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Example 2
Three pieces steel plate of pressed with rivet 1.5cm diameter. If the tensile load carried
is 50kN, estimate the shear stresses in the rivets.
25 kN
50 kN
25 kN
−
2
2
3
A = ( 0015 ) = . 0 177x 10 m
. 0
4
F
=
2 A
25x 10 3
= =70.62 MN/m 2
. 0 ( 2 177x 10 − 3 )
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