Internal Loading - Exercise 1

The rigid beam is supported by a pin A and wires BD and CE.
a) If load P on the beam causes end C to be displaced 11 mm downward, determine the normal strain developed in wire CE.
b) Determine the normal strain developed in wire and BD.

Exercise retrieved (modified) from Hibbeler Statics and Mechanics, 5e
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[Shardus_Blunder]

You need to make sure to keep all units of measure throughout your equation in the same units. In part B, you used meters with mm in a calculation.

[santhoshbala]

The answer for the second part actually should be 0.001179 mm/mm