// Problem 8.14,Page no.215 clc;clear; close; L=70 //cm //Length of Longest plate n=10 //Number of turns b_1=5 //cm //width of plates P=3.5 //KN //central Load t=6 //mm //thickness of plates L=75 //cm //Length of plates y_c=1.8 //cm //central deflection sigma=190 //MPa //allowable bending stress //b=12*t E=200 //GPa //Modulus of Elasticity //Calculation //The Above Equation is in the form of ax**2+bx+c=0 a=1 b=-2.93*10**-3 c=-2.93*10**-4 y_c=3*P*L**3*(8*n*E*b*t**3)**-1 //Deflection (//Equation 1) sigma=3*P*L*(2*n*b*t**2)**-1 //stress //Dividing Equation 1 by Equation 2 we get //y_c*sigma**-1=L**2*(4*E*t)**-1 //After substituting values in above equation and further simplifying we get t=190*10**6*0.7**2*(1.8*10**-2*4*200*10**9)**-1*10**3 //thickness of plate b=12*t //Width of plates //sigma=3*2**-1*P*L*(n*b*t**2)**-1 //stress //After substituting values in above equation and further simplifying we get n=3*3.5*10**3*0.7*(2*190*10**6*0.077583*(6.465*10**-3)**2)**-1 //Now sigma*y**-1=E*R**-1 //simplifying above equationwe get R=200*10**9*6.465*10**-3*(2*190*10**6)**-1 //Radius of Curvature a=L*10**-2*(2*n)**-1*10**3 //Overlap //Result printf("size of the plate is: %.2f",b);printf(" mm") printf("\n : %.2f",t);printf(" mm") printf("\n Overlap of plates is %.2f",a);printf(" mm") printf("\n Number of plates is %d",ceil(n)) printf("\n The Radius of curvature is %.3f m",R)