The company has been asked to assess the effects of a variety of engineering conditions on a selection of components, perform calculations for the components that follow.
A. A medium carbon annealed steel rod has a rectangular cross section and must cope with a tension of 3 tones, the thickness of the rod is 15mm, calculate the size of the cross section.
B. Calculate the tensile stress in a rod 40mm in diameter with a load of 200kN.
C. Calculate the diameter of a medium carbon steel pin in double shear subjected to a suddenly applied shearing force of 150000 N.