MecMovies 4.0 : M5.10: End-to-end Rods with Misfit

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The figure shows a 6 inches long horizontal post labeled 1 on the left fixed to a rigid support on the left at A. A cylindrical rod B C of length 18 inches and labeled 2 is fixed to a rigid support on the right at C. A flange is shown at B. The gap between the post and the flange is one sixteenth of an inch.

Compute the stresses induced in the aluminum rod $(2)$ and the brass post $(1)$ when the $1 / 16 - in . (0.0625 in .)$ gap between flange $B$ and the brass post is closed by bolts.