2. PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION
❖ When there are numbers of loads are acting together on an elastic material, the
resultant strain will be the sum of individual strains caused by each load acting
separately.
A B
C D
𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐 𝑷𝟑 𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟏
𝑳𝟐 𝑳𝟑
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
3. A B
𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐
𝑳𝟏
𝑷𝟑
𝑷𝟒
A B
C D
𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐 𝑷𝟑 𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟏
𝑳𝟐 𝑳𝟑
𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝐵 𝛿𝑙𝐴𝐵 =
𝑃𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐴𝐵
𝐴𝐴𝐵𝐸𝐴𝐵
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
4. B C
𝑷𝟏
𝑷𝟐 𝑷𝟑
𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟐
A B
C D
𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐 𝑷𝟑 𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟏
𝑳𝟐 𝑳𝟑
𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝐶 𝛿𝑙𝐵𝐶 =
𝑃𝐵𝐶𝐿𝐵𝐶
𝐴𝐵𝐶
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
5. A B
C D
𝑷𝟏 𝑷𝟐 𝑷𝟑 𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟏
𝑳𝟐 𝑳𝟑
C D
𝑷𝟏
𝑷𝟐
𝑷𝟑 𝑷𝟒
𝑳𝟑
𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝐷 𝛿𝑙𝐶𝐷 =
𝑃𝐶𝐷𝐿𝐶𝐷
𝐴𝐶𝐷
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
7. Problem 01
A brass bar having cross sectional area of 1000 𝑚𝑚2 is subjected to axial forces as shown
below. Find the total elongation of the bar. Take 𝐸 = 1.05 × 105 𝑁/𝑚𝑚2.
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂:
𝑻𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑟 (𝛿𝑙) =?
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎 𝟏 𝒎 𝟏. 𝟐 𝒎
A B C D
𝐴 = 1000 𝑚𝑚2
𝐿1 = 600 𝑚𝑚
𝐿2 = 1𝑚 = 1000 𝑚𝑚
𝐿3 = 1.2 𝑚 = 1200 𝑚𝑚
𝐸 = 1.05 × 105 Τ
𝑁 𝑚 𝑚2
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
8. 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝛿𝑙 =
𝑃1𝐿1
𝐴1𝐸1
+
𝑃2𝐿2
𝐴2𝐸2
+
𝑃3𝐿3
𝐴3𝐸3
𝛿𝑙 =
𝑃1𝐿1 + 𝑃2𝐿2 + 𝑃3𝐿3
𝐴𝐸
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
9. 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎 𝟏 𝒎 𝟏. 𝟐 𝒎
A B C D
1 3
2
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 1
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐴 = 50 𝑘𝑁 𝑇
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐵 = 80 − 20 − 10 = 50 𝑘𝑁 𝑇
∴ 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟏, 𝑷𝟏 = 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝑻
A B
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵
1
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
10. 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎 𝟏 𝒎 𝟏. 𝟐 𝒎
A B C D
1 3
2
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 2
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐵 = 50 − 80 = −30 𝑘𝑁 = 30 𝑘𝑁 𝐶
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐶 = −20 − 10 = −30 𝑘𝑁 = −30 𝑘𝑁 𝐶
∴ 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟐, 𝑷𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝑪
B C
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝒎𝒎
2
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
11. 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎 𝟏 𝒎 𝟏. 𝟐 𝒎
A B C D
1 3
2
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 3
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑐 = 50 + 20 − 80 = −10 𝑘𝑁 = 10 𝑘𝑁 𝐶
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝐷 = −10 = −10 𝑘𝑁 = −10 𝑘𝑁 𝐶
∴ 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑, 𝑷𝟑 = 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝑪
C D
𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎
3
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
20. Problem 01
A tensile load of 40 kN is acting on a rod of diameter 40 mm and of length 4 m. A bore of
diameter 20 mm is made centrally on the rod. To what length the rod should be bored so
that the total extension will increase 30% under the same tensile load. Take 𝐸 = 2.1 ×
105 𝑁/𝑚𝑚2.
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂:
𝑻𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅:
𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 (𝑥) =?
𝑃 = 40 𝑘𝑁 = 40 × 103 𝑁 𝐷 = 40 𝑚𝑚 𝐿 = 4 𝑚 = 4000 𝑚𝑚 𝐸 = 2 × 105 Τ
𝑁 𝑚 𝑚2
𝑑𝐵 = 20 𝑚𝑚 𝛿𝑙𝑆𝐵 = 1.3 𝛿𝑙 𝐷S = 40 𝑚𝑚
𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟒 𝒎
𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝒙 𝒎
𝟒𝟎 𝒌𝑵
BIBIN.C / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / RMK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY