The deck of a bridge is made up of 12 mm thick steel plates 2 m long by 1·2 m wide. Under load, the plate is subject to tensile forces of 7·5 kN longitudinally and 6 kN across the width. Determine the change in the thickness of the plate under this load regime. Modulus of elasticity = 210 GN/m² and Poisson’s ratio = 0·3

The deck of a bridge is made up of 12 mm thick steel plates 2 m long by 1·2 m wide. Under load, the plate is subject to tensile forces of 7·5 kN longitudinally and 6 kN across the width. Determine the change in the thickness of the plate under this load regime. Modulus of elasticity = 210 GN/m² and Poisson’s ratio = 0·3

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Chapter7: Analysis Of Stress And Strain

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