NAME:____________________________________ Roll No:_______________ Group:_______________

This submission is original work and no part is plagiarized (signed) ___________(Date)___________

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

ASSIGNMENT - 4.
DESIGN AGAINST FAILURE UNDER DYNAMIC ACTIONS

UTA013 Engineering Design Project-I

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NAME:____________________________________ Roll No:_______________ Group:_______________
ASSIGNMENT - 4.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPONENT
DESIGN AGAINST FAILURE UNDER DYNAMIC ACTIONS

The following tasks have been based on the lecture by Dr. T K Bera on designing
against structural failure under dynamic loads. Complete the following
individually, copying will be dealt with severely.

Notes:
1. Excel spreadsheet to be created for Q1, Q2 (a) and Q3 and evaluated by end
of 2 hour class.
2. The print of this word document with graphs (with Name and Roll No in
text box) and hand written conclusion, name and roll number on every
page, stapled together, is to be submitted in next Tutorial class (if it is a
holiday, then as instructed). Submit your documents on time. No extensions
will be granted.

Despite this list, try and enjoy the assignment and try to think around the subject as
much as possible and take from it any tips that you might use with your own
Catapult.

When you have built your own mangonel, with your own choice of rotating arm, L2
part (ie spoon: material, diameter and length) and having measured the rotational
velocity on impact using the electronic component of this project, then the
procedures in Assignments 3 and 4 should allow you to make a reasonable
prediction as to whether your chosen arm is likely to fail statically when fully loaded
or dynamically when the missile is released. It would clearly be desirable to avoid
an unexpected structural failure of any part during the competition!

Marking Scheme:Assignment 4 (10Marks) =10%

Evaluation at end of 2 Hours Tutorial: 5 Marks
Evaluation from printout submission:5 Marks

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TUTORIAL CLASS EVALUATION Q1-Q3. [5 Marks]

Q1. A dowel of 0.006mdiameter (d), a beam span of 0.3m, fails at a static failure
load of 47N. Calculate the static failure stressin Excel sheet.
(Evaluated at the end of the Tutorial class)
Measured Calculated Actual strength
y=d/
Span Dia Failure Force M=PL/4 2 I=d^4/64 y*M/I
L mm d mm PN Nmm mm mm^4 MPa(N/mm^2)
300 6 47 3525 3 63.61725 166.2285

Q2. (a) A series of dynamic tests were performed where weights of different
magnitude were dropped onto the dowel span from different heights. The
following table was produced;
Height
Weight Strike
Mass (kg) Failure
(N) Velocity m/s
(m)
1.0 9.8 0.1 1.4
1.5 14.7 0.07 1.171324
2.0 19.6 0.03 0.766812

Insert a plot of weight against drop height to failure for the impact experiment.

Weight vs Height
0.12

0.1
Failure Height (m)

0.08

0.06

0.04

0.02

0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Weight (N)

(Table and Plot Evaluated at the end of the Tutorial class)

(b) Comment on the shape of the plot and the magnitude of the values to
failure when compared to the static failure load.

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Q3. (a) From the tabulated the theoretical velocity on impact for the masses
dropped from their respective heights from Q2 produce a plot.

Weight vs Velocity
1.6
1.4
1.2
Velocity (m/s)

1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
weight (N)

(Plot Evaluated at the end of the Tutorial class)

(b) Comment on this plot in comparison with the plot in Q2 above.

Q4. Using Scenario 4: Case 1 from the lecture 3 and 4supplementary notes,
assuming a Dynamic Magnification Factor of 2, calculate the approximate
maximum dynamic force that might be applied to the beam of Q1 inducing a
stress equal to the static failure stress.

Q5. Using Scenario 4: Case 2 in the lecture 3 and 4supplementary notes, calculate
the mass density, , (in units of kg/m3) of the timber dowel beam, the mass per
unit length, m., (in kg/m) and the load per unit length,  (in N/m). The mass
of the dowel was measured to be m=4.7g, 6mm diameter and the total length
equal to L=0.3m
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Q6. Using this value for m, and selecting an overhang for the arm of 0.2m (see
Figure 3(b) in the lecture notes and slide 7 of lecture), calculate the theoretical
deflection of this cantilever of length L 2,6mm diameter, under a static point
load equivalent to its own weight when in fully cocked state of the Mangonel
arm. The value of the Young’s modulus of elasticity, E, can be assumed from
the lecture notes.

Q7. Due to the dynamic effect of a rotating cantilever, assumed equivalent to a

drop height of h, calculate the Dynamic Magnification Factor for a variety of
realistic impact velocities, using equation (4) in the lecture supplementary
notes. You should use here the impact velocities of Q2.

δstatic = Height h Velocity

(m) m/s
DMF
Weight of L2=

Q8. Take the velocity corresponding to the drop height of 0.25m (giving rise to a
corresponding DMF) and check that this velocity on impact will not cause the
cantilever of L2=0.2m to fail, taking failure stress from Q1, remembering that
the dynamic stress can be approximated to dynamic = static x DMF, where static is
from last equation in lecture notes.

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