Question: The rectangular steel bars of 4 0 millimeter width and 5 millimeter thickness each sandwich the brass rod of the same width and 1 5

The rectangular steel bars of 40 millimeter width and 5 millimeter thickness each sandwich the brass rod of the same width and 15 millimeter thickness. The pins are separated by 2 meters.Two steel bars (Es =200 GPa and \alpha s =11.7\times 10-6/\deg C) are used to reinforce a brass bar (Eb =105 GPa and \alpha b =20.9\times 10-6/\deg C). When the steel bars were fabricated, the distance between the centers of the holes that were to fit on the pins was made 0.5 mm smaller than the 2 m needed. The steel bars were then placed in an oven to increase their length so that they would just fit on the pins. Following fabrication, the temperature in the steel bars dropped back to room temperature. Determine the maximum load P that may be applied to the brass bar if the allowable stress in the steel bars is 29 MPa and the allowable stress in the brass bar is 25 MPa.

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