated in Juvinall Problem 6.41 (Problem 2) is unacceptable.
(a) To what value would the standard deviation of shaft strength have to be reduced in order to
give a failure rate of only 3%, with no other changes? (b) To what value would the nominal
shaft strength have to be increased in order to give a failure rate of only 3%, with no other
changes?
7. The stress in the wall of a thin-walled, spherical pressure vessel is given by pr/(2t), where p is
the pressure inside the vessel, r is the radius of the spherical vessel, and t is the thickness of the
pressure vessel. Find the slope of the appropriate line on the attached Ashby chart to minimize
the weight of the vessel. This problem comes from Engineering Materials 1 by Michael Ashby
and David Jones.

Answer: CFRP is a good choice

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