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Lecture 6 - CE 2251 (Part A)

The document discusses the concepts of determinacy and stability in structures, explaining how to classify beams as determinate or indeterminate. It includes several examples that involve calculations related to material properties and structural loads, such as determining the required area of reinforcing steel and the maximum mass supported by rods. The document serves as a guide for understanding structural analysis and the behavior of different materials under load.

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Lecture 6 - CE 2251 (Part A)

The document discusses the concepts of determinacy and stability in structures, explaining how to classify beams as determinate or indeterminate. It includes several examples that involve calculations related to material properties and structural loads, such as determining the required area of reinforcing steel and the maximum mass supported by rods. The document serves as a guide for understanding structural analysis and the behavior of different materials under load.

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CE-2251 (Structure II)

Facilitated by

Dr. Kh. Mahfuz-ud-Darain


Determinacy and Stability
• A given structure considered externally determinate if the total number of
reaction components is equal to the equations of equilibrium available.
Determinacy:

Stability:
Example: Classify if each of the
following beams is determinate or
indeterminate. If statically
indeterminate, what is the number
of degree of indeterminacy?
Example: Classify if each of the following beams is determinate or indeterminate.
If statically indeterminate, what is the number of degree of indeterminacy?
Example: A steel bar 50 mm in diameter and 2 m long is surrounded by a shell of a
cast iron 5 mm thick. Compute the load that will compress the combined bar a total
of 0.8 mm in the length of 2 m. For steel, E = 200 GPa, and for cast iron, E = 100 GPa.
Example: A reinforced concrete column 200 mm in diameter is designed to carry an
axial compressive load of 300 kN. Determine the required area of the reinforcing
steel if the allowable stresses are 6 MPa and 120 MPa for the concrete and steel,
respectively. Use, Eco = 14 GPa and Est = 200 GPa.
Example: A rigid block of mass M is supported by three symmetrically spaced rods as
shown in figure. Each copper rod has an area of 900 mm²; E = 120 GPa; and the
allowable stress is 70 MPa. The steel rod has an area of 1200 mm²; E = 200 GPa; and
the allowable stress is 140 MPa. Determine the largest mass M that can be supported.
Example: The lower ends of the three bars in figure are at the same level before the uniform
rigid block weighing 40 kips is attached. Each steel bar has a length of 3 ft, and area of 1.0 in², and
E = 29 × 10⁶ psi. For the bronze bar, the area is 1.5 in² and E = 12 × 10⁶ psi. Determine (a) the
length of the bronze bar so that the load on each steel bar is twice the load on the bronze bar,
and (b) the length of the bronze that will make the steel stress twice the bronze stress.
Example: The rigid platform in figure has negligible mass and rests on two steel bars, each
250.00 mm long. The center bar is aluminum and 249.90 mm long. Compute the stress in the
aluminum bar after the center load P = 400 kN has been applied. For each steel bar, the area is
1200 mm² and E = 200 GPa. For the aluminum bar, the area is 2400 mm² and E = 70 GPa.

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