An open-link chain is obtained by bending low-carbon steel rods of 0.5-in. diameter into th shape shown (Fig. .a). Knowing that the chain carries a load of 160 lb, determine (a) the largest tensile and compressive stresses in the straight portion of a link, (b) the distance between the centroidal and the neutral axis of a cross section. 160 th
An open-link chain is obtained by bending low-carbon steel rods of 0.5-in. diameter into th shape shown (Fig. .a). Knowing that the chain carries a load of 160 lb, determine (a) the largest tensile and compressive stresses in the straight portion of a link, (b) the distance between the centroidal and the neutral axis of a cross section. 160 th
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Transcribed Image Text:An open-link chain is obtained by bending low-carbon steel rods of 0.5-in. diameter into the
shape shown (Fig. a). Knowing that the chain carries a load of 160 lb, determine (a) the
largest tensile and compressive stresses in the straight portion of a link, (b) the distance
between the centroidal and the neutral axis of a cross section.
160 lb
160 lb
-0.5 in.
0.65 in.
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