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    MURANG’A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC


    ENGINEERING
    EES 201: SOLID & STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
    TUTORIAL PROBLEMS I

    1. During a drilling operation at the Olkaria Geothermal field, a long steel drill pipe got stuck
    in the clay at an unknown depth. To determine the depth, an engineer applied a force to the
    pipe and noted that the whole pipe extended by 1 m. Under the same force, an extension of
    0.04 mm was measured over a gauge length of 200 mm. Determine the depth, assuming a
    constant cross section area and neglecting the effect of friction resistance of the clay. Take E
    = 200 GPa. (Ans: 5 km).

    2. During a tensile test on a steel rod, the following data were recorded: d o = 6.0 mm; Lo = 50
    mm; Lf = 83 mm; P = 8.45 kN and L = 0.092 mm at the limit of proportionality; breaking
    load = 7.31 kN. Calculate the value of Young’s modulus of the steel and the true strain at
    fracture. (Ans: 162 GPa; 0.51).

    3. The following results were obtained during the tensile test on a steel specimen with an
    original gauge length of 50 mm, and an original diameter of 12.8 mm:
    P [kN] 2.23 4.46 6.7 8.93 11.2 13.4 15.6 17.9 20.1 22.3 24.6
    L [mm] 0.0041 0.0081 0.031 0.018 0.023 0.027 0.031 0.035 0.039 0.044 0.049

    P [kN] 26.8 28.1 31.2 33.5 37.9 42.9 44.6 45.1 45.5 44.9 43.1 40.6 36.2
    L [mm] 0.052 0.501 1.52 2.03 3.05 4.57 6.6 7.62 12.1 14.7 15.8 17.8 19.3

    Other readings were: breaking load = 30.4 kN; Lf = 72.9 mm; df = 6.76 mm.
    Plot the engineering stress-strain curve and hence determine the limit of
    proportionality, modulus of elasticity, yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, fracture stress,
    % elongation at fracture, and % reduction in area. (Ans: 208 MPa; 200 GPa; 217 MPa; 354
    MPa; 236 MPa; 46 %; 72 %).

    4. A uniform beam weighing 102 kg is held in a horizontal position by a symmetric


    arrangement of three wires. The outer wires are made of brass (E = 85 GPa) and both have a
    diameter of 1.8 mm. The middle wire is made of steel (E = 200 GPa) with a diameter of 0.9
    mm. Calculate the stress in each wire. (Ans: 357 MPa for steel; 152 MPa for brass).

    5. A compound bar consists of a solid brass rod (40 mm diameter) joined to a solid
    aluminium rod (25 mm diameter) as shown in Figure 1. A gap of 0.1 mm exists between
    point E and the right wall before the forces are applied. Determine the reactions at both walls
    and the displacement of point C after the loads are applied. Take Ebrass = 105 GPa; Eal = 70
    GPa. (Ans: RA = 85 kN; RE = -5 kN; C = 4.5 x 10-5 m).
    50mm 50mm 60mm 40mm 0.1mm

    A B BRASS C ALUMI D E
    50KN 40KN

    FIG. 1

    6. Consider the double acting piston-cylinder system shown in Figure 2. On the forward
    stroke, p1 = 12 MPa, while p2 = 5 MPa. On the return stroke, the pressures are interchanged.
    (a) Calculate the stress in the piston rod on both strokes. The diameter of the piston is 500
    mm, while that of the piston rod is 140 mm. (Ans: -94 MPa; 77 MPa).

    (b) If the piston rod is made of steel (E = 200 GPa), and the unstressed length of the rod is 2
    m, determine the total change in length of the rod between the two strokes. (Ans: 1.7 mm).

    PISTON

    P1
    ROD
    FORW BACK
    P2

    FIG. 2

    7. Calculate the force needed to punch a 12 mm diameter hole in a 10 mm thick plate made of
    an aluminium alloy with an ultimate strength in shear of 170 MPa. (Ans: 64 kN).

    8. Three pieces of wood 40 mm by 50 mm are glued together and to a foundation as shown in


    Figure 3. If the maximum allowable stress in the glued joints is 50 MPa, and the maximum
    allowable normal stress in the wood 220 MPa, determine the maximum value of the load, P.
    (Ans: 440 kN).
    100mm

    40
    P
    40
    40

    FIG. 3

    9. Two pieces of wood are glued together as shown in Figure 4. If the thickness of each piece
    is 15 mm and the allowable stress in the glued joints is 900 kPa, calculate the minimum value
    of the dimension, d. (Ans: 42.3 mm).

    d
    25m m
    250m m

    4KN 4KN

    FIG. 4

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