MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

AE 264 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS - SPRING 2014-2015
HOMEWORK 1
Assignment date: 26.02.2015
Due date: 05.03.2015
Please follow the rules given at the last page of the homework sheet while preparing
your homeworks. You should submit your solution of this homework on its due date till
10:40 to Ahmet Arda Akay, Room 005. Late homeworks will not be accepted!!

1.) Both portions of the rod ABC are made of an

aluminum for which E = 70 GPa. Knowing that the
magnitude of P is 6 kN, determine
(a) the value of Q so that the deflection at A is zero,
(b) the corresponding deflection of B.

2.) A rod consisting of two cylindrical portions AB

and BC is restrained at both ends. Portion AB is
made of brass (Eb = 105 GPa, b = 20.9 x 10-6/oC)
and portion BC is made of steel (Es = 72 GPa,
s = 23.9 x 10-6/ oC). Knowing that the rod is initially
unstressed, determine
(a) the normal stresses induced in portions AB and
BC by a temperature rise of 40 oC,
(b) the corresponding deflection of point B.

3.)

Each of the links AB and CD is made of

aluminum (E = 75 GPa) and has a cross-sectional

area of 125 mm2. Knowing that they support the rigid
member BC, determine the deflection of point E.

4.) In a standard tensile test, an aluminum rod of 22

mm diameter is subjected to a tension force of P = 30
kN. Knowing that = 0.35 and E = 70 GPa,
determine
(a) the elongation of the rod in a 150-mm gage
length,
(b) the change in diameter of the rod.

Prepare your homeworks considering the remarks below:

1. Read the problem carefully, and make sure that you understand what is asked
2. Always draw a proper Free Body Diagram (FBD) in the beginning of the solution. In the FBD there
should not be any supports, or cables; only the forces. Also, do not forget to show the orientation and
directions of the vectors properly.

3. Do not forget to use arrows over the vectors as well as the unit vectors (i.e. i , j , k , and , do not leave

as i or i ). In addition to this, do not equate vectorial quantities to scalars.

4. When writing an equilibrium equation, or calculating the moment of a force do not forget to show the
direction that you assumed to be positive.
5. How you obtain the results is as important as obtaining them. Hence, please explain your solution and
assumptions, and show all calculation steps clearly (this is a hw and you have lots of time to show the
steps). Be careful when rounding off the numbers.
6. If the gravitational acceleration (g) is to be used in the question, take its value as g = 9.81m/s2, not g =
10 m/s2.
7. Submit your homeworks on a standard A4 paper. Do not use a pen (especially in RED color). Please
write your name, ID number and section on the first page. Do not prepare a cover page, and you may use
back sides of the pages. Also, use stapler if you are to submit multiple pages.
8. The work you delivered should truly reflect your personal efforts and knowledge in the areas of questions.
Neither your peer consultations nor any help you got from others in any form should not go beyond
discussions on the solution methods used and/or cross-checking your findings. Duplicate work will be
discarded.
9. Late homeworks will not be accepted!!