Assignment No.

Deflection and average

stresses

Submitted by Muhammad Imran

Kareem
Registration No. FA13-BME-011

Instructor
Dr. Muhammad Abid

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal
 Date: April 20, 2017

Question No. 4
Thin steel plate with the profile shown in the accompanying figure is subjected to an axial load.
Approximate the deflection and the average normal stresses along the plate using the model
shown in the figure. The plate has a thickness of 0.125 in and a modulus of elasticity E = 28x106.

Figure 1: A Thin steel plate.

Solution:

( 4 ) ( 0.125 ) ( 28 106 )
1= K 6 =
( 2)
K

lb
1= K 6 =7 106

K
 ( 0.625 ) ( 0.125 ) ( 28 106 )
K 2=K 3 K 4 =K 5=
8

lb
K 2=273438

7 10 6 7 10 6 0 0 u1 0
u 0
7 10 7 10 1093750 1093750
6 6
0 2
0 1093750 1093750 7 10 6 7 10 6 u3 0

0 0 7 10 6 7 10 6 u4 =
500

8093950 1093950 0 u2 0
1093950 8093950 7 10 6 u 0
3
0 7 10 6 7 10 6 u 4 500

A b c d
8093950 -1093950 0 0
-1093950 8093950 -7000000 0
0 -7000000 7000000 500

inverse
1.42857E- 1.42857E- 1.42857E- 7.14286E-05
07 07 07
1.42857E- 1.05698E- 1.05698E- 0.000528488
07 06 06
1.42857E- 1.05698E- 1.19983E- 0.000599916
07 06 06

5 4 4
2= 7.142857 10 u3=5.285714 10 u4 =6 10
u
 7.1428 105
2


( u u )
1=E 2 1 =28 106
l

5.2857 104 7.1428 105

8


( u u )
2=E 3 2 =28 106
l

6 106 5.2857 104

2


( u u )
3=E 4 3 =28 10 6
l