Board work March 29, 2023

MEng 147 – Mechanical Properties (stress and strain)

1. A steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the
diameter of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and ultimate stress of 64 ksi.

2. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is 42 ksi, what force is necessary to punch
a 0.75 in diameter hole in a 5/8” thk plate?

3. What force P is required to punch a ½” hole of a 3/8” thk plate the ultimate shear
strength on the plate is 42,000 lb/in² and the yield strength is 32, 000 lb/in²?

4. A 2.5 in diameter by 2 in long journal bearing is to carry a 5500 lbs load at 3600 rpm
using SAE 40 lube oil at 200 deg. F through a single hole at 2 psi. Compute the bearing
pressure.

5. A journal bearing with diameter of 76.2 mm is subjected to a load of 4900 N while

rotating at 200 rpm. If its coefficient of friction is 0.05 and the L/D = 2.5, find its
projected area in mm².

6. What modulus of elasticity in tension is required to obtain a unit deformation of 0.00105

m/m from a load producing a unit tensile stress of 44,000 psi?

7. The shaft whose torque varies from 2000 to 6000 lb-in has 1 ½ inches in diameter and
60,000 psi yield strength. Compute for the shaft mean average stress.

8. How many 5/16 inch holes can be punch in one motion in a steel plate made of SAE
1010 steel, 7/16 inch thk using a force of 55 tons. The ultimate strength for shear is 50
ksi and use 2 factor of safety.

9. Determine the minimum mean diameter of a taper pin for use to fix a lever to a shaft, if
it is to transmit a maximum torque of 700 lb-in. The shaft diameter is 2 inches and the
material allowable stress is 15000 psi. Use factor of safety of 2.

10. The diameter of a brass rod is 6mm. What force will stretch it by 0.2% of its length
young’s modulus of elasticity = 9 x 10^10 Pa.