ENG5047 Mechanics and Dynamics Tutorial 1 Combined Loading Analytical

1. An axial tensile load of 10kN is applied to a 12mm diameter bar. Determine the maximum shearing
stress in the bar and the planes on which it acts. Calculate also the normal stresses on these planes.
ANS(44 MNm-2 at 45° and 135°, ±44 MNm-2)

2. A material is subjected to two mutually perpendicular stresses, one 60MNm-2 compressive and
the other 45 MNm-2 tensile. Determine the direct and shear stresses on a plane inclined at 60° to
the plane on which the 45 MNm-2 stress acts.
ANS(-33.8, 45.5 MNm-2)

3. The material of Problem 2 is now subjected to an additional shearing stress of 50MNm-2.

Determine the principal stresses acting on the material and the maximum shear stress.
ANS (65, -80, 72.5 MNm-2)

4. At a certain section in a material under stress, normal stresses of 45MNm-2 tensile and 75MNm2
tensile act on perpendicular planes together with a shear stress  acting on these planes. If the
maximum stress in the material is limited to 150MNm-2 tensile
determine the maximum allowable value of .
ANS(88.7 MNm-2)

5. At a certain point in a material the following stresses act: a tensile stress of 150MNm2, a
compressive stress of 105MNm-2 at right angles to the tensile stress and a shear stress clockwise
in effect of 110MNm-2 acting on the plane bearing the 150MNm-2 stress. Calculate the principal
stresses and the directions of the principal planes.
ANS(191,-146 MNm-2; at 20.4° and 110.4° ccw to the 150 MNm-2 plane)

6. At a point in a strained material the stresses acting on planes at right angles to each
other are 200MNm-2 tensile and 80MNm-2 compressive, together with associated shear stresses
which may be assumed clockwise in effect on the 8 MNm-2 planes. If the principal stress is limited
to 320MNm-2 tensile, calculate:

a) the magnitude of the shear stresses,

ANS(219 MNm-2)
b) the directions of the principal planes,
ANS(28.7° & 118.7° ccw to 200 MNm-2 plane)
c) the other principal stress,
ANS(200 MNm-2)
d) the maximum shear stress.
ANS(260 MNm-2)
7. A shaft 100mm diameter is subjected to a twisting moment of 7kNm, together with a bending
moment of 2kNm. Find, at the surface of the shaft:

a) the principal stresses,

ANS(47.3, -26.9 MNm-2)
b) the maximum shear stress.
ANS(37.1 MNm-2)

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8. The tightening of a bolt induces in the shank a tensile direct stress 155MNm-2 and a shear stress
due to the applied torque of 93MNm-2. Determine the magnitude and nature of the principal direct
stresses and the principal (maximum) shear stress induced in the shank of the bolt, together with
the inclination of the planes on which these stresses act. You may assume that the induced stresses
are uniformly distributed over the shank cross section.
ANS(198MNm-2, -43.5MNm-2 121MNm-2)

9. The 8mm diameter rivet (cross sectional area 50x10-6 m2) shown, is subjected to an axial tensile
force of 4kN due to the cooling of the rivet. Determine the shearing force "P" which may be applied
to the joint if the maximum principal stress must not exceed 150MNm-2.
ANS(5.13 kN)

10. A solid shaft 100mm in diameter is subjected to a torque of 3.4kNm and a bending
moment of 900Nm. Determine the principal stresses on the surface of the shaft.

11. A solid shaft 75 mm in diameter and spanning 3m between bearings has a pulley of mass 230kg
mounted at the center of the span. The maximum speed is to be 200rev/min when transmitting
30kW. Find the maximum principal stress in the shaft.

12. A structure is composed of circular members with diameter 20mm. At a particular point along
one member the loading is found to consist of a shear force of 10kN and a tensile force of 20kN.
Calculate the safety factor involved in the design if the maximum principal stress is not to exceed
350MNm-2.

13. The loading on a bolt consists of a tensile force of 10kN and a shear force of 5kN. Using a safety
factor of 3 calculate the minimum diameter d of the bolt if the maximum principal stress of the bolt
material should not exceed 280MNm-2.

14. A solid circular shaft of 125mm diameter rotates at 30rad/s. Owing to the configuration of the
bearings and the gearing, it is subjected to a maximum bending moment of 9kNm. If the maximum
principal stress should not exceed 300MNm-2, calculate the power which the shaft may transmit.

15. A sheet of a fibre reinforced composite material is subjected to a tensile stress of 80MNm-2. The
fibres in the composite all lie in a direction which is at 60° to the direction of the stress. The material
has a tensile strength of 150MNm-2 in the direction of the fibres but in the direction perpendicular to
the fibres the tensile strength is only 50MNm-2. Determine whether the sheet will fail.

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16. A steel bolt has a diameter of 10mm and is used to withstand a tensile load of 11kN. During
installation, the bolt also receives a torque of 90Nm. Calculate the maximum shear stress in the bolt
during the tightening operation.

17. The figure shows a pulley which is fixed to the unsupported end of a solid circular shaft projecting
from a fixed bearing. The pulley carries a belt drive which has a tight tension of 4kN and a slack
tension of 1kN.

a) Identify the states (types) of stress in the shaft.

b) Identify the points on the shaft where the greatest principal stresses can be found.

c) Determine the values of the greatest principal stresses in the shaft.

d) Calculate the maximum shear stress in the shaft.

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18. The figure shows a rectangular bar fixed securely to the end of a circular bar. The axis of the
rectangular bar is at 90° to the axis of the circular bar. The other end of the circular bar is rigidly
built-in.

a) Identify the states (types) of stress in the rectangular bar and the circular bar,

b) Identify the point on the circular bar where the greatest principal stresses can be
found,

c) At the point identified in (b) calculate:

i. the greatest principal stresses, ii. maximum shear stress in the circular bar.

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