Chapter 1, Problem 1.8.15P

.15 A hitch-mounted bicycle rack is designed to carry up to four 30-lb bikes mounted on and strapped to two arms Gil (sec bike loads in the figure part a) The rack is attached to the vehicle at A and is assumed to be like a cant silkier beam A BCDGII (figure part b) The light of fixed segment AB is U = 10 lb. centered 9 in. from A (see figure part b) and the rest of the rack highs W2 = 40 lb. centered 19 in. from A. Segment ABCDG is a steel tube o(2 X 2 in. with a thickness I = 118 in. Segment BCDGII pivots about a bolt at B with a diameter d1 = 0.25 in. to allow access to the rear of the vehicle without removing the hitch rack. When in use, the rack is secured in an upright posit ion by a pin C(diameter o( pin d, = 5116 in.) (see phoo and figure part C). The of returning effect of the bikes on the rack is resisted by a force couple F h at BC.

(a) Find the support reactions at A for the fully loaded rack.

(b) Find forces in the bolt at B and the pin at C.

(c) Find average shear stresses in both the bolt at Band the pin at C. (d) Find average bearing stresses o, in the bolt at B and the pin at C.