Tutorial 3 : Stress, Strain and Allowable Stresses

1. Two rods, AB and BC, holds a lamp of

weight 40kg in place. The diameters of AB
and BC are 10mm and 8mm respectively.
Determine the normal stresses in the rods.
Assume that the weights of the rods are
negligible compared to the weight of the
lamp.

2. A beam is supported by in joints at A and B.

The diameter of the pin at A is 20mm and that
at B is 30mm. Determine the average shear
stress of the pins at A and B. The pin
configurations are as shown.

3. A steel component is held by clevis

fasteners as shown. The component weighs
27 kN. The cables have a diameter of 10mm
and the pins through the clevises have a
diameter of 22 mm. Calculate the axial stress
in the cable and the average shear stress in
the clevis pins. If both the pins and the cable
are made of steel with a yield stress of
280MPa, calculate the safety factor for both
the pins and the cable.

4. A tensile axial force P is applied to an

aluminum rod of diameter 20 mm. Due the
tensile force, the diameter decreases by 0.022
mm. Calculate the load P. The properties of
aluminium are E =70 GPa, =0.33.