Computes the diameter of a bar based on various stress conditions.

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Group Description

Consider the case of a bar made of a certain material on which various forces are exerted along its longitudinal axis, in an upward or downward direction. This module computes the minimum diameter of the bar such that it will withstand the sum of forces that act upon it, also taking into account a safety coefficient.

Technical details

This module computes the diameter of a bar in the case of tensial and/or compressive stress, where each section of the bar is found between the origins of two consecutive forces.

Let be the stress forces that act along the axis of the bar. We define for the norm of the resultant of the first forces, thus:

For the sake of clarity, the forces should be given in a consecutive order such that the diameters will correspond to consecutive sections of the bar.

In the following image you may notice the final shape of the bar (the red contour at the right side of the image) based on the various axial forces that act upon it. The diameter of sufficient size is in this case equal to corresponding to the maximum stress .

The force is the reaction force and are the lengths that give the origin of the axial forces.

References:

Gh. Buzdugan - "Strength of Materials"

Authors:

Grigore Bentea, Lucian Bentea (October 2006)

Interface

#include <codecogs/engineering/materials/strength/axial/bar_diameter.h>

using namespace Engineering::Materials::Strength::Axial;

	double	bar_diameter (int n, double *forces, double sigma) Computes the diameter of a bar based on the value of the maximum allowable stress per unit area.
	Real	cc_bar_diameter (Integer n, Range forces, Real sigma) This function is available as a Microsoft Excel add-in.
	Real	cc_bar_diameter_ird (Integer n, Range forces, Real sigma) This function is available as a Microsoft Excel add-in.
	double	bar_diameter (int n, double *forces, double E, double delta) Computes the diameter of a bar based on the value of the maximum allowable elongation/shortening and the elastic modulus.
	Real	cc_bar_diameter_irdd (Integer n, Range forces, Real E, Real delta) This function is available as a Microsoft Excel add-in.

Function Documentation

Considering the value of the maximum allowable stress per unit area, we compute the diameter of the bar using the following formula: where the value of is expressed as: with the failure stress per unit area and the safety coefficient. The values of for various materials are given in the following table.

Material	(N/sq.m)
Steel	6.2E+8 - 6.6E+8
Iron	2.6E+8 - 4.0E+8
Copper	3.2E+8
Wood	0.6E+8 - 1.0E+8

The example code below computes the diameter of a copper bar on which axial forces with various values are exerted.

Example 1:

#include <codecogs/engineering/materials/strength/axial/bar_diameter.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  // input data
  double F[4] = {32000, 11000, -8000, 2500}, sigma = 3.2E+8;

  // display the input data
  printf("Forces:\n\n");
  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
    printf("F[%d] = %8.2lf N\n", i+1, F[i]);
  printf("\nSigma = %.2lf N/sq.m\n\n", sigma);
 
  // compute the diameter of the bar
  double diameter = Engineering::Materials::Strength::Axial::bar_diameter
  (4, F, sigma);
 
  // display the result
  printf("Diameter = %.10lf m\n\n", diameter);
 
  return 0;
}

Output:

Forces:
 
F[1] = 32000.00 N
F[2] = 11000.00 N
F[3] = -8000.00 N
F[4] =  2500.00 N
 
Sigma = 320000000.00 N/sq.m
 
Diameter = 0.0130801974 m

Parameters:

n	the number of axial forces
forces	an array containing the signed value of each force (Newtons)
sigma	the value of the maximum allowable stress per unit area (Newtons per sq. meters)

Returns:

The diameter of the bar (meters).

Considering the value of the maximum allowable elongation/shortening and E the elastic modulus, we compute the diameter of the bar using the following formula:

The values of the elastic modulus E for various materials are given in the following table.

Material	E (N/sq.m)
Steel	0.2E+12 - 0.21E+12
Iron	0.115E+12 - 0.16E+12
Copper	0.11E+12 - 0.13E+12
Wood	0.9E+10 - 1.2E+10

The example code below computes the diameter of a copper bar on which axial forces with various values are exerted.

Example 2:

#include <codecogs/engineering/materials/strength/axial/bar_diameter.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  // input data
  double F[4] = {32000, 11000, -8000, 2500},
  E = 0.12E+12, delta = 1E-5;

  // display the input data
  printf("Forces:\n\n");
  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
    printf("F[%d] = %8.2lf N\n", i+1, F[i]);
  printf("\nE = %.2lf N/sq.m", E);
  printf("\nDelta = %.5lf m\n\n", delta);

  // compute the diameter of the bar
  double diameter = Engineering::Materials::Strength::Axial::bar_diameter
  (4, F, E, delta);
 
  // display the result
  printf("Diameter = %.10lf m\n\n", diameter);
 
  return 0;
}

Output:

Forces:
 
F[1] = 32000.00 N
F[2] = 11000.00 N
F[3] = -8000.00 N
F[4] =  2500.00 N
 
E = 120000000000.00 N/sq.m
Delta = 0.00001 m
 
Diameter = 0.2135987290 m

Parameters:

n	the number of axial forces
forces	an array containing the signed value of each force (Newtons)
E	the elastic modulus (Newtons per sq. meters)
delta	the value of the maximum allowable elongation/shortening (meters)

Returns:

The diameter of the bar (meters).