Question

An 60-m long wire of 5-mm diameter is made of steel with E = 200 GPa and ultimate tensile strength of 400 MPa. If a factor of safety of 3.2 is desired, determine (a) the allowable tension in the wire (b) the corresponding elongation of the wire

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 2.45 KN

b) 0.0375 m

Explanation:

$(a) \quad \sigma_{v}=400 \times 10^{6} \mathrm{Pa} \quad A=\frac{\pi}{4} d^{2}=\frac{\pi}{4}(5)^{2}=19.635 \mathrm{mm}^{2}=19.635 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{m}^{2}$

$P_{U}=\sigma_{U} A=\left(400 \times 10^{6}\right)\left(19.635 \times 10^{-6}\right)=7854 \mathrm{N}$

$P_{\text {al }}=\frac{P_{U}}{F S}=\frac{7854}{3.2}=2454 \mathrm{N}$

(b) $\quad \delta=\frac{P L}{A E}=\frac{(2454)(60)}{\left(19.635 \times 10^{-6}\right)\left(200 \times 10^{9}\right)}=37.5 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{m}$