Civil Engineering Exams (Civil Design) – Flashcard Mode

A 12 mm thick steel tire, has a width of 110 mm and it has an internal diameter of 800 mm. The tire is heated and shrunk to a steel wheel 800.5 mm diameter. Modulus of elasticity E = 200GPa. Determine the thickness of the tire to resist pressure of 1.5MPa if it has an allowable stress of 124 MPa.