Question

Two steel plates are to be held together by means of 16-mm-diameter high-strength steel bolts fitting snugly inside cylindrical brass spacers. Knowing that the average normal stress must not exceed 210 MPa in the bolts and 145 MPa in the spacers, determine the outer diameter of the spacers that yields the most economical and safe design.

Answer 1

The outer diameter of the spacers that yields the most economical and safe design is 25.03 mm

Step-by-step explanation:

For steel bolt

Stress = 210 MPa or 210 N/mm2

Pressure = Stress* Area

Pbolt = 210 N/mm2 * 16^2 *(pi)/4

Pbolt = 210 N/mm2 * 200.96 mm^2 = 42201.6 N

For Brass spacer

Pressure = 42201.6 N

Area of Brass spacer = Pressure/Stress

Area of Brass spacer = 42201.6 N/145 N/mm^2 = 291.044 mm^2

Area of Brass spacer = (pi) (d^2 - 16^2)/4 = 291.044 mm^2

d^2 - 16^2 = 291.044 mm^2* 4/(pi) = 370.758

d^2 = 370.758 + 16^2

d^2 = 626.758

d = 25.03 mm

The outer diameter of the spacers that yields the most economical and safe design is 25.03 mm