Assignment-9 (Total points-100)

Due Date: Dec 1, 2016

Find all the yield stress and E from back of the book, if not provided.

1. The aircraft link is made from an A992 steel rod. Determine the smallest diameter of the rod, to
the nearest 1/16 in, that will support the load of 4 kip without buckling. The ends are pin
connected.

2. Rigid beam ABC is supported by a pinned connection at A and by a timber post that is pin
connected at B and D, as shown in Figure. A distributed load of w = 2 kips/ft acts on the 14-ft-
long beam, which has length dimensions of x1 = 8 ft and x2 = 6 ft. The timber post has a length
of L = 10 ft, an elastic modulus of E = 1,800 ksi, and a square cross section. If a factor of safety
of 2.0 with respect to buckling is specified, determine the minimum width required for the square
post.

3. The 10-ft wooden column has the dimensions shown. Determine the critical load if the bottom is
fixed and the top is pinned. Ew = 1.6(103) ksi, σY = 5 ksi.
4. The A992 steel angle has a cross-sectional area of A=2.48 in2 and a radius of gyration about the x
axis of rx=1.26 in. and about the y axis ry=0.879 in. of The smallest radius of gyration occurs
about x axis the a–a axis ra=0.644 in. and is If the angle is to be used as a pin-connected 10-ft-
long column, determine the largest axial load that can be applied through its centroid C without
causing it to buckle.

5. The assembly shown in Figure consists of two solid 50-mm-diameter steel [E = 200 GPa] rods (1)
and (2). Assume that the rods are pin connected and that joint B is restrained against translation in
the z direction. A minimum factor of safety of 3.0 is required for the buckling capacity of each
rod. Determine the maximum allowable load P that can be supported by the assembly.