An extruded polymer beam is subjected to a bending moment M. The length of the beam is L = 560 mm. The cross-sectional dimensions of the beam are b1 = 32 mm, d1 = 118 mm, b2 = 19 mm, d2 = 19 mm, and a = 6.5 mm. For this material, the allowable tensile bending stress is 14 MPa, and the allowable compressive bending stress is 13 MPa. Determine the largest moment M that can be applied as shown to the beam. b2 a M d2 В L b1 Answer: M = i N-m

A steel component is subjected to alternate cyclical loading. The steel follows Basquin's law for high cycle fatigue, o, x N = C, (where the stress amplitude is in MPa). Ignore the geometric detail and assume that Marin's modifying factors are all equal to 1. You are given the minimum stress ain = -213 MPa, the maximum stress omax = 213 MPa. The material data are Tensile strength oUTS = 539 MPa, Basquin's constant c, = 875 MPa, Basquin's exponent a = 0.085. a) Calculate the stress ratio R, the stress amplitude o, in MPa and the mean stress am in MPa. The answers are acceptable with a tolerance of 0.01 for R and of 1 MPa the stresses. R: MPa MPа b) Calculate the corresponding life, in 10° cycles, (tolerance of 0.1 106 cycles) N :

An extruded polymer beam is subjected to a bending moment M. The length of the beam is L = 680 mm. The cross-sectional dimensions of the beam are b1 = 33 mm, d1 = 93 mm, b2 = 20 mm, d2 = 20 mm, and a = 6.5 mm. For this material, the allowable tensile bending stress is 16 MPa, and the allowable compressive bending stress is 9 MPa. Determine the %3D largest moment M that can be applied as shown to the beam. b2 M d2 d1 | A B L b1 Answer: M = i N•m

An aluminium specimen with an initial gauge diameter d, = 10 mm and gauge length, 1, = 100 mm is %3D subjected to tension test. A tensile force P= 50 kN is applied at the ends of the specimen as shown, resulting in an elongation of 1 mm in gauge length. The Poisson's ratio (µ) of the specimen is Take shear modulus of material, G = 25 GPa. Consider engineering stress-strain conditions. P