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AXIALLY LOADED STATICALLY INDETERMINATE MEMBERS SITUATION. A composite bar is comprised of brass and copper rod as shown. A
load P= 25 kN is applied at 25 C. Find the stresses in the materials when the
Axial deformation, temperature rises to 50°C. For copper, E = 120 GPa and α = 18 x 10-6/°C. For
brass, E = 90 GPa and α = 20 x 10-6/°C.

Axial stress, 800 mm 1000 mm

Where:
40 ∅ P 25 ∅
δ= axial deformation
= axial/ normal stress B COPPER C
A BRASS E= 120 GPa
P= force normal to the area under stress E= 90 GPa -6
L= length of the member -6 ∝= 18x10 / 𝐶
∝= 20x10 / 𝐶
A= cross-sectional area of stressed member
E= modulus of elasticity of the material 7. If the supports are unyielding.
8. If the left support yields by 0.1 mm.

SITUATION. An axial load of 500 kN is to be supported by a 2 m length steel pipe SITUATION. A rigid bar as shown in the figure is pinned at B and attached to two
filled with concrete. The outside diameter of the pipe is 200 mm and has a vertical rods. The bar and the vertical rods are initially stress-free.
thickness of 10 mm. 9. Determine the stress in the aluminum rod if the temperature of the
1. Solve the stresses in the concrete and steel. Use Ec= 24 GPa and Es= steel rod is decreased by 30°C. Neglect the weight of the bar.
200 GPa.
2. Solve the deformation in the concrete and steel.

SITUATION. The rigid bar of negligible weight is pinned at O and attached to two ALUMINUM
vertical rods. Assuming that the rods were initially stress-free: STEEL L= 1.2 m
L= 0.9 m A= 1000 mm
2
2
2.0 m 1.5 m 1.5 m A= 400 mm E= 70 GPa
E= 200 GPa 0.50 m 1.0 m α = 23 x 10-6/°C
α = 11.7 x 10-6/°C
O STEEL BRASS
2 2 A B C
A= 800 mm A= 250 mm
E= 200 GPa E= 83 GPa
L= 1.5 m L= 2.0 m
P
THIN-WALLED PRESSURE VESSELS

A. Tangential/Circumferential/Hoop Stress:
3. What is the largest load P that can be applied without exceeding
stresses of 125 MPa in the steel rod and 60 MPa in the brass rod?
4. What are the stresses acting on the steel and brass rod?

SITUATION. A round steel rod supported is in between two vertical brass rods.
The level of the upper end of the rod is 0.06 mm below that of the tube. Use Es = 𝑝𝐷
200 GPa and Eb= 105 GPa. 𝜎𝑇
2𝑡
P

0.06 B. Longitudinal Stress:

BRASS
BRASS

STEEL

200 mm
𝑝𝐷
𝜎𝐿
4𝑡

50

35
50
C. Spherical Shell:
60
[Measurements are in mm]

5. What is the maximum value of P so that the central bar is not

stressed? 𝑝𝐷
6. If this maximum load is doubled, what will be the stresses in the steel 𝜎𝐿
4𝑡
and brass rod?

THERMAL DEFORMATION

Where:
SITUATION. A cylinder has an internal diameter of 1.2m and a length of 2.5 m.
δT = the algebraic change in the length of the member
The internal pressure in the cylinder is 1.5MPa. The longitudinal joint in the
α = linear coefficient of thermal deformation
cylinder has an efficiency of 85% and the circumferential joint one of 45%.
L = the original length of the member
10. Find the minimum thickness required if the stresses are not to exceed
ΔT = the algebraic change in temperature of the member
48 MPa in the circumferential direction and 32 MPa in the longitudinal
direction.
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SITUATION. A 12 mm thick steel tire has a width of 110 mm and has an internal
diameter of 800 mm. The tire is heated and shrunk to a steel wheel 800.5 mm in
diameter. Use modulus of elasticity, Es= 200 GPa. Determine the following:
11. Tensile strength in the tire
12. Compressive pressure between the tire and the wheel.
13. The thickness of the tire to resist a pressure of 1.5 MPa, given an
allowable stress of 124 MPa