A boiler is constructed of 8-mm-thick steel plates that are fastened together at their ends using a

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A boiler is constructed of 8-mm-thick steel plates that are fastened together at their ends using a butt joint consisting of two 8-mm cover plates and rivets having a diameter of 10 mm and spaced 50 mm apart as shown. If the steam pressure in the boiler is 1.35 MPa, determine 

(a) The circumferential stress in the boiler€™s plate away from the seam, 

(b) The circumferential stress in the outer cover plate along the rivet line a€“a, 

(c) The shear stress in the rivets.

0.75 m 50 mm

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Mechanics of Materials

ISBN: 978-0134319650

10th edition

Authors: Russell C. Hibbeler

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