
176 Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design
y
=
where
l is the length of the cantilever
E is the elastic modulus of the cantilever material = 210 GPa
I is the second moment of area of the cross section
From Table 4.4,
I
yE
===
×
×× ×
12 3
350 210 10
3
The preceding equation gives the width of the beam, b = 14.77 mm.
Taking a factor of safety n = 1.5 and using Equation 6.3,
Z
=
×
===
××
2148
mm
3
The safe value of L = 2033 N.
6.3 DESIGNING FOR STIFFNESS
In addition to being strong enough to resist the expected service loads without yield-
ing, there may also be the added requi