MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BEARING STRESS
MEC32/A1
Members:
BARRIENTOS, Lei Anne
MARTIREZ, Wilbur
MORIONES, Jan Ebenezer
NERI, Laiza Paulene

TOPICS

THEORY ON BEARING STRESS

FORMULA FOR BEARING STRESS

EXAMPLES ON BEARING STRESS

Bearing stress is a contact pressure between

separate bodies. It differs from compressive
stress because compressive stress is the
internal stress caused by a compressive force.

FORMULA:

Where:

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL, SHEAR

AND BEARING STRESSES

Normal Stress stress normal to the surface

Shearing Stress stress tangent to the

surface

Bearing Stress compressive force divided

by the characteristic area perpendicular to it

Bearing Stress compressive force divided

by the characteristic area perpendicular to it

PROBLEM 1
In Fig. 1-12, assume that a 20-mm-diameter rivet
joins the plates that are each 110 mm wide. The
allowable stresses are 120 MPa for bearing in the
plate material and 60 MPa for shearing of rivet.
Determine (a) the minimum thickness of each
plate; and (b) the largest average tensile stress in
the plates.

SOLUTION
a) From shearing of rivet:

From bearing of plate material:

b) Largest average tensile stress in the

plate:

PROBLEM 2
In the clevis shown in Fig. 1-11b, find the minimum
bolt diameter and the minimum thickness of each
yoke that will support a load P = 14 kips without
exceeding a shearing stress of 12 ksi and a bearing
stress of 20 ksi.

SOLUTION
For shearing of rivets (double shear):

For bearing of yoke:

PROBLEM
3
The lap joint shown in the figure is fastened by
three 20 mm. diameter rivets. Assuming that
P=50
Kn.
1. Determine
the shearing stress in each rivet.
2. Determine the bearing stress in each plate.
3. Determine the maximum average tensile
stress in each plate. Assume that the axial load P
is distributed equally among the three rivets.

SOLUTION
1. Shearing stress in each rivet

2. Bearing Stress in each plate

3. Maximum tensile stress in each plate

PROBLEM 4
For the lap joint shown in the figure.
1. Determine the maximum safe load P which
may be applied if the shearing stress in the rivets
is limited to 60 MPa.
2. Determine the safe load P which may be
applied if the bearing stress of the plate is limited
to Determine
110 Mpa. the safe load P if the average tensile
3.
stress of the plate is limited to 140 Mpa.

1. Safe load P due to shear of rivets

2. Load P due to bearing of plates

3. Load P due to tearing of

plates
P

Therefore, maximum safe load, P=56 5

N (shearing of rivets govern).

SUMMARY
Bearing

stress is a contact pressure

between separate bodies.

Where:

REFERENCES
Strength of Materials 4th Edition
by Andrew Pytel and Ferdinand L.
Singer
Mechanics of Materials 2nd Edition
by Andrew Pytel and Jaan
Kiusalaas
How materials carry load? http://emweb.unl.edu/
Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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