EXERCISES ON STRESSES

1. How many 5/16 inch holes can be punched in one stroke in a steel plate made
of SAE 1010 steel, 7/16 inch thick using a force of 55 tons. The ultimate
strength for shear is 50 ksi.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. 6

2. A hollow nickel-steel shaft, whose outside diameter is twice the inside

diameter, is to transmit 1492KW at 220 rpm. The shaft is subjected essentially
to torsion. Assuming an allowable shear stress of 224 MPa, determine the size
of the hollow shaft required.
a. 5000 lb. b. 8000 lb. c. 24,000 lb. d. 32,000 lb.

3. A horizontal simply supported beam, 16 ft long, is subjected to a load of 5,000

lb located at its center. The dimensions of the beam are 2x4 and its weight
maybe considered to be uniformly distributed at 100 lb/ft. Find the flexural
stress.
a. 52,200 psi b. 25,200 psi c. 30,600 psi d. 22,500 psi

4. What pressure in tons is required to punch a hole 2 inches in diameter through

a inch thick steel plate having an ultimate stress of 250 MPa?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50

5. Find the thickness of a metal needed of the semi-spherical end of cylinder

vessel 0.70 meter in diameter subjected to an internal pressure of 2.70 n/mm 2.
The material is mild steel carbon steel and tensile is 69 n/mm 2.
Ans. t = 6.84 mm.

6. A hollow shaft with outside diameter of 14 cm and a wall thickness of 0.80 cm

transmits 200 KW at 400 rpm. What must be the angular deflection of the shaft
if the length is 5 meters? Use G = 12x106 psi
Ans. 1.14 degree

7. What force is necessary to punch a 1.0 inch hole in a 1/8 inch steel plate if the
ultimate shearing stress is 60,000 psi and the ultimate compressive stress is
80,000 psi?
Ans. F = 23,562 lbs.

8. A 20 mm diameter rivet is used to fasten two 25 mm thick plate. If the shearing

stress is 80 Mpa, what tensile force applied each plate will shear the bolt?
Ans. F = 25.132 KN
9. What modulus of elasticity in tension is required to obtain a unit deformation
of 0.00203 m/m from a load producing a unit tensile stress of 35,000 psi?
a. 12.22x106 psi c. 15.75x106 psi
b. 14.75x106 psi d. 17.24x106 psi

10. A cantilever beam 3 meters long by 30 cm depth by 10 cm breadth has single

load of 45 kg at the unsupported end. Determine the maximum flexural stress.
a. 9 kg/cm2 c. 15 kg/cm2
b. 2 kg/cm2 d. 20 kg/cm2