Sample Problems

Stress Concepts

• A prismatic bar made of two pieces of wood is glued together.  Find the maximum load that can be applied to the bar .......... Problem 1.3 of book. PDF Format Maple File

• Finding body stresses that describe the state of equilibrium .....  Problem 1.8 of book PDF Format Maple File

Strain Concepts and Hooke's Law

• Finding change in length of an element in a rectangular plate based on given strains ........  Problem 2.9 PDF Format Maple File
• Finding strain components from strain gage readings .......... Problem 2.24 PDF Format Maple File

• Cantilevered Beam with a Concentrated Load PDF Format

• Problem 3.8 PDF Format Maple File

• Problem 3.32 PDF Format Maple File

• Triangular Wedge Cantilever Problem PDF Format

• Hole in an Infinite Plate Problem PDF Format

• Problem 8.5 PDF Format Maple File
• Problem 8.30 PDF Format Maple File
• Compound Cylinder Problem PDF Format

• Problem 1.33 PDF Format Maple File

Strain energy concepts

• Problem 2.39 PDF Format Maple File
• Problem 4.8 PDF Format Maple File

• Problem 10.25 PDF Format Maple File
• Problem of spring deflection solved using Rayleigh-Ritz method
• Problem of beam deflection with uniformly distributed load using Rayleigh-Ritz method
• Problem of axial displacement of a uniaxial load on a tapered beam using Rayleigh-Ritz method