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PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED:
+4. A 50mm by 100mm timber is used as a column with fixed ends. Determine the
‘minimum length at which Euler's formula can be used if E = 10 GPa and the
al limit is 30 MPa. What central load can be carried with a factor of
safety of 2iflength is 2.5m?
wo C310 * 48 channels are latticed together so they have equal moments of
7 inertia about the principal axes. Determine the minimum length of @ colurnn
thaving this secon, assuming pinned ends, E = 200 GPa, and a proportional limit
of 240 MPa. What safe load will the column carry for a length of 12m with a factor
of safety of 2.57
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and support an axial load of 270 kN with a factor of safety of 2.5. Assume that
the properdonal iti 200MPa and 200 Gres
4/Determine the slendemess ratio of a §-m column with builtin ends if its cross
section is (a) circular with a radius of 40mm and (b) 50mm square. Use the
concept of effective length,
5, /etermine the maximum length of a W250 * 167 section used as a hinged-end
“colum to support a load of 1600 KN. Use AISC specifications withF, = 380 MPa
and £ = 200 GPa
6. A WS10 = 52 section is used as @ column with hinged ends. Using AISC
specifications, determine the maximum load that can be applied if (a) L= 10m; (b)
L=14m. Use F)=250 MPa and E=200 GPa
7. A steel column with an effective length of 10 m is fabricated from two C250 x 45,
channels laticed together so that the section has equal moments of inertia about
the principal axes. Determine the safe load using AISC specifications. Use F,=
380 MPa and E = 200 GPa.
8. Select the lightest W shape that can be used as a column to support an axial
load of 420 kN on an effective length of 4m. Use AISC specifications with F,=
250 MPa and E = 200 GPa,
9. Select the lightest W shape, according to AISC specifications, that can be used
28 a column to support an axial load of 700 KN on an effective length of 5.5 m.
‘Assume F, = 250 MPa and E = 200 GPa,
AS Repeat Prob. 9 assuming thatthe axial oad is 690 KN and F)= 345 MPa
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11, Compute the safe axial loads for an oak column 150 mm by 200 mm ifthe length
is (@) 2m and (b) 4m. Use E= 11.5GPa.
12,4, W360 * 122 section is used as a column with an effective length of 10 m.
‘Determine the maximum load that can be carried at an eccentricity of 300 mm.
‘Should the load be placed on the X or Y axis? Assume F = 290 MPa and E =
200 GPa.
13.4 W360 « 134 section is used as a column whose effective length is 6 m. The
// column carries an axial load of 260 KN and an eccentric load of 220 KN appliedgrec emma gmeucrO RES LaRDUNgAS RE ONT RS PTY pe ORDA SHIRL AE ern
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Con the minor axis. Determine e, the maximum eccentricity of the load, using Fy=
250 MPa and E = 200 GPa.
14,4°€310 * 45 channel is used as a hinged-end column 2.2 m long. How far off
‘center can a load of 50 KN be placed on the X axis? Assume Fy = 380 MPa and
that the tensile stress is to be limited to 140 MPa. On which side of the Y axis
must the load be placed? Use E= 200 GPa.
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plates are joined by four rivets 25 mm in diameter, as shown in Fig. P-15.
Find the allowable load P if the working stresses are 80 MPa for shear, 90 MPa
for tension, and 120 MPa for bearing. ‘ns: P= 111 kN
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16. Repeat Prob.15 assuming that the allowable stresses are 80 MPa for shear, 120
MPa for tension, and 200 MPa for bearing.
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mm diameter and the plates are & mm thick. Use allowable stresses of 95 MPa
for shear, 140 MPa for tension, and 220 MPa for bearing. Ans. P= 242kN