A solid metal drop-pin is inserted vertically through the hitch of a tractor and the tongue of a trailer. When the tractor drives forward to pull the heavy trailer, which of the following best describes how the resulting load primarily acts on the pin?
- It creates a cutting or slicing force across the pin's middle section.Cevap
- BIt pulls and stretches the pin outward from its top and bottom ends.
- CIt crushes and squeezes the pin inward from its top and bottom ends.
- DIt twists the upper half of the pin in the opposite direction of the lower half.
Cevap
The load creates a cutting or slicing force across the pin's middle section.
The tractor pulls forward while the trailer resists backward. Because the pin is positioned vertically, these opposing horizontal forces push across the pin's midsection in opposite directions. This attempts to slide the top half of the pin past the bottom half, creating a slicing action known in mechanics as shear stress.
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Identifying Joint Loads and Shear Stress
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