Mechanics of 

Materials
WAHYUNIARSIH SUTRISNO
Homework
1. A stainless steel tube with an outside diameter of 60 mm and a wall thickness of
5 mm is used as a compression member. If the normal stress in the member must
be limited to 200 MPa, determine the maximum load P that the member can
support.

2. Two solid cylindrical rods (1) and (2) are joined together at flange B and loaded,
as shown in Fig. P1.4. If the normal stress in each rod must be limited to 120
MPa, determine the minimum diameter required for each rod.
 Solution
1. A stainless steel tube with an outside diameter of 60 mm and a wall thickness of 5 mm is
used as a compression member. If the normal stress in the member must be limited to 200
MPa, determine the maximum load P that the member can support.
 Solution
2. Two solid cylindrical rods (1) and (2) are joined together at flange B and loaded, as shown in
Fig. P1.4. If the normal stress in each rod must be limited to 120 MPa, determine the
minimum diameter required for each rod.
Solution
Direct Shear

Only one cross section of the pin transmits load between the axial
member and the support, the pin is said to be in single shear
Direct Shear Failure
Example 1
For the connection shown in Fig.
P1.19,determine the average shear
stress in the 7/8-in. diameter bolts if
the load is P = 45 kips.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 2
Example 3
A punch for making holes in steel plates is shown. A downward punching
force of 32 kips is required to punch a 0.75-in.-diameter hole in a steel
plate that is 0.25 in. thick. Determine the average shear stress in the steel
plate at the instant when the circular slug is torn away from the steel plate.
Example 3
Bearing Stress
Bearing stresses
Compressive normal stresses that occur on the surface
of contact between two separate interacting members.
Bearing Stress
Bearing Stress

A Bearing stresses failure in the axial member causes

hole to elongate
Bearing Stress

Ab = t x d
Bearing Stress
A 2.5-in.-wide by 0.125-in.-thick steel plate is connected to a support
with a 0.75-in.-diameter pin. The steel plate carries an axial load of 1.8
kips. Determine the bearing stress in the steel plate.
Bearing Stress
Bearing stresses will develop on the surface where the steel plate
contacts the pin, which is the right side of the hole in the illustration.
To determine the average bearing stress, the projected area of
contact between the plate and the pin must be calculated.
Bearing Stress
STRAIN
Strain is a quantity used to provide a measure of the intensity of a
deformation (deformation per unit length)

Normal Strain
The deformation (change in length and width) of a simple bar under an axial
load) can be used to illustrate the idea of a normal strain

The symbol is used to denote the deformation in the axial member

Example
A rigid bar ABCD is pinned at A and
supported by two steel rods connected at
B and C, as shown. There is no strain in
the vertical rods before load P is applied.
After load P is applied, the normal strain
in rod (2) is 800 . Determine:

(a) the axial normal strain in rod (1).

(b) the axial normal strain in rod (1) if

there is a 1-mm gap in the connection
between the rigid bar and rod (2) before
the load is applied.
Solution
Solution
Solution
Solution
Homework
1. The three-bolt connection shown in Fig. P1.21 must support an applied load of P
= 40 kips. If the average shear stress in the bolts must be limited to 24 ksi,
determine the minimum bolt diameter that may be used in the connection.
2. An axial load P is supported by a short steel column, which has a cross-sectional
area of 11,400 mm2. If the average normal stress in the steel column must not
exceed 110 MPa, determine the minimum required dimension “a” so that the
bearing stress between the base plate and the concrete slab does not exceed 8 MPa.

Fig. P1.21
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