EAS209MechanicsofSolids

HW#2 DueDate:02/10/2016

Q.1)Twopiecesofwoodaregluedtogetheralongaplaneatangleasshownbelow.Ifthe
ultimatestrengthforthegluedjointis2.4ksiintensionand1.4ksiinshear,determine:
Thevalueofforwhichthefactorofsafetyisamaximum
Thecorrespondingfactorofsafety
3kips

Q.2)ABismadefromsteel(E=200GPaand=11.7x106/oC)andhasacrosssectionalarea
equalto250mm2.Itisattachedtoarigidbarasshowninthefigurebelow.Therigidbarisalso
supportedbyapinconnectionatC(dpin=22mm).MemberABisinitiallyunstressed.Afterload
Pisapplied,thetemperatureoftheassemblyisincreasedby25oCresultinginatotalnormal
straininABof925.
Determine:
themagnitudeofP
theshearstressinpinC

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Q.3)Theresultsbelowwereobtainedfromatensiontest.Thetestspecimenhadadiameter
of0.505in.andagagelengthof2.00in.Atfracture,theelongationbetweenthegagemarks
was0.12inandtheminimumdiameterwas0.42in.
Plotthestressstraincurveanddetermine:
theproportionallimit
modulusofelasticity
yieldstressat0.2%offset
ultimatestress
percentelongationandpercentareareduction.
identifythematerialbeingtested(seeaveragematerialpropertiesinthebackofyour
textbook).

Load(lb) Elongation(in.)
1000 0.0002
2000 0.0006
6000 0.0019
10000 0.0033
12000 0.0039
12900 0.0043
13400 0.0047
13600 0.0054
13800 0.0063
14000 0.0090
14400 0.0102
15200 0.0130
16800 0.0230
18400 0.0336
20000 0.0507
22400 0.1108
22600 fracture

Anidenticalsampleisloadedtoanelongationof0.020in.andthenunloaded.Howdoesthe
finallengthofthebarcomparewithitsoriginallength?