QUESTION 8 8.1 An oil pipeline is to be treated as a simply supported beam. Determine the maximum allowable distance between the supports, given the following information: The external diameter of the pipe is 500 mm The wall thickness of the pipe is 15 mm The specific gravity of the oil in the pipe is 0,8 The specific gravity of the pipe material is 7,86 The density of water is 1000 kg/m The allowable tensile stress in the metal is 40 MPa. (10)