Question No 21:

A cylindrical metal specimen 15.0 mm (0.59 in.) in diameter and 150 mm (5.9 in.) long is to
be subjected to a tensile stress of 50 Mpa (7250 psi); at this stress level, the resulting
deformation will be totally elastic.

a) If the elongation must be less than 0.072 mm (2.83 x 10−3−3 in.), which of the metals
is Table 6.1 are suitable candidates? Why?
b) If, in addition, the maximum permissible diameter decrease is 2.3 X 10−3−3 mm (9.1 x
10−5−5 in.) when the tensile stress of 50 Mpa is applied, which of the metals that satisfy
the criterion in part (a) are suitable candidates? Why?

Answer and Explanation:

Given data:

 The diameter of the cylindrical metal is d=15mmd=15mm.

 The length of the cylindrical metal is L=150mmL=150mm.

 The tensile stress on the cylinder is σ=50MPaσ=50MPa.

(a)
(b)
Question No 22:
A cylindrical metal specimen 10.7000 mm
in diameter and 95.000 mm long is to be subjected
to a tensile force of 6300 N; at this force
level, the resulting deformation will be totally
elastic.
(a) If the final length must be less than 95.040
mm, which of the metals in Table 6.1 are suitable
candidates? Why?
(b) If, in addition, the diameter must be no
greater than 10.698 mm while the tensile force of
6300 N is applied, which of the metals that satisfy
the criterion in part (a) are suitable candidates?

Why?
Question No 23:

Consider the brass alloy for which the stress–

strain behavior is shown in Figure 6.12. A cylindrical
specimen of this material 10.0 mm (0.39
in.) in diameter and 101.6 mm (4.0 in.) long is
pulled in tension with a force of 10,000 N (2250
lbf). If it is known that this alloy has a value for
Poisson’s ratio of 0.35, compute (a) the specimen
elongation and (b) the reduction in specimen
diameter.
Question No 24:
A cylindrical rod 120 mm long and having a
diameter of 15.0 mm is to be deformed using a
tensile load of 35,000 N. It must not experience
either plastic deformation or a diameter reduction
of more than 1.2 * 10-2 mm. Of the following
materials listed, which are possible candidates?
Justify your choice(s).
Question No 25:
A cylindrical rod 500 mm (20.0 in.) long and
having a diameter of 12.7 mm (0.50 in.) is to
be subjected to a tensile load. If the rod is to
experience neither plastic deformation nor an
elongation of more than 1.3 mm (0.05 in.) when
the applied load is 29,000 N (6500 lbf), which
of the four metals or alloys listed in the following
table are possible candidates? Justify your

choice(s).