Question: An arm ABC lying in a horizontal plane and supported at A (see figure) is made of two identical solid steel bars AB and BC

An arm ABC lying in a horizontal plane and supported at A (see figure) is made of two identical solid steel bars AB and BC welded together at a right angle. Each bar is 20 in. long.
Knowing that the maximum tensile stress (principal stress) at the top of the bar at support A due solely to the weights of the bars is 932 psi, determine the diameter d of the bars.
А B

B

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