This document contains solutions to 11 problems involving the calculation of stresses, strains, elongations, and required dimensions for structural members under tensile loading. The problems apply concepts of stress, strain, modulus of elasticity, and relationships between load, area, elongation and stress to analyze steel, aluminum, nylon and other materials. Diameters, cross-sectional areas, elongations, moduli of elasticity and stresses are calculated for wires, rods, pipes and other structural elements. Safety factors and allowable stresses are also incorporated into the analyses.
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