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This document is a tutorial for the Mechanics of Materials course at PSG College of Technology, focusing on various mechanical engineering problems. It includes ten problems related to tensile strength, elongation, shear stress, and stress analysis in different materials and configurations. Each problem requires calculations based on given parameters and material properties.

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This document is a tutorial for the Mechanics of Materials course at PSG College of Technology, focusing on various mechanical engineering problems. It includes ten problems related to tensile strength, elongation, shear stress, and stress analysis in different materials and configurations. Each problem requires calculations based on given parameters and material properties.

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PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Mechanical Engineering

23M303 - MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Tutorial – 1

1. An 80 m long wire of 5 mm diameter is made of steel with E = 200 GPa and an ultimate tensile
strength of 400 MPa. If a factor of safety of 3.2 is desired, determine (a) the largest allowable
tension in the wire, (b) the corresponding elongation of the wire.

2. Two gage marks are placed exactly 250 mm apart on a 12 mm diameter aluminium rod.
Knowing that, with an axial load of 6000 N acting on the rod, the distance between the gage
marks is 250.18 mm; determine the modulus of elasticity of the aluminium used in the rod.

3. A punch (Fig.1) for making holes in steel plates is shown in Fig (a). Assume that a punch
having diameter d = 20 mm is used to punch a hole in an 8 mm plate, as shown in the cross-
sectional view (Fig (b)). If a force P =110 kN is required to create the hole, what is the average
shear stress in the plate and the average compressive stress in the punch?

Fig.1 Fig.2

4. Three steel plates (Fig.2), each 16 mm thick, are joined by two 20 mm diameter rivets as shown
in the figure (a). If the load P = 50 kN, what is the shearing stress acting on the rivets?
(b) If the ultimate shear stress for the rivets is 180 MPa, what force P is required to cause the
rivets to fail in shear?

5. A bar ABC (Fig.3) of length L consists of two parts of equal lengths but different diameters.
Segment AB has diameter d1=100 mm and segment BC has diameter d2 = 60 mm. Both
segments have length L/2= 0.6 m. A longitudinal hole of diameter d is drilled through segment
AB for one-half of its length (distance L/4 = 0.3 m). The bar is made of plastic having modulus
of elasticity E = 4.0 GPa. Compressive loads P = 110 kN act at the ends of the bar. If the
shortening of the bar is limited to 8.0 mm, what is the maximum allowable diameter dmax of the
hole?

Fig.3
6. A composite bar is subjected to forces as shown in Fig.4. Small end diameter of tapering bar
and big end diameter are 12.5 mm and 40 mm respectively. Determine magnitude of forces P
such that net deformation in the bar does not exceed 1.5 mm.
Take ESteel = 200 GPa and EAl = 70 GPa

Fig.4

7. Calculate the elongation of a copper bar (Fig.5) of solid circular cross section with tapered ends
when it is stretched by axial loads of magnitude 3.0 k. The length of the end segments is 20 in.
and the length of the prismatic middle segment is 50 in. Also, the diameters at cross sections
A, B, C, and D are 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, and 0.5 in., respectively, and the modulus of elasticity is 18,000
ksi.

Fig.5

8. The bar in Fig.6 has a constant width of 35 mm and a thickness of 10 mm. Determine the
maximum average normal stress in the bar when it is subjected to the loading shown.

Fig.6
9. A mild steel rod of 25 mm diameter and 400 mm length is encased centrally inside a hollow
copper tube of external diameter 35 mm and inside diameter 30 mm, as shown in Fig.7. The
ends of the rod and tube are rigidly attached, and the composite bar is subjected to an axial pull
of 40 kN. If E for steel and copper is 200 GN/m2 and 100 GN/m2 respectively, find the stress
developed in the rod and tube. Find also the extension of the rod.

Fig.7

10. Three equidistant vertical rods, each of 20 mm diameter, support a load of 25 kN in the same
plane as shown in Fig.8. Taking Es = 205 GPa and Ec = 100 GPa, determine the load shared
and the stresses induced in each rod.

Fig.8

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