
Problems 283
5.24. A bar of solid circular cross section of radius a is loaded by the fully plastic
moment and then unloaded. Find the residual stress distribution in the bar, if the yield
stress of the material is S
Y
.
5.25*. In a manufacturing process, it is desired to form an initially straight bar of
square cross section 25 mm × 25 mm to a curved bar of mean radius 1m. This is
to be done by passing the bar between rollers, in the direction of the velocity V in
Figure P5.25, such that the central region is in a state of pure bending at a radius of
curvature R. What must be the radius R, if the beam is to spring back to the required
radius of 1m when the load is removed? Assume that the bar is of steel with E =210
GPa and S
Y
=210 MPa.
R
V
1 m
rollers
Figure P5.25
5.26. The section of Figure P5.11 is loaded until a second plastic zone is just about
to develop at the upper edge. Find the radius of curvature at this state if E =30 ×10
3
ksi and S
Y
=30 ksi.
The beam is now unloaded. What will be the residual curvature?
5.27. A 1 mm diameter steel wire (E =210 GPa, S
Y
= 210 MPa) is close coiled into
a helix around a 25 mm diameter rigid cylindrical drum. What will be the inside
diameter of the coil when it is released from the drum.
5.28*. The T-section of Figure 5.13 is loaded by the fully plastic moment and then
unloaded. Show that the assumption of elastic unloading leads to stresses exceeding
the yield stress between the elastic and fully plastic neutral axes.
The actual unloading process will involve additional yield in a small central re-
gion, the rest of the section remaining elastic. Find the extent of this yield zone and
the final residual stress distribution. Take care that your solution satisfies the condi-
tion of zero axial force (F =0). The yield stress is S
Y
=200 MPa.