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If knuckle joint is to fail by crushing failure of pin in fork, then determine the diameter of knuckle pin when 50kN axial tensile force act on rods. Given: Max allowable compressive stress=25N/mm², thickness of each eye of fork=25mm.

(a) 40mm

(b) 50mm

(c) 60mm

(d) 70mm

I am struggling with this question from in tutorial problems.

This question is from the Knuckle Joint concept in part Design Against Static Load of Machine Design

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Accurate answer is (a) 40mm

To elaborate: d=P/2aσ = 40mm.

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