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Chapter Exercise No. 1:

SIMPLE STRESSES
1. A hollow steel tube with an inside diameter of 80 mm must carry an axial tensile load
of 330 kN. Determine the smallest allowable outside diameter of the tube if the
working stress is 110 MN/m2.

2. The cross-sectional area of bar ABCD is 600 mm2. Determine the maximum normal
stress in the bar.

3. Determine the largest weight W that can be supported by the two wires AB and AC.
The working stresses are 100 MPa for AB and 150 MPa for AC. The cross-sectional
areas of AB and AC are 400 mm2 and 200 mm2, respectively

4. Axial loads are applied to the compound rod that is composed of an aluminum
segment rigidly connected between steel and bronze segments. Find the largest safe
value of P if the working stresses are 120 MPa for steel, 68 MPa for aluminum, and
110 MPa for bronze.

5. The column consists of a wooden post and a concrete footing, separated by a steel
bearing plate. Find the maximum safe value of the axial load P if the working stresses
are 1000 psi for wood and 450 psi for concrete.

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6. Find the maximum allowable value of P for the column. The cross-sectional areas and
working stresses (σw) are shown in the figure.

7. The homogeneous bar AB weighing 1800 lb is supported at either end by a steel cable.
Calculate the smallest safe area of each cable if the working stress is 18 000 psi for
steel.

8. Determine the mass of the heaviest uniform cylinder that can be supported in the
position shown without exceeding a stress of 50 MPa in cable BC. Neglect friction and
the weight of bar AB: The cross-sectional area of BC is 100 mm2.

9. The cross-sectional area of each member of the truss is 1.8 in.2. Calculate the stresses
in members CE, DE, and DF. Indicate tension or compression.

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10. Determine the smallest safe cross-sectional areas of members CD, GD, and GF for the
truss shown. The working stresses are 140 MPa in tension and 100 MPa in
compression. (The working stress in compression is smaller to reduce the danger of
buckling.)

11. Find the smallest diameter bolt that can be used in the clevis in the figure below if P
= 400 kN. The working shear stress for the bolt is 300 MPa.

12. Referring to the figure below, assume that the diameter of the rivet that joins the
plates is d = 20 mm. The working stresses are 120 MPa for bearing in the plate and
60 MPa for shear in the rivet. Determine the minimum safe thickness of each plate.

13. Assume that the axial load P applied to the lap joint is distributed equally among the
three 20-mm-diameter rivets. What is the maximum load P that can be applied if the
allowable stresses are 40 MPa for shear in rivets, 90 MPa for bearing between a plate
and a rivet, and 120 MPa for tension in the plates?

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14. The bell crank, which is in equilibrium under the forces shown in the figure, is
supported by a 20-mm-diameter pin at D that is in double shear. Determine (a) the
required diameter of the connecting rod AB, given that its tensile working stress is
100 MPa; and (b) the shear stress in the pin.

15. The right-angle bar is supported by a pin at B and a roller at C: What is the maximum
safe value of the load P that can be applied if the shear stress in the pin is limited to
20 000 psi? The 3/4-in. diameter pin is in double shear.

16. The 20-mm-diameter bolt fastens two wooden planks together. The nut is tightened
until the tensile stress in the bolt is 150 MPa. Find the smallest safe diameter d of the
washers if the working bearing stress for wood is 13 MPa.

17. The figure shows a roof truss and the detail of the connection at joint B. Members BC
and BE are angle sections with the thicknesses shown in the figure. The working
stresses are 70 MPa for shear in the rivets and 140 MPa for bearing stress due to the

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rivets. How many 19-mm-diameter rivets are required to fasten the following
members to the gusset plate: (a) BC; and (b) BE?

18. For the joint shown in the figure, calculate (a) the largest bearing stress between the
pin and the members; (b) the average shear stress in the pin; and (c) the largest
average normal stress in the members.

19. The lap joint is fastened with four 3/4-in.-diameter rivets. The working stresses are
14 ksi for the rivets in shear and 18 ksi for the plates in bearing. Find the maximum
safe axial load P that can be applied to the joint. Assume that the load is equally
distributed among the rivets.

20. Three wood boards, each 4 in. wide, are joined by the 3/4-in.-diameter bolt. If the
working stresses for wood are 800 psi in tension and 1500 psi in bearing, find the
largest allowable value of the force P.

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Answers:
1. 101.1 mm
2. 58.3 MPa
3. 33.5 kN
4. 12.0 kN
5. 50 300 lb
6. 24.0 kN
7. 0.050 in2 for both cables
8. 612 kg
9. σDF = 18.52 ksi (C); σDE = 22.2 ksi (T); σCE = 9.26 ksi (T)
10. ACD = 1476 mm2; AGF = 1500 mm2; AGD = 841 mm2
11. 29.1 mm
12. 7.85 mm
13. 37.7 kN
14. (a) 19.92 mm; (b) 84.3 MPa
15. 19770 lb
16. 70.8 mm
17. (a) 7 rivets; (b) 5 rivets
18. (a) 166.7 MPa, (b) 101.9 MPa, (c) 166.7 MPa
19. 24.7 kips
20. 2250 lb

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