The figure shows a rigid bar A B C pinned at A and supported at B by a wire labeled 1 of length 600 millimeters. The separation between A and B is 400 millimeters and the separation between B and C is 800 millimeters. A weight W is shown attached to the bar at C. The parameters listed on the top left are A subscript 1 which equals 2 square millimeters, E subscript 1 which equals 200 giga pascals and alpha subscript 1 which equals 12 times 10 to the negative 6 per degree Celsius.

Now that the stress in wire (1) is known, the force in the wire can be determined:

F1=σ1A1=(160 N/mm2)(2 mm2)                 =320 N

To determine the weight W, consider a free-body diagram of the rigid bar.