4.

Determine the maximum weight of the flowerpot that can be supported without exceeding a cable
tension of 50lb in either cable AB or AC.

5. If the bucket and its contents have a total weight of 20lb, determine the force in the supporting cables
DA, DB, and DC.

6. (a) Determine the moment of each of the three forces about point A. (b) Determine the magnitude of
the resultant force and its location from point A.
10. Determine the force in each member of the truss and state if the members are in tension or
compression. Set P1 = 6kN, P2 = 9kN.

11. Determine the force in members BC, CF, and FE. State if the members are in tension or
compression.

12. Determine the minimum force P to prevent the 30kg rod AB from sliding. The contact surface at B
is smooth, whereas the coefficient of static friction between the rod and the wall at A is µ s = 0.2.
15. Determine the reversed horizontal force − P needed to pull out wedge A. The coefficient of static
friction between A and C and between B and D is µ s = 0.2, and between A and B µ s = 0.1. Neglect the
weight of each wedge.

16. (a) Determine the coordinates of the centroid of the given area. (b) Determine its moment of inertia
with respect to its centroidal x-axis.
19. The cable supports a girder which weighs 850 lb/ft. Determine the tension in the cable at points A,
B, and C.

20. A hole is to be punched out of a plate having a shearing strength of 40ksi. The compressive stress in
the punch is limited to 50ksi. (a) Compute the maximum thickness of the plate from which a hole 2.5in.
in diameter can be punched. (b) If the plate is 0.25in. thick, determine the diameter of the smallest hole
that can be punched.
22. A compression bar having a square cross section of width 3” must
support a load P. The bar is constructed from two pieces of material
that are connected by a glued joint (known as a scarf joint) along plane
pq, which is at an angle α = 40° to the vertical. The material is a
structural plastic for which the allowable stresses in compression and
shear are 1100psi and 600psi, respectively. Also, the allowable stresses
in the glued joint are 750psi in compression and 500psi in shear.
Determine the maximum force P it could carry.

23. A compound bar consisting of bronze, aluminum, and steel segments is loaded axially as shown in
the figure. Determine the maximum allowable value of P if the change in length of the bar is limited to
2 mm and the working stresses prescribed in the table are not to be exceeded.
26. A reinforced concrete column 200mm in diameter is designed to carry an axial compressive load of
300kN. Determine the required area of the reinforcing steel if the allowable stresses are 6MPa and
120MPa for the concrete and steel, respectively. Use Ec =14GPa and Es = 200GPa.

27. A steel rod is stretched between two rigid walls and carries a tensile load of 5000N at 20°C. If the
allowable stress is not to exceed 130MPa at –20°C, what is the minimum diameter of the rod?
Assume α = 11.7 μm/(m∙°C) and Est = 200GPa.

28. At a temperature of 80°C, a steel tire 12mm thick and 90mm wide that is to be shrunk onto a
locomotive driving wheel 2m in diameter just fits over the wheel, which is at a temperature of 25°C.
Determine the contact pressure between the tire and wheel after the assembly cools to 25°C. Neglect
the deformation of the wheel caused by the pressure of the tire. Assume E = 200GPa and α = 11.7
μm/(m∙°C)
31. A steel wire (E = 200GPa) of diameter d = 1.25mm is bent around a pulley of radius R 0 = 500mm.
What is the maximum stress in the wire?

32. A simply supported wood beam AB with span length L = 4m carries a uniform load of intensity
q = 5.8 kN/m. Calculate the maximum bending stress due to the load if the beam has a rectangular cross
section with width b = 140mm and height h = 240mm.
35. A metal beam is simply supported and sustains a uniform load of 160 lb/in including its own
weight. The beam is rectangular with width b = 1in. and height h = 4in. Determine the normal stress
and shear stress at point C which is located 1 in. below the top of the beam and 8in. from the right
support.

36. A beam having a T-shaped section is subjected to a vertical shear force of V = 10,000N. The cross-
sectional dimensions are flange width, b f = 100mm, flange thickness, tf = 25 mm, gross depth of
h = 200mm and web thickness of 25mm. Determine the maximum and minimum shear stresses in the
junction and the maximum stress in the web.

37. A box beam of wood is constructed of two 260mm x 50mm boards and two 260mm x 25mm
boards. The boards are nailed at a longitudinal spacing s = 100mm. If each nail has an allowable shear
force F = 1200N, what is the maximum allowable shear force Vmax?
41. 42.

43.

44. A 10-m beam is simply supported; a moving wheel load of 30kN is imposed. Using the concept of
influence line. Determine the: (a) maximum reaction at the left support; (b) maximum positive shear at
a point 2 m from the left support; (c) maximum negative shear at a point 2 m from the left support; (d)
the maximum positive moment at the mid span.

45. The beam supports a distributed live load of 1.5 kN/m and single concentrated load of 8kN. The
dead load is 2 kN/m. Determine (a) the maximum positive moment at C, (b) the maximum positive
shear at C.