A short, hollow cast iron cylinder with a wall thickness of 1 cm is to carry a compressive load of 10 tonnes. If the working stress in compression is 800 kg/cm2, the outside diameter of the cylinder should not be less than
A steel wire is hang vertically under its own weight. What is the greatest length it can have if the allowable tensile stress is 2000 kg/cm2 and specific weight of steel is 8000 kg/cm
Three pieces of wood having 3.75 cm x 3.75 cm square cross-sections are glued together and to the foundation. If the horizontal force P = 600 kg is applie3d to the central piece, the average shearing stress in each of the glued joints would be
A prismatic steel bar 25 cm long is subjected to axial compressive force of 2000 kg. For steel E = 2 x 106 kg/cm2. The ratio of strain energy when the cross-sectional area is 25 sq. cm to that when the cross-section area is 12.5 sq cm, would be
A spherical pressure vessel is made of thin magnesium plate 0.25 cm thick. The main diameter of the sphere is 600 cm and allowable stress in tension is 900 kg/cm2. The safe internal gas pressure for the vessel would be
