The wooden section of the beam is reinforced with two steel plates as shown. If the beam is subjected to a moment of M = 30 kN # m, determine the maximum bending stresses in the steel and wood. Sketch the stress distribution over the cross section. Take Ew = 10 GPa and Est = 200 GPa.
Ch 13 The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending. Politics in Action: The Messy Politics of Budgeting IN 2011, THE UNITED STATES CAME PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBTS AND THROWING THE WORLD ECONOMY INTO A TAILSPIN. BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY, STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD WOULD CRASH AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WOULD STAGNATE. THE UNITED STATES HAD REACHED THE DEBT LIMIT – THE LIMIT OF LEGALLY ALLOWED DEBT SET BY CONGRESS – AND THUS COULD NOT BORROW MORE TO COVER INTEREST PAYMENTS IT HAD TO MAKE ON ITS DEBT. BUGETING IS POLICY: THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON A PROGRAM DETERMINES HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED, HOW WELL THEY ARE SERVED, HOW MUCH OF SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT CAN PURCHASE. THE BIGGER THE
