King Saud University

College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Homework No. 3

Question 1
A steel bar of thickness 5 mm, to be used as a
beam, is welded to a vertical support by two
fillet welds as shown in the figure.
a) Find the safe bending force F if the
allowable shear stress in the welds is 140
MPa.
b) In part a, you found a simple expression
for F in terms of the allowable shear
stress. Find the allowable load if the
electrode is E7010, the bar is hot-rolled
1020, and the support is hot-rolled 1015.

Question 2
A vertical column of 1018 hot-rolled steel is 250 mm wide. An attachment has
been designed to the point shown in the figure. The static load of 80 kN is
applied, and the clearance “a” of 156 mm has to be equaled or exceeded. The
attachment is also 1018 hot-rolled steel, to be made from 12 mm plate with
weld-on bosses when all dimensions are known. Specify the weldment (give the
pattern, electrode number, type of weld, length of weld bead, and leg size).
Specify also the length l1 for the attachment.