Q.

The safe stress for a hollow steel column which carries an axial load of 2100 kN is 125 MN/m2. if the external diameter of the column is 30cm, what will be the internal diameter?

A. 25 cm
B. 26.19cm
C. 30.14 cm
D. 27.9 cm
Answer» B. 26.19cm
Explanation: area of the cross section of column = π/4 (0.302 – d2) m2

Discussion

No comments yet