MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

PROBLEM SET 5 – STRAIN

1. A uniform concrete slab of total weight W is to be 3. Find the required thickness of the hollow steel
attached, as shown in Fig. P-215, to two rods column shown. Ans. 0.63 in
whose lower ends are on the same level.
Determine the ratio of the areas of the rods so that
the slab will remain level.
Ans. 3.867

2. For the problem, use Esteel = 30,000 ksi and Ecopper =

18,000 ksi
(a) If the wires have the same diameters, what is
4. If the maximum permissible elongation of the wire
the ratio of the elongation of the copper wire to
is 3.0 mm and the allowable stress in tension is 60
the elongation of the steel wire?
MPa, what is the allowable load P?
(b) If the wires stretch the same amount, what is
d=2 mm; L=3.8 m; E=75 GPa
the ratio of the diameter of the copper wire to the
Ans. P=186 N
diameter of the steel wire?
Ans. a) 1.67; b) 1.29

5. A solid circular steel rod 6mm in diameter and

500mm long is rigidly fastened to the end of a
square brass bar 25mm on a side and 400mm long,
the geometric axes of the bars lying along the same
line. An axial tensile force of 5 kN is applied at each
of the extreme ends. Determine the total
elongation of the assembly. For steel, E=200 GPa
and for brass, E=90 GPa. Ans. 0.477 mm