Assignment no 5

1) Two cylinders P and Q rest in a channel as shown in Fig.

The cylinder P has diameter of 100 mm and weighs 200 N,
whereas the cylinder Q has diameter of 180 mm and
weighs 500 N. If the bottom width of the box is 180 mm,
with one side vertical and the other inclined at 60°,
determine the pressures at all the four points of contact.

2) Three cylinders weighting 100 N each and of 80 mm diameter are

placed in a channel of 180 mm width as shown in Fig. Determine
the pressure exerted by (i) the cylinder A on B at the point of
contact (ii) the cylinder B on the base and (iii) the cylinder B on
the wall.

3) A steel rod of cross-sectional area 800 mm2 and two brass rods each of cross sectional area 500
mm2 together support a load of 25 kN as shown in Fig. Calculate the stresses in the rods. Take E
for steel as 200 GPa and E for brass as 100 GPa.

4) Calculate modulus of rigidity and bulk

modulus of cylindrical bar of diameter 30 mm and length 1.5 m, if the longitudinal strain in a bar
during a tensile stress is four times the lateral strain. Find the change in volume, when the bar is
subjected to a pressure of 100 N/mm2. Take E = 1 x 106 N/mm2.