Strength of Materials - Shear Stresses
Strength of Materials - Shear Stresses
Strength of Materials - Shear Stresses
2. Low-carbon structural steel has a shearing ultimate strength of approximately 300 MPa. Determine the force
P necessary to punch a 2.5-cm-diameter hole through a plate of this steel 1 cm thick. If the modulus of
elasticity in shear for this material is 82 GPa, find the shear strain at the edge of this hole when the shear
stress is 143 MPa.
4. The shearing stress in a piece of structural steel is 100 MPa. If the modulus of rigidity G is 85 GPa, find
the shearing strain .
6. One common type of weld for joining two plates is the fillet weld. This weld undergoes shear as well as
tension or compression and frequently bending in addition. For the two plates shown, determine the
allowable tensile force P that may be applied using an allowable working stress of 77 MPa for shear
loading. Consider only shearing stresses in the weld. The load is applied midway between the two welds.
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7. Shafts and pulleys are usually fastened together by means of
a key, as shown the figure. Consider a pulley subject to a
turning moment T of 1000 Nm keyed by a
1 1 8 cm key to the shaft. The shaft is 5 cm in
diameter. Determine the shear stress on a horizontal plane
through the key.
10. Two 1.5-mm-thick strips of titanium alloy 45 mm wide are joined by a 45 laser weld as shown. A 100 kW
carbon dioxide laser system is employed to form the joint. If the allowable shearing stress in the alloy is 440
MPa and the joint is assumed to be 100 percent efficient, determine the maximum allowable force P that
may be applied.
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