1- A tensile stress is to be applied along the long axis of a cylindrical brass rod that

has a diameter of 10 mm (0.4 in.). Determine the magnitude of the load required
to produce a 2.5 * 103 mm change in diameter if the deformation is entirely
elastic.

2- A specimen of aluminum having a rectangular cross section 10 mm * 12.7 mm is

pulled in tension with 35,500 N force, producing only elastic deformation.
Calculate the resulting strain.

Solution
The cross-sectional area is just (10 mm) x (12.7 mm) = 127 mm2 also, the elastic
modulus for Al is given in Table 6.1 as 69 GPa
 Home work

1) A cylindrical specimen of a titanium alloy having an elastic modulus of 107 GPa

and an original diameter of 3.8 mm. will experience only elastic deformation
when a tensile load of 2000 N is applied. Compute the maximum length of the
specimen before deformation if the maximum allowable elongation is 0.42mm.

2) A steel bar 100 mm long and having a square cross section 20 mm on an edge is
pulled in tension with a load of 89,000 N and experiences an elongation of 0.10
mm. Assuming that the deformation is entirely elastic, calculate the elastic
modulus of the steel.

3) Consider a cylindrical titanium wire 3.0 mm in diameter and 2.5 * 104 mm long.
Calculate its elongation when a load of 500 N is applied. Assume that the
deformation is totally elastic.

4) For a bronze alloy, the stress at which plastic deformation begins is 275 MPa, and
the modulus of elasticity is 115 GPa
(a) What is the maximum load that may be applied to a specimen with a
cross-sectional area of 325 mm2 without plastic deformation?
(b) If the original specimen length is 115 mm, what is the maximum length to
which it may be stretched without causing plastic deformation?