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PROBLEM 11.17
Knowing that for the extruded beam shown the allowable stress is
120 MPa in tension and 150 MPa in compression, determine the largest
couple M that can be applied.
SOLUTION
Solid rectangle 4608 48 221,184
Square cutout –1296 30 –38,880
Σ 3312 182,304
182,304 55.04 mm
3312
= =Y
Neutral axis lies 55.04 mm above bottom.
top
bot
3 2 3 2 64
1 11 11
3 2 3 2 64
2 22 22
64
12
96 55.04 40.96 mm 0.04096 m
55.04 mm 0.05504 m
11
(48)(96) (48)(96)(7.04) 3.7673 10 mm
12 12
11
(36)(36) (36)(36)(25.04) 0.9526 10 mm
12 12
2.8147 10 mm
=−= =
=−=−
= += + = ×
= += + = ×
=−= × =
y
y
I bh Ad
I bh Ad
II I 64
2.8147 10 m
−
×
Top: (tension side)
66
3
(120 10 )(2.8147 10 ) 8.25 10 N m
0.04096
−
××
= =×⋅M
Bottom: (compression)
66
3
(150 10 )(2.8147 10 ) 7.67 10 N m
0.05504
××
= =×⋅M
Mall is the smaller value.