MD Act.1

ME 17 | MACHINE DESIGN 1
ACTIVITY NO. 02 | PROBLEM SET NO. 1 (SIMPLE STRESSES)

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Instruction/s: This activity will practice your skills/speed/techniques in solving machine

design problems. Solve as many problems as you can. Show your solutions.
1. Compute for the induced stress, in MPa, of a steel solid shafting of 6 cm diameter
and 5 m in length that is subjected to a temperature of 35°C to 120°C. (205.9 MPa)
2. Determine the area, in m2 required for a rod that will carry a tensile load of 60,000 kg
at a stress of 1300 kg/cm2. If the wall thickness is 12 mm. (4.615x10-3 m2)
3. A 25 m steel rod is heated from 25°C to 40°C. Calculate the total elongation of the
rod if the coefficient of thermal expansion of steel is 12x10-6 m/m-°C. (4.31 mm)
4. A 5 in journal bearing with a length of 4 in has a load of 60 kN. Find the stress
developed. (4647.63 kPa)
5. A 1.5 in diameter shaft develops a torque that varies from 2800 in-lb to 8600 in-lb.
Find the variable component stress. (30164.3 kPa)
6. A wire 120 m long with negligible weight has a load of 30 kN and a modulus of
elasticity of 200 GPa. If the wire elongation is 15 mm, determine the diameter of the
rod. (39 mm)
7. Calculate the force needed to punch a 2.5 in diameter hole from a ½ in thick plate if
the ultimate shearing stress is 180 MPa. (102549.4 lbs)
8. A steel column has an ultimate compressive stress of 140 MPa. If it supports a load
of 220 kN, determine the diameter of the column using a factor of safety of 4. (89.5
mm)
9. What temperature will the rails just touch if a steel railroad that is 12 m long is laid
with the clearance of 2.5 mm at an initial temperature of 20°C. Use k=11.8x10-6
m/m°C. (231.9°C)
10. A rail having a coefficient of linear expansion of 11.2x10-6 m/m°C increases its length
when heated from 60°F to 150°F. Determine the strain. (5.6x10-4)
11. A 25 m rod stretches to a strain of 0.00120. Calculate the deflection of the rod in
mm. (30 mm)
12. An iron rod 5 m long and 0.8 cm2 in cross section stretches 1 mm when a mass of
250 kg is hung on it. Compute the modulus of elasticity of the iron. (153.3 GPa)
13. A steel wire 12 m long, hanging vertically supports a tensile load of 3 kN. Neglecting
the weight of wire, determine the required diameter if the stress is not to exceed 130
MPa and the total elongation is not to exceed 6 mm. Let E = 220 MPa. (5.9 mm)
14. An 8 mm steel wire is 6 m long and stretches 10 mm under a given load. If the
modulus of elasticity is 180 GPa, find the load applied. (15kN)
15. What is the modulus of elasticity if stress is 400 MPa and strain is 0.00128? (312.5
GPa)
16. A shaft when subjected to pure torsion developed a stress of 60 MPa. If the polar
moment of inertia is 7.1276x10-7 m4, determine the maximum torque the shaft could
handle (1.65 kN-m)
17. A 2.8 in shaft is subjected to 4 kN-m torque. Determine the stress developed (56.63
MPa)
18. Determine the force necessary to punch a hole of 28 mm diameter in a 25 mm thick

plate, if the ultimate shear stress is 420 MPa. (923.6 kN)
19. Two 32 mm thick plates are fastened by two bolts, 25 mm thick in diameter. If the
plate is subjected to 60 kN tension, determine the bearing stress in bolts. (37500
kN/m2)
20. An 18 mm diameter rivet is used to fasten by two 25 mm thick plates. If the shearing
stress of rivets is 75 MPa, what tensile force is applied in each plate to shear the
bolt? (19 kN)
21. A steel hollow tube is used to carry a tensile load of 600 kN at a stress of 145 MPa.
If the outside diameter is 10 times the tube thickness, determine the thickness of the
tube. (12 mm)
22. A column supports a compressive load of 260 kN. Find the outside diameter of the
column if the inside diameter is 180 mm and compressive stress is 60 MPa. (194.7
mm)
23. A 20 mm stud bolts are used to fasten a 28 mm diameter cylinder head of a diesel
engine. If there are 12 stud bolts, determine the pressure inside the cylinder if the
bolt stress is 60 MPa. (3673.48 kPa)
24. Determine the minimum diameter of a taper pin for use to a fix lever to shaft, it is to
transmit a maximum torque of 800 in-lb. The shaft diameter is 1.8 in and has a
stress of 22,000 psi. (0.2268 in)
25. How many ½ in diameter holes that can be punched in one motion of a ⅛ in thick
plate using a force of 80 tons. The ultimate shear stress is 58 ksi and design factor
of 5. (14 holes)
26. A shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6500 in-lb. It has a diameter of 1.25 in and
yields stress of 62000 psi. Find the variable stress components. (5867 psi)
27. Cable steel has a length of 150 m and stretches to 4 cm when the load is applied at
both ends. If the tensile stress is 60 psi, determine the modulus of elasticity of steel.
(224942.4 psi)
28. A journal bearing has 9 cm diameter and length to diameter ratio of 2.5. Find the
projected area, in mm2. (20250 mm2)
29. A 3 in diameter by 1.7 in long journal bearing is to carry 4800 lb load at 340 rpm
using SAE 40 lube oil at 230°F through a single hole at 28 psi. Calculate the bearing
pressure. (941.2 psi)
30. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 46000 psi, what force is necessary to
punch a 1 in diameter hole in a ¾ in thick plate, using a factor of safety of 3.
(108384.9 lbs)
31. Steel tie rod on the bridge must withstand a pull of 6500 lbs. Find the diameter of the
rod assuming a factor of safety of 3.5 and ultimate stress of 65000 psi. (0.6676 in)

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ME 17 | MACHINE DESIGN 1

ACTIVITY NO. 02 | PROBLEM SET NO. 1 (SIMPLE STRESSES)

Instruction/s: This activity will practice your skills/speed/techniques in solving machine

18. Determine the force necessary to punch a hole of 28 mm diameter in a 25 mm thick

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