TUTORIAL 7

Design of Machine Elements

ME 351 (23/02/17)

NOTE: MARKS ARE SHOWN AGAINST EACH STEP MM:25

Q1. A 30 mm thick AISI steel plate is sandwiched between two 10 mm thick 2014-T3 aluminum plates and compressed
with a bolt and nut with no washers. The bolt is M10X1.5, property class 5.8.
(a) Determine a suitable length for the bolt, rounded up to the nearest 5 mm.
(b) Determine the bolt stiffness.
(c) Determine the stiffness of the members.
Sol. 1. (a) From Table A-31, the nut height is H = 8.4 mm. L > l +H = 50+8.4 =58.4 mm.
Rounding up, L = 60 mm. [2]
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(b) From Eq. (8-14), LT = 2d+6 = 2(10)+6 = 26 mm, ld = L-LT = 60-26 = 34 mm, lt = l-ld = 50-34 = 16 mm.
d 2 102
Ad 78.54 mm2. From Table 8-1, At = 58 mm2. [2]
4 4
From Eq. (8-17):
Ad At E
kb 292.1 MN/m. [3]
Ad lt At l d
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(c)

Upper and lower frustums are the same. For the upper half,
Aluminum: t = 10 mm, d = 10 mm, D = 15 mm, and from Table 8-8, E = 71 GPa.
From Eq. (8-20):
0.5774 (71)10
k1 1576MN/m. [3]
ln
1.155(10) 15 10(15 10)
1.155(10) 15 10(15 10)
Steel: t = 15 mm, d = 10 mm, D = 15+2(10) tan300 = 26.55 mm, and from Table 8-8, E = 207 GPa.
From Eq. (8-20):
0.5774 (207)10
k2 11440MN/m. [3]
ln
1.155(15) 26.55 10(26.55 10)
1.155(15) 26.55 10(26.55 10)
1
1 1
From the top half, k m 1385MN/m. [1]
k1 k 2
Since the bottom half is the same, the overall stiffness is given by:
 1
1 1
km 692.5 MN/m. [1]

km km
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Q2. For a bolted assembly with eight bolts, the stiffness of each bolt is kb = 1.0 MN/mm and the stiffness of the
members is km = 2.6 MN/mm per bolt. The joint is subjected to occasional disassembly for maintenance and should be
preloaded accordingly. Assume the external load is equally distributed to all the bolts. It has been determined to use
M6X1 class 5.8 bolts with rolled threads.
(a) Determine the maximum external load Pmax that can be applied to the entire joint without exceeding the proof
strength of the bolts.
(b) Determine the maximum external load Pmax that can be applied to the entire joint without causing the members
to come out of compression.

Sol. 2. (a) Table 8-1, At = 20.1 mm2, Table 8-11, Sp = 380 MPa.
Eq. (8-31), Fi 0.75Fp 0.75 At S p 5.73 kN. [2]
kb
Eq. (f), p. 436: C 0.278 . [2]
k b k m
Eq. (8-28) with np = 1:
S p At Fi 0.25S p At
P 6.869 kN. Ptotal NP 8(6.869) 55 kN. [3]
C C
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(b) Eq. (8-30) with n0 = 1:
F
P i 7.94 kN. Ptotal = NP = 63.5 kN. [3]
1 C
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